San Saturnino

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San Saturnino
Church of Saint Saturninus
San Saturnino Martire
Chiesa di Santa Saturnino
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San Saturnino
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41°55′21″N12°30′28″E / 41.9225°N 12.5077°E / 41.9225; 12.5077
LocationVia Avigliana 3, Q. Trieste, Rome
Country Italy
Language(s)Italian
Denomination Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website sansaturninomartire.it
History
Status titular church
Dedication Saturninus the Martyr
Consecrated 1940
Architecture
Architect(s) Clemente Busiri Vici [1]
Architectural type Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking 1935
Completed1940
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Saturnino is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in northern Rome, dedicated to Saturninus the Martyr (died on the Via Salaria in AD 304). [2] [3] [4]

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History

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Altar of Saint Saturninus

The church was built in 1935–1940. [5] The relics of Saint Saturninus are interred under the high altar. [6]

On 21 October 2003, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. [7]

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Oblique view
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