Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Patronage : | The Immaculate Conception of Mary of Lourdes |
| Architect : | Domenico Placidi and Luciano Folli |
| Architectural style : | |
| Title Church: | May 25, 1985 |
| Cardinal priest : | Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk |
| Start of building: | 1958 |
| Completion: | 1958 |
| Parish fair: | February 11, 1965 |
| Rite: | Roman rite |
| Address: | Via Santa Bernadette, 23, 00167 Rome |
Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea is a parish and titular church in the Roman quarter of Aurelio on Via Santa Bernadette. The church is dedicated to Saint Mary under her titles of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Lourdes.
history
The church was planned for a school and a monastery of the L'Institut de l'Immaculée-Conception de Notre-Dame de Lourdes . This congregation was founded in the 16th century in Notre-Dame-de-Garaison in the Hautes-Pyrénées department , France. In 1897 the sisters founded a convert in Rome and in 1911 bought a farm at the intersection of Via di Boccea and Via della Pineta Sacchetti. Although only four kilometers from St. Peter's Basilica , it was a rural area. They opened a school that got a good reputation. In the 1950s, the area urbanized. In 1950 the generalate was transferred to the Church of Immacolata Concezione di Nostra Signora di Lourdes a Via Sistina , which is now a hotel.
The church was built and opened in 1958 according to plans by architects Domenico Placidi and Luciano Folli . The church was consecrated on February 11, 1965, on the 107th anniversary of the apparition of Mary in Lourdes . The parish was founded on November 1st, 1978 by a decree by Cardinal Vicar Ugo Poletti and given to the Oblates of St. Joseph for pastoral care .
Pope John Paul II elevated it to the title Church on May 25, 1985 and visited it on November 8, 1992.
description
The outside of the church is simply designed. It has the door in the middle with a rose window with an octagonal frame with an IHS. It is clad with travertine . The two outer parts are clad with brick. The bell tower is clad in travertine at the top and brick at the bottom. The interior has an octagonal floor plan.
The sanctuary and the three altars were designed by the Vatican Mosaic School and show the Heart of Jesus on the left , the apparition of Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in the middle and Saint Joseph on the right.
In the side walls there are eight windows with the following saints: Therese von Lisieux , Pope Pius X , Louis IX. of France , Margareta Maria Alacoque , Ignatius of Loyola , Luigi Gonzaga , Joan of Arc and Archangel Michael .
Cardinal priest
The previous title holders were:
- Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín , Archbishop of Santiago de Chile , May 25, 1985-14. October 2004
- Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk , Archbishop of Seoul , since March 24, 2006
literature
- C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Milan 2000
- G. Carpaneto, Quarters XIII. Aurelio , in AA.VV, I quartieri di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Rome 2006
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 10.3 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 39.6" E