San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

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San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Garbatella
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The facade, which faces onto Piazza Sauli [1]
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San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
41°51′43″N12°29′22″E / 41.8619°N 12.4895°E / 41.8619; 12.4895
LocationVia Cristoforo Borri 2, Ostiense, Rome
Country Italy
Language(s)Italian
Denomination Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website sanfrancescosaverioroma.it
History
Status titular church, parish church
Dedication Francis Xavier
Consecrated 1933
Relics heldSome relics of Francis Xavier are preserved in the altar [2]
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s) Alberto Calza Bini [3]
Architectural type Renaissance Revival, Rationalist
Groundbreaking 1931
Completed1933
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in southern Rome, dedicated to Francis Xavier. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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History

San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella was built in 1931–33. [8] [9]

Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II, ministered in the church after the Second World War; it was the first church in Rome that he visited after being elected Pope in 1978. [10] [11] [12] Pope Paul VI also visited in 1976. [13]

On 21 February 2001, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon.

Cardinal-protectors

Structure

On a Latin cross plan, the facade is covered in brick and decorated with travertine pilasters. The main entrance is framed by Doric columns. On the entablature there is a large lunette, inside a circular arch. The tympanum carries the arms of Pope Pius XII. [16]

The dome is of reinforced concrete, decorated with arched windows; it is painted in gray, in imitation of lead Baroque domes. It is surmounted by a simple roof lantern. The interior is divided into three naves, delimited by Ionic columns; the barrel vault is coffered in stucco. [17]

The right transept has a fresco of the Madonna of Divine Love and commemorates the 1943 bombing of San Lorenzo, Rome. The apse holds a canvas painting of Francis Xavier preaching in Goa. [2]

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