San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo

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San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Church of Saint Benedict Outside Saint Paul's Gate
Chiesa di San Benedetto al Gazometro
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San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
41°52′17″N12°28′43″E / 41.8715°N 12.4786°E / 41.8715; 12.4786
LocationVia del Gazometro 23, Q. Ostiense, Rome
Country Italy
Language(s)Italian
Denomination Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website parrocchiasanbenedetto.org
History
Status titular church, parish church
Founded1912
Founder(s) Pope Pius X
Dedication Benedict of Nursia
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s) Clemente Busiri Vici [1] [2]
Architectural type Rationalist
Groundbreaking 1916
Completed1925
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the southern edge of Rome, dedicated to Saint Benedict of Nursia. [3] [4] [5]

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History

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Main altar
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View of interior

San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo was built in 1916–1925. [6] Don Giovanni Gregorucci helped Jews to hide in the church during The Holocaust. [7] The building was damaged during the 1944 Liberation of Rome. [8] [9] Ferruccio Ferrazzi painted five tondi and an altarpiece for San Benedetto in 1949. [10]

Pope John Paul II visited on 14 February 1988. [11] On 28 June 1988, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon. [12] [13]

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