Santi Aquila e Priscilla
Santi Aquila e Priscilla (Latin: Sanctorum Aquilae et Priscillae ) is a church in Rome .
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The parish was established on November 5, 1971 with the decree of Cardinal Angelo Dell'Acqua "Neminem fugit". With a donation from Marchese Antonio Gerini, the church could be commissioned.
The modern church building was built from 1989 to 1992 based on a design by the architect Ignazio Breccia Fratadocchi and consecrated on May 10, 1992 by Ugo Cardinal Poletti . On November 15, 1992 Pope John Paul II consecrated the church. He also elevated the church to a titular church of the Roman Catholic Church on November 26, 1994 . The namesake are Priscilla and Aquila . It is the church of the parish of Santi Aquila e Priscilla.
The church is arranged elliptically in plan. The ceiling rises slightly above the chancel with the main altar made of light marble and ends in a large skylight. The presbytery is dominated by a large painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe . The church is equipped with a tamburini pipe organ.
The church is located in the Roman quarter of Portuense in the XI. Munizipium in Via Pietro Blasera, 113 between a residential area that was densely built up from the 1960s and an industrial area on the right bank of the Tiber that is now largely derelict .
Cardinal priest
- Jaime Ortega , November 6, 1994 to July 26, 2019
- Juan García Rodríguez , since October 5, 2019
Web links
- Santi Aquila e Priscilla
- Entry of the parish of Santi Aquila e Priscilla on vicariatusurbis.org
- Website of the parish of Santi Aquila e Priscilla
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Parrocchia“ Santi Aquila e Priscilla ”“ ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Martiri Portuensi, accessed April 1, 2016 (it.)
- ↑ “In ricordo dell'Ing. Ignazio Breccia Fratadocchi " , on thema.es , January 5, 2013, accessed on April 1, 2016 (span.)
- ^ Diocese of Rome , accessed April 5, 2016.
Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 0.8 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 23.7 ″ E