San Marco in Agro Laurentino (Rome)

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San Marco evangelista in Agro Laurentino is a Roman Catholic titular church on the Piazza Giuliani e Dalmati in the Giuliano-Dalmata district in Rome. It is owned and looked after by a convert of the Minorites .

Basic data
Patronage : Saint Mark (Evangelist)
Architect : Ennio Camino
Architectural style :
Title Church : since March 5, 1973
Cardinal priest: Alexandre do Nascimento
Start of building: 1970
Completion: 1972
Parish fair May 29, 1972
Rite: Roman rite
Address: Piazza Giuliani e Dalmati, 20, 00143 Roma, Italy Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 14.4 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 1.4 ″  E

history

Cardinal Vicar Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani founded the parish by decree of March 9, 1950 and made the previous church the parish church. It was built between 1970 and 1972 according to plans by Ennio Camino and was consecrated by Cardinal Vicar Angelo Dell'Acqua on May 29, 1972. Pope Paul VI attended the Church in April 1973 and Pope John Paul II in January 1984.

Interior

Inside the church is a Madonna by Perrotta and a bronze cross by U. Montalbano. There are a number of mosaics in the crypt. These show the patron saints of the Giuliano-Dalmati region (Northeast Adriatic). This region lost Italy after the Second World War and named the Giuliano-Dalmata quarter in Rome after it.

Cardinal priest

On March 5, 1973 the church was opened by Pope Paul VI. raised to the title church.

literature

  • C. Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, 199

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David M. Cheney: San Marco in Agro Laurentino (Cardinal Titular Church) (Catholic Hierarchy). Retrieved May 13, 2017 .