San Saturnino is a 20th-century parochial church and

titular church In the Catholic Church, a titular church () is a Churches in Rome, church in Rome that is assigned to a member of the Holy orders in the Catholic Church, clergy who is created a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal. These are Catholic churches in ...

in northern

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, dedicated to

Saturninus of Carthage Saturninus of Carthage was a North African Christian martyr killed by Maximian in 304 after being exiled to Rome during the Decian persecution, as stated in an inscription dedicated to him by Pope Damasus I. He was buried in the Catacomb of Tra ...

(died on the

Via Salaria The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy. It eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls) to ''Castrum Truentinum'' ( Porto d'Ascoli) on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km. The road also passed throu ...

in AD 304).

History

The church was built in 1935–1940. The relics of Saint Saturninus are interred under the high altar. On 21 October 2003, it was made a

to be held by a

cardinal-priest A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

. ;Cardinal-protectors * Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2003–2012) * John Onaiyekan (2012–present)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saturnino Titular churches San Saturnino Roman Catholic churches completed in 1940 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Romanesque Revival church buildings in Italy