Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino
The titular church Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino ( Latin : Sancti Anselmi in Aventino ) is also the abbey church of the Primate Abbey of Sant'Anselmo in Rome and is dedicated to Saint Anselm of Canterbury .
The Congregation of Benedictines had the church, designed by Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Francesco Vespignani built in 1892 and the 1896th On November 11, 1900, the consecration took place by Cardinal Secretary of State Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro . The simple, three-aisled basilica , supported by gray Ionic columns, is only decorated with mosaics in the apse .
The church is located in the district XII ( Ripa ) on the Piazza di Sant'Anselmo , a side street of the Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta , named after the Order of Malta , on which the Papal Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo of the Benedictines and the Pontificio Istituto Liturgico are located.
Cardinal deacons
- Paul Augustin Mayer OSB , 1985-2010
- Fortunato Baldelli , 2010–2012
- Lorenzo Baldisseri , since 2014
literature
- S. Anselmo all'Aventino, ISBN 88-7311-408-3
- Pius Engelbert: History of the Benedictine College St. Anselm in Rome. From the beginning (1888) to the present. In: Studia Anselmiana. Vol. 98. Rome 1988.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 55 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 40" E