Santa Maria Regina Pacis
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| Patronage : | Holy Mary Queen of Peace |
| Architect : | Giulio Magni |
| Architectural style : | new baroque |
| Title Church: | March 5th 1973 |
| Cardinal priest : | Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya |
| Start of building: | June 21, 1919 |
| Completion: | December 20, 1928 |
| Parish fair: | December 20, 1928 |
| Rite: | Roman rite |
| Address: | Piazza Regina Pacis, 13, 00122 Lido di Ostia Rome |
Santa Maria Regina Pacis is a parish and titular church in the Roman quarter Lido di Ostia Levante . The church was dedicated to Mary under her title Queen of Peace .
history
Until 1884 the area was unpopulated because it was a wetland . Then the swamps were drained to gain arable land. In 1916 the planning for the church began to ask for an end to the First World War, hence the patronage Queen of Peace. At that time, Pope Benedict XV. the title Queen of Peace added to the Lauretan Litany . The foundation stone was laid on June 21, 1919 and built according to Giulio Magni designs until 1928 . Although the construction was supported by the Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal Dean Vincenzo Vannutelli , the completion was delayed due to a lack of funds. In July 1926 the parish was founded. The church was consecrated on December 20, 1928. Initially, the Augustinians from the Basilica di Sant'Aurea were supposed to look after the church. After the completion of the church, however, the Pallottines took over pastoral care.
In 1924 an electric railway was opened and in 1927 a main road with the Via de Mare was opened and the area developed into a seaside resort. With a population close to a hundred thousand, it was one of the largest settlements in Italy without it being a municipality.
On March 5, 1973 the church was opened by Pope Paul VI. raised to the title church.
description
Exterior
The church is slightly elevated on the only hill of Lido di Ostaia in Piazza Regina Pacis.
The plan is a Latin cross with an octagonal dome (height 42 meters) in the intersection.
The facade faces southeast towards the sea. In the middle of the facade, two Corinthian columns support a round arch that frames a Christ monogram. The exterior is dominated by a 42 meter high bell tower.
Interior
The style of the church is neo-baroque. The two cross arms end in rectangular niches with a large marble altar. On the right is a large picture of Saint Vincenzo Pallotti , painted by Mario Rosati, and on the left is the Sacred Heart of Jesus . The total length is 56 meters and the total width is 21 meters.
The sanctuary is raised a few steps. In the middle there is a large altar made of polychrome marble , which was moved forward after the liturgical reform to celebrate mass to the people. Above is a figure of Mary with a child.
The side chapels are on the right:
- Consecrated to Saint Anthony of Padua with a statue of him with the Christ child
- Dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux with a painting with her falling roses
- The third chapel is that of the Madonna of Pompei and has a copy of the famous icon venerated near Naples.
- The right transept chapel is for Saint Vincenzo Pallotti .
On the left:
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus is venerated in the left transept chapel. In a niche is a lifelike modern statue of St. Pio of Pietrelcina .
- In the side entrance there is a modern picture of the Nativity and the stained glass window of Blessed Józef Stanek .
- The third chapel is dedicated to St. Joseph .
- The second chapel is dedicated to St. Augustine of Hippo . The altarpiece shows the famous conversation with his mother Monika in Ostia, shortly before she died of malaria .
- The first chapel is dedicated to the Mater Dolorosa .
Stained glass window
On September 28, 29 and 30, 2007, three new glass windows by Albano Poli were unveiled.
Christ is depicted in the middle window.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (left) and Saint Vincenzo Pallotti are depicted on the two simple windows of the two side chapels .
In other windows you can see the two Popes John Paul II and Paul VI. and the two Polish Pallotine martyrs: Blessed Józef Jankowski , who was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp, and Blessed Józef Stanek , who was murdered during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
organ
On the Cantoria there is a pipe organ made by the organ building company Mascioni (opus 862) from 1965. It has an electric action and has 27 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal . Daniel Dugo has been the organist since 2008. The disposition is as follows:
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Coupling :
- Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
- Super octave coupling: I / I, II / I, II / II, I / P, II / P
- Sub-octave coupling: II / I, II / II
Cardinal priest
- James Darcy Freeman , Archbishop of Sydney , March 5, 1973 - March 16, 1991
- Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng , Archbishop of Hanoi , November 26, 1994 - February 22, 2003
- Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya , Archbishop of Kinshasa , since November 20, 2010
literature
- Monzo, Luigi: croci e fasci - Italian church building in the time of fascism, 1919-1945. 2 vol. Karlsruhe 2017 (tesi di dottorato, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2017), pp. 461-463.
- C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma , Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, 257
- G. Fronzuto, Organi di Roma. Guida pratica orientativa agli organi storici e moderni , Leo S. Olschki Editore, Firenze 2007, pp. 322-324. ISBN 978-88-222-5674-4
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 43 '54.3 " N , 12 ° 16'53" E