The Basilica of Saint John Bosco is a church in the Don Bosco quarter of Rome, situated between the via Tuscolana and Centocelle Airport. It is dedicated to Saint John Bosco.
| San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana | |
|---|---|
Basilica di San Giovanni Bosco | |
 Exterior of the church | |
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| 41°51′32″N 12°33′56″E / 41.8588°N 12.5656°E | |
| Location | Viale dei Salesiani 9, Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Tradition | Latin Rite |
| Religious institute | Salesians |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint John Bosco |
| Dedicated | 2 May 1959 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Modern |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Rome |
On 5 February 1965, Pope Paul VI established this church as a deaconry under the name San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana.[1] He gave it the status of a minor basilica on 20 November 1965.[2]
The church is a parish seat of the Diocese of Rome and has been entrusted to the care of the Salesian Fathers.
History
editThe building was constructed at the beginning of the 1950s by the Sicilian architect Gaetano Rapisardi. On 12 September 1952 the first stone of the new building was laid by Clemente Micara, cardinal vicar of Rome. The church was inaugurated on 2 May 1959 by Benedetto Aloisi Masella, cardinal protector of the Salesians. Much of the interior remained unfinished until 1964. The day after the inauguration, Pope John XXIII visited to pray at the urn holding the remains of Don Bosco, which had been brought from Turin for the occasion.
Cardinals who have held the title
edit- Federico Callori di Vignale (25 February 1965 - 10 August 1971)
- Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B., cardinal-priest pro hac vice (12 April 1973 - 6 April 1974)
- Boleslaw Filipiak (24 May 1976 - 14 October 1978)
- Egano Righi-Lambertini (30 June 1979 - 26 November 1990)
- Virgilio Noè (28 June 1991 - 26 February 2002))
- Stephen Fumio Hamao (21 October 2003[3] - 8 November 2007)[4]
- Robert Sarah (20 November 2010[5] - present)
References
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- ^ "Romana haec Sedes" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 5 February 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Adulescentium patris" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 20 November 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Assignment of the Titles or the Deaconries to the new Cardinals". The Holy See. Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations. 21 October 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao". The Times. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- Additional sources
- La Ruffa, Alessandra. "Don Bosco a Roma, una chiesa anima del suo quartiere". Passaggi Lenti (in Italian).
- Pilla, Ruggiero (1969). La Basilica di S. Giovanni Bosco in Roma. Chiese di Roma illustrate (in Italian). Vol. 108.