San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle (Latin: Sancti Felicis a Cantalicio ad Centumcellas ) is a Roman titular church .

overview

The church was built in 1934/35 according to a design by the architects Mario Paniconi and Giulio Pediconi on a donation of land from Count Achilles Muti-Bussi and entrusted to the order of the Capuchins , who had built a Capuchin convent on this site since 1930. The parish was founded on March 29, 1935 with the decree Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum by Cardinal Vicar Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani . On October 2nd, 1941, the church was consecrated by Cardinal Luigi Traglia . On April 29, 1969, the elevation to the title church of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Paul VI followed. The patron saint is St. Felix of Cantalice , the patron saint of the Capuchins.

The entrance facade shows a large mosaic by Felix von Cantalice. In the interior there are some works by the Franciscan Father Ugolino.

It is located at 20 Piazza San Felice da Cantalice in the Prenestino-Centocelle district of Rome .

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  Entrance front

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  Interior with altar

Cardinal priest

• Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1969-2009)
• vacant
• Luis Antonio Tagle (since November 24, 2014; since May 1, 2020 Cardinal Bishop pro hac vice )

literature

• Luigi Monzo: croci e fasci - Italian church construction in the time of fascism, 1919–1945. 2 vol. Karlsruhe 2017 (dissertation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2017), pp. 541–555.

Web links

Commons : San Felice da Cantalice  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 22, 2016.
• Entry San Felice da Cantalice on gcatholic.org
• Parish of San Felice da Cantalice on vicariatusurbis.org
• Website of the parish of San Felice da Cantalice

Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 36.6 ″  N , 12 ° 33 ′ 58.7 ″  E