Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela

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Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela is a Roman parish and titular church on Via di Torrenova 162 in the Torre Angela district , a district on the eastern outskirts of Rome. The church is dedicated to the apostles Simon and Jude Thaddeus . The name was adopted from an earlier church.

The parish belonging to it was founded on April 4, 1961. The construction of the church was not carried out until 1986 and 1990 according to plans by Loreto Policella and Mario Pochesi. It was on December 20, 1992 consecrated . Therefore, in the area of ​​the six larger chapels (Beato Pier Giorgio Frassati, Madonna dei Lumi, San Gabriele dell'Addolorata a Torre Angela, Santa Maria Immacolata a Torre Angela, Santa Maria Maddalena agli Arcacci and Santo Spirito delle Monache Canonichesse)

On October 30, 1988 Pope John Paul II visited the church and parish. Pope Francis elevated the church to title church in 2014 .

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Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 29.9 ″  N , 12 ° 37 ′ 12.6 ″  E