San Roberto Bellarmino, Rome

Local nameChiesa di San Roberto Bellarmino
LocationParioli, Rome, Italy

San Roberto Bellarmino is a church in Rome founded by Pope Pius XI in 1933, after the canonisation of the Jesuit Cardinal Bellarmine in 1930, and his being named a Doctor of the Church in 1931. The architect Clemente Busiri Vici made the designs in the years 1931–1933. Construction took more than two decades, and it was consecrated in 1959 by Archbishop Luigi Traglia. It is served by the Jesuits, and has a mosaic by Renato Tomassi and a high altar donated by Beniamino Gigli. San Roberto Bellarmino is a titular church. Its cardinal priest is Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, who was created Cardinal on 22 February 2014.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Roberto_Bellarmino,_Rome

Address 9 Via Panama, Roma 00198, Italy

Coordinates 41°55'23.933" N 12°29'35.135" E

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