San Benedetto Fuori Porta San Paolo

San Benedetto al Gazometro

Exterior view
Basic data
Denomination	Roman Catholic
place	Rome , Italy
diocese	Diocese of Rome
Patronage	Saint Benedict of Nursia
Building history
construction time	20th century  - 1925
Function and title
Title diakonia
Coordinates 41 ° 52 '17.5 "  N , 12 ° 28' 43"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 52 '17.5 "  N , 12 ° 28' 43"  E
Cardinal deacon : title deacon : since June 28, 1988

San Benedetto 's Church and Title Diakonie in Roman Quarter Ostiense on Via del Gazometro. To distinguish between San Benedetto and Piscinula , the addition al Gazometro is often added. As a titular diaconia, she is referred to as Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo .

history

In 1912 Pius X wanted a church for the Ostiense district near a gasometer . Benedict XV promised to continue construction and the church was dedicated to Saint Benedict in memory of the Pope. In 1916, an old chapel was demolished and construction began. When the Pope died in 1922, only the columns and roof were finished. It was not until 1925 under the pontificate of Pius XI. the construction of the church was finished and on June 3, 1926 the parish was established with an Apostolic Constitution .

The parish is looked after by priests from the Compagnia di San Paolo and the church was made a title diaconia by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 1988 . On February 14, 1988, the same Pope visited the church.

inside view

Cardinal deacon

So far the only cardinal was:

• Achille Silvestrini , Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches , (June 28, 1988 to August 29, 2019), since 1999 cardinal priest pro hac vice

literature

• L. Monzo: croci e fasci - Italian church construction in the time of fascism, 1919–1945. Volume 2. Karlsruhe 2017 (dissertation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2017), pages 567-568.
• C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Milan 2000, page 46
• C. Cerchiai, Quartiere X. Ostiense , in AA.VV, I quartieri di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Rome 2006
• M. Alemanno, Le chiese di Roma moderna , Armando Editore, Rome 2006, Vol. III, pages 55-57

Web links

Commons : San Benedetto (Rome)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Parish travel page
• Vicariatusurbis
• Costituzione apostolica Nostri pastoralis officii , AAS 19 (1927), p. 121