San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Country | Italy |
| diocese | Archdiocese of Rome |
| Patronage | Saint Francis Xavier |
| Building history | |
| architect | Alberto Calza Bini |
| construction time | 1931-1933 |
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| 41 ° 51 '42.9 " N , 12 ° 29' 22.8" E | |
San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella is a church and Title Diakonie in Roman Quarter Ostiense at Piazza Damiano Sauli.
history
The parish was founded on May 1, 1933 by Pope Pius XI. founded with the Apostolic Constitution Quo omnes sacrorum . The church was built according to a design by Alberto Calza Bini .
The parish became famous when it was the first parish visited by Pope John Paul II on December 3, 1978 . It was three months after his election and he gave the following sermon:
“È una grande gioia per me poter visitare come prima parrocchia romana proprio la vostra, a cui mi unisce un ricordo particolare. Infatti, negli anni dell'immediato dopoguerra, come student a Roma, mi recavo quasi ogni domenica proprio alla Garbatella, per aiutare nel servizio pastorale. Alcuni momenti di quel periodo sono ancora vivi nella mia memoria, benché mi sembri che, nel corso di più di trent'anni, molte cose qui siano enormemente cambiate. ”
“It is a pleasure for me to visit you as the first Roman parish, as I have special memories with you. In the early post-war years I was a student in Rome and was here almost every Sunday to help in pastoral ministry. Some of those moments are still in my mind today, but many things have changed in the thirty years. "
On February 21, 2001, Pope John Paul II elevated the church to title diaconia.
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description
The facade is made of bricks and travertine. Above the main portal is a large window, above which the coat of arms of Pope Pius XI. enthroned. The church has a dome.
The interior of the church has three naves , which are separated by columns with Ionic capitals . In the apse is a canvas showing Saint Francis Xavier preaching the faith. In the transept on the right is a depiction of the Madonna del Divino Amore, who helped Rome after the 1943 bombings, and on the left, Jesus Christ is surrounded by angels in glory. On either side of two bronze medals with the crucifixion and the Madonna.
Cardinal deacon
The following people were previously cardinal deacons of this church:
- Leo Scheffczyk , February 21, 2001 - December 8, 2005
- Franc Rodé , since March 24, 2006, since June 20, 2016 cardinal priest pro hac vice
literature
- Luigi Monzo: croci e fasci - Italian church construction in the time of fascism, 1919–1945 . 2 volumes, Karlsruhe, 2017 (dissertation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2017), pp. 488–491.
- Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma . Newton & Compton Editori, Milan 2000, p. 109.
- Claudia Cerchiai: Quarters X. Ostiense . In: AA.VV, I quartieri di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Rome 2006.
- Massimo Alemanno: Le chiese di Roma moderna . Armando Editore, Rome 2006, Volume III, pp. 52-54.
