Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana , also Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino , lat .: S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe is a church in Rome .
The church, built by the Franciscan Order from 1884, was consecrated to Saint Anthony of Padua on December 18, 1888 . In 1931 he was appointed Basilica minor and on March 12, 1960, the elevation by Pope John XXIII. to the title church of the Roman Catholic Church .
The church was planned by the architect Luca Carimini and has two staircases on the entrance side to a hall with a statue of Antonius with the baby Jesus. In the three-aisled church, separated by a colonnade made of pink granite, there are side chapels and a gallery.
In the outbuildings the Pontifical University Antonianum , the Religious College of the Franciscans (OFM) have their headquarters, as well as the International Marian Pontifical Academy , the Collegio Internazionale S. Antonio (CISA) and the Fraternità Gabriele Allegra .
The church is located in the Esquilino district (XV. Rione) in Via Merulana , which connects the two basilicas of Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano . It is a branch church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano .
Cardinal priest
- Peter Tatsuo Doi (March 28, 1960 - February 21, 1970)
- António Ribeiro (March 5, 1973 - March 24, 1998)
- Cláudio Hummes (since February 21, 2001)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Rome , accessed April 5, 2016.
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 19.7 " N , 12 ° 30 ′ 14.2" E