Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

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Church of Saint Anthony of Padua al Laterano
Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino (in Italian)
S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe (in Latin)
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Facade of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
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41°53′19.71″N12°30′14.2″E / 41.8888083°N 12.503944°E / 41.8888083; 12.503944
Location Via Merulana 124-B, Rome
Country Italy
Denomination Roman Catholic
Tradition Latin
Website Official website
History
Status Minor basilica,
titular church
Dedication Anthony of Padua
Consecrated 1888
Architecture
Architect(s) Luca Carimini
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1884
Completed1888
Specifications
Materials Marble
Administration
Province Rome
Clergy
Cardinal protector Américo Aguiar

The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua al Laterano (Italian : Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino, Latin : S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome on Via Merulana, one block from the Obelisk of St. John Lateran. It was built for the Order of Friars Minor, who needed a new home after they were moved from Santa Maria in Ara Coeli to allow the construction of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument.

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The church was consecrated on 4 December 1887 and was elevated to minor basilica status in 1931. [1]

On 12 March 1960 Pope John XXIII made it a titular church as a seat for cardinals. [2] The current cardinal priest of the Titulus Sancti Antonii Patavini de Urbe is Américo Aguiar.

Architecture

Two staircases provide access to the gantry of the church, where a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua stands holding the Christ Child. Inside, the church is constructed of three naves, divided by two columns of pillars made of pink marble. The general decoration of the church was done by Friar Bonaventura Loffredo da Alghero in 1889–1890. The fresco of the apotheosis of the Franciscan family in the apse area of the sanctuary was done by Friar Loffredo.

The paintings of the side altars were done by various artists, mainly Franciscan: St. Clare of Assisi by Giuseppe Bravi (1844–1908); St. Francis of Assisi by Franz De Rhoden (1817–1903); Japanese Martyrs crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki by Cesare Mariani (1826–1901); Immaculate Mary by Francesco Szoldatiez (1916); St. Ludovico di Tolosa by Eugenia Pignet (1940). Other paintings were done by the friars Giuseppe Maria Rossi, Caio D' Andrea and Michelangelo Cianti.

List of cardinal priests

See also

Notes

  1. GCatholic.org. "Basilicas in Italy" . Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. Cardinal Title S. Antonio da Padova al Laterano GCatholic

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Preceded by
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Landmarks of Rome
Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
Succeeded by
Sant'Apollinare, Rome