Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata | |
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Church of Saint Mary Queen of the World in Torre Spaccata | |
Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata | |
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41°51′57″N 12°34′53″E / 41.8659°N 12.5815°E / 41.8659; 12.5815 | |
Location | Via Alessandro Barbosi 6, Q. Don Bosco, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Language(s) | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
Religious order | Carmelites |
Website | mariareginamundi |
History | |
Status | titular church, parish church |
Dedication | Mary, Queen of the World |
Consecrated | 21 February 1970 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Giuseppe Nicolosi, Eugenio Montuori |
Architectural type | Modern |
Groundbreaking | 1968 |
Completed | 1970 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in eastern Rome.
History
The church was built in 1968–70. It is on a rectangular plan with rounded corners. It has three naves and an altar area aligned with the lantern, and a large polychrome glass window in the apse. The baptistery is on a square plan with a pavilion roof, connected to the body of the church by an exposed concrete beam, which also acts as a lintel. Pope John Paul II visited in 1986.
On 28 June 1988, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.
- Titulars
- Simon Pimenta (1988–2013)
- Orlando Quevedo (2014–present)
References
- "Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata". info.roma.it.
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- "La storia della Parrocchia di S. Maria Regina Mundi e del suo territorio: 14 dicembre 1986 la visita di Giovanni Paolo II". www.mariareginamundi.org.
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- "Tribute to Cardinal Simon Pimenta; from SILENT VOICE". July 22, 2013.
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- "Santa Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- "QUEVEDO Card. Orlando B., O.M.I." press.vatican.va.