San Giuseppe al Trionfale | |
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Basilica of Saint Joseph on the Triumphal Way | |
Basilica Parocchiale San Giuseppe al Trionfale | |
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41°54′42″N12°27′06″E / 41.9118°N 12.4517°E | |
Location | Via Bernardino Telesio 4/B, Trionfale, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Language(s) | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
Religious order | Servants of Charity |
History | |
Status | titular church, parish church, minor basilica |
Founder(s) | Luigi Guanella |
Dedication | Saint Joseph |
Consecrated | 19 March 1912 [2] |
Relics held | Contains the purported mantle of St. Joseph and veil of the Virgin Mary [3] |
Architecture | |
Functional status | active |
Architect(s) | Aristide Leonori |
Architectural type | Neoclassical |
Groundbreaking | 1909 |
Completed | 1912 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
San Giuseppe al Trionfale is a 20th-century minor basilica and titular church in Rome, [4] located immediately north of the Vatican, dedicated to Saint Joseph. [5] [6] [7]
San Giuseppe in Via Trionfale was built in 1909–12, designed in Neoclassical style by Aristide Leonori. [8] [9] It was the project of Luigi Guanella, founder of the Servants of Charity. [10]
On 7 June 1967, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon. [11] In 1970 it was made a minor basilica.
The basilica has a central nave with side aisles with nine bays. The façade is rendered in peach, with architectural details in white, and dado in limestone. [18] [19]
The interior is in a Baroque style, with Corinthian columns in pinkish-grey Baveno granite with gilded capitals. Stained glass windows depict Pope Pius IX, Pope Pius X and Pope Benedict XV. Mosaics in the apse were added in 1964 to designs by Pio and Silvio Eroli, with scenes from the life of Saint Joseph. [20] The spandrel of the triumphal arch shows Christ in majesty with scenes featuring the four patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, son of Jacob. [21] Silvio Consadori added twelve frescos in 1971. [22]
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