San Saturnino Explained

San Saturnino
Fullname:Church of Saint Saturninus
Other Name:San Saturnino Martire
Native Name:Chiesa di Santa Saturnino
Native Name Lang:it
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Coordinates:41.9225°N 12.5077°W
Location:Via Avigliana 3, Q. Trieste, Rome
Country:Italy
Language(S):Italian
Denomination:Catholic
Tradition:Roman Rite
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Status:titular church
Dedication:Saturninus the Martyr
Consecrated Date:1940
Architect:Clemente Busiri Vici[1]
Groundbreaking:1935
Completed Date:1940

San Saturnino is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in northern Rome, dedicated to Saturninus the Martyr (died on the Via Salaria in AD 304).[2] [3] [4]

History

The church was built in 1935–1940.[5] The relics of Saint Saturninus are interred under the high altar.[6]

On 21 October 2003, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.[7]

Cardinal-protectors

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pardo, Vittorio Franchetti. L'architettura nelle città italiane del XX secolo: dagli anni Venti agli anni Ottanta. November 15, 2003. Editoriale Jaca Book. 9788816406322. Google Books.
  2. Web site: When in Rome...see San Saturnino Martire on Via Avigliana.
  3. Book: Farnedi, Giustino. Guida alle chiese di Roma: storia, arte e architettura, celebrazioni liturgiche, culto dei santi e indulgenze particolari, visite guidate ed eventi religiosi. November 15, 1999. Piemme. 9788838430879. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Foglio degli annunzi legali della provincia di Roma. November 15, 1945. Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. Google Books.
  5. Web site: San Saturnino. info.roma.it.
  6. Book: Rendina, Claudio. La grande bellezza di Roma. March 13, 2014. Newton Compton Editori. 9788854167896. Google Books.
  7. Web site: San Saturnino (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  8. Web site: QUEZADA TORUÑO Card.Rodolfo. press.vatican.va.
  9. Web site: Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo*. Catholic News Agency.
  10. Web site: Biography of His Eminence John Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan.
  11. Web site: ONAIYEKAN Card. John Olorunfemi. press.vatican.va.