Santa Paola Romana

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Basic data
Patronage : Saint Paula of Rome
Architect : Tullio Rossi
Architectural style : modern
Title Church: February 14, 2015
Cardinal priest : Soane Patita Paini Mafi
Start of building: 1949
Completion: 1951
Parish fair: 1951
Rite: Roman rite
Address: Via Duccio Galimberti, 9, 00136 Rome
Exterior view

Santa Paola Romana is a parish and titular church in the Roman district of Trionfale on the Duccio Galimberti. The church is dedicated to Saint Matrona Paula of Rome .

history

Before that, the church of Sancta Maria Virgo a Puteo extra Portam Angelicam ( Italian Santa Maria del Pozzo fuori Porta Angelica ), which was also called Madonna del Pozzo after a small town, stood in the same place . This church was demolished in 1961.

The new church was built between 1949 and 1951 based on designs by Tullio Rossi . On November 9, 1951, the parish of Santa Paola Romana vedova, alla Balduina was established by a decree by Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara from the area of ​​the parishes of San Francesco a Monte Mario , San Giuseppe al Trionfale and Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale . In the following decades the interior of the building was decorated with an apse mosaic by Silvio Consadori (1955), a bronze cross by Egidio Giaroli (1961), a picture by Gian Luigi Bocchetta (1996) and the bronze door by Luciano Capriotti (2001). From 2003 to 2011 the building was renovated.

On February 14, 2015, she was elevated to the title Church by Pope Francis .

description

In terms of the architectural line and the structural composition, it is a sacred building from the time of the Second World War.

Exterior

The exterior is characterized by its simplicity. It is the coat of arms of Pope Pius XII. appropriate. The seven sacraments and scenes from the life of St. Paula are depicted on the large Brone portal. In various places the contours are confirmed by bricks.

Interior

inner space

Inside is a wide nave with a wooden roof truss visible from the inside. The chancel is in the apse and on the left is a chapel. There is also a copy of the Madonna del Pozzo, which is a copy of an old Byzantine icon . Next to it is a painting by Ulisse Sartini from 2003, which depicts Saint Pio of Pietrelcina .

On the side of the nave under the window openings, Gian Luigi Bocchetta painted six large paintings about the life of Jesus in 1996:

  • The Annunciation
  • The birth of christ
  • Ministero pubblico
  • The last supper
  • death
  • resurrection

A Way of the Cross (1961) and a crucifix (1967) by Egidio Giaroli hang on the right wall . To the right of the apse is the marble baptismal font and a stained glass window with the baptism of Jesus (1973) by Lacia Nostini.

The chancel is raised a few steps and takes up the apse completely. In the 2000s, a marble altar, an ambo, the seats for the liturgical staff and the tabernacle were made according to designs by Mattia del Prett . The apse has a mosaic of the Holy Family with Saint Paul by Silvio Casdore (1955).

In a niche on the right side of the chancel there is a pipe organ made by Pinchi from 1973. Stefan Buccolini renovated and expanded it in the early 2000s. The organ has an electric action , two manuals , a pedal and twenty stops .

Cardinal priest

So far the only title holder is:

literature

Web links

Commons : Santa Paola Romana (Rome)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church of S. Paola Romana, Roma. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Mavilio, Stefano: Guida all'architettura sacra: Roma, 1945-2005 . Electa, Milan 2006, ISBN 88-370-4141-1 , p. 244 .
  3. ↑ duck | Vicariatus Urbis. Retrieved July 22, 2017 (Italian).
  4. ↑ a b c Paolo Scandaletti (a cura di), Un pezzo di Roma salendo Monte Mario: 60 ° della parrocchia di santa Paola Romana, Roma, Tipografia Medaglie d'Oro, 2011, pages 14-17
  5. ^ David M. Cheney: Santa Paola Romana (Cardinal Titular Church) (Catholic-Hierarchy). Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  6. ^ Alemanno, Massimo: Le chiese di Roma moderna . Armando, Rome 2004, ISBN 978-88-8358-530-2 , pp. 72 .
  7. ↑ page 46
  8. ↑ artista Ulisse Sartini Milano: Ulisse Sartini - Milano, artista della pittura, ritrattista, maestro del ritratto. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  9. ^ Menu Database Organi. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 48.2 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 34.7"  E