Santa Teresa, Rome Explained

Santa Teresa
Fullname:Basilica of Saint Teresa of Avila
Native Name:Basilica di Santa Teresa d'Avila
Native Name Lang:it
Coordinates:41.9115°N 12.4949°W
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Location:Corso d'Italia 37, Rome
Country:Italy
Language(S):Italian
Denomination:Catholic
Tradition:Roman Rite
Religious Order:Discalced Carmelites
Status:Minor basilica, titular church
Founded Date:1901
Founder:Girolamo Maria Gotti
Dedication:Teresa of Avila
Architectural Type:Romanesque Revival

Santa Teresa d'Avila is a minor basilica, titular, and conventual church on the Corso d'Italia in Rome, Italy . It is dedicated to Teresa of Avila and is the church of the General Curia of the Discalced Carmelites.

History

It was founded by Cardinal Girolamo Gotti in 1901, designed in a Romanesque-Gothic hybrid style by Tullio Passarelli. In 1906 Pope Pius X made it a parish church and granted it to the Discalced Carmelites, who still have a generalate by the church and serve the church and its convent and parochial centre. Pope Pius XII elevated it to the status of basilica in 1951, and eleven years later Pope John XXIII made it a titular church, with Cardinal Giovanni Panico as its first titular cardinal.

The tympanum above the main entrance door depicts Saint Teresa being blessed by Christ. The interior is decorated with works by 20th-century Roman artists, including a statue of Saint Teresa above the high altar.

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