San Leone Magno

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Basic data
Patronage : St. Leo the Great
Consecration day :
Cardinal priest : Cristóbal López Romero SDS
Address: Via Prenestina 104
00176 Roma
Facade of the parish and titular church of San Leone I (2007)

San Leone Magno is a parish and titular church in Rome assigned to a cardinal priest and consecrated to Pope Leo the Great . The building in the Prenestino district (Q. VII) was completed in 1952. On October 1, 1952, it became its own parish and on February 5, 1965, it was given by Pope Paul VI. elevated to the title Church with the Apostolic Constitution Romanorum Pontificum morem . On December 17, 1989 she was visited by Pope John Paul II .

It was the title church of Karl Cardinal Lehmann .

Individual proof

  1. ^ Church of S. Leone I, Roma. Retrieved March 11, 2018 .

See also

Web links

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

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 27.3 "  N , 12 ° 31 ′ 45.3"  E