Santa Croce in Via Flaminia

Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
Church of the Holy Cross on the Flaminian Way (in English) Sancti Crucis in via Flaminia (in Latin)
Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
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41°55′43″N 12°28′04″E / 41.92873°N 12.46784°E / 41.92873; 12.46784
Location	Via Guido Reni 2, Rome
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Status	Titular church, basilica
Dedication	Holy Cross
Consecrated	1918
Architecture
Architect(s)	Aristide Leonori
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1913
Completed	1914
Administration
District	Lazio
Province	Diocese of Rome
Clergy
Cardinal protector	Sergio da Rocha

Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a basilica church dedicated to the Holy Cross on the Via Flaminia in Rome, Italy. Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat there.[1]

History

It was first built in 1913 by the architect Aristide Leonori for Pope Pius X, in celebration of the 1600th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. In the style of a Roman basilica, it has a mosaic-decorated facade, a portico with six Ionic columns and a mosaic by Biagio Biagetti, a five-storey bell tower and a three-aisled nave divided by six columns of Bavarian granite on each side.

It was opened for worship on 12 July 1914, and granted to the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines), but was not consecrated until 1918 (by Giuseppe Pallica, Titular Archbishop of Philippi).

In 1954, Pope Pius XII made it an alternative station church for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the status of Minor Basilica in 1964.

Titular Church

The Church of S. Croce was made a titular church for a Cardinal Priest by Pope Paul VI on 5 February 1965, an anticipation of a need for extra titles for new cardinals. On 22 February 1965 he created twenty-seven new Cardinals.^[1]

• Josef Beran, Archbishop of Prague (25 Feb 1965 — 17 May 1969)
• Bolesław Kominek, archbishop of Wrocław (5 Mar 1973 — 10 Mar 1974)
• William Wakefield Baum, Archbishop of Washington DC (24 May 1976 — 23 Jul 2015)
• Sergio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasilia (19 November 2016 – present)

The position of titular priest of the church is Sergio da Rocha since 19 November 2016.

References

External links

• Media related to Santa Croce a Via Flaminia (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons
• Nyborg
• (in Italian) Official Website

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