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 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Click on the map for a fullscreen view |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 11 |
Mapframe-Marker: | religious-christian |
Coordinates: | 41.9225°N 12.5077°W |
Location: | Via Avigliana 3, Q. Trieste, Rome |
Country: | Italy |
Language(S): | Italian |
Denomination: | Catholic |
Tradition: | Roman Rite |
Former Names: | --> |
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
- 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.
- Web site: When in Rome...see San Saturnino Martire on Via Avigliana.
- 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.
- Web site: Foglio degli annunzi legali della provincia di Roma. November 15, 1945. Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. Google Books.
- Web site: San Saturnino. info.roma.it.
- Book: Rendina, Claudio. La grande bellezza di Roma. March 13, 2014. Newton Compton Editori. 9788854167896. Google Books.
- Web site: San Saturnino (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- Web site: QUEZADA TORUÑO Card.Rodolfo. press.vatican.va.
- Web site: Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo*. Catholic News Agency.
- Web site: Biography of His Eminence John Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan.
- Web site: ONAIYEKAN Card. John Olorunfemi. press.vatican.va.