San Pio X alla Balduina

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San Pio X alla Balduina
Church of Pope Saint Pius X in Balduina
Chiesa di San Pio Decimo alla Balduina
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San Pio X alla Balduina
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41°55′11″N12°26′27″E / 41.9197°N 12.4407°E / 41.9197; 12.4407 Coordinates: 41°55′11″N12°26′27″E / 41.9197°N 12.4407°E / 41.9197; 12.4407
LocationVia Attilio Friggeri 87, Trionfale, Rome
Country Italy
Language(s)Italian
Denomination Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website sanpiodecimo.it
History
Status titular church
Dedication Pope Pius X
Consecrated 1961
Architecture
Architect(s) Alberto Ressa [1]
Architectural type Modern
Groundbreaking 1957
Completed1961
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Pio X alla Balduina is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Rome, dedicated to Pope Pius X. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

History

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Crypt
Altar and pipe organ Roma, chiesa di San Pio X - Altar maggiore.jpg
Altar and pipe organ
Visit of Pope Paul VI Visita di Paolo VI alla parrocchia di San Pio X in Roma (16 febbraio 1964) - Papa in preghiera.jpg
Visit of Pope Paul VI
Visit of Pope John Paul II Visita di Giovanni Paolo II alla parrocchia di San Pio X in Roma (31 gennaio 1993) - Celebrazione eucaristica.jpg
Visit of Pope John Paul II

The church was built in 1957–61. [1] Pope Paul VI visited on 16 February 1964, and Pope John Paul II visited on 31 January 1993.

San Pio X was a filming site for The Last Man on Earth (1964); it was used for the climactic scene where Dr. Morgan (Vincent Price) is cornered by human-vampire hybrids and murdered on the altar of the church. [5] [6] [7]

On 29 April 1969, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. [8]

Cardinal-protectors

Architecture and art

The church is modernist in style, with a side chapel devoted to Padre Pio, with a painting of him by Ulisse Sartini. The main altar features a bronze crucifix by Publio Morbiducci, while the pipe organ (added in 1969, and so not seen in The Last Man on Earth) was made by the Tamburini firm. [7]

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