The Church of San Timoteo () 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 the southwest suburbs of

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

Saint Timothy Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek language, Greek: , ''Timótheos'', meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God") was an early Christian Evangelism, evangelist and the first Christianity, Christian bishop of Ephesus, whom the Acts of Timothy ...

History

The church is square in shape with rounded corners and is covered with a

pagoda A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but some ...

-style roof. It was built in 1968–70 on land donated by the

Società Generale Immobiliare Società Generale Immobiliare (SGI; ) was once the largest real estate and construction company in Italy. It was founded in Turin in 1862, then relocated to Rome in 1870 with the unification of Italy. The company bought some of the pastoral land a ...

. On 14 February 2015, 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 *

Arlindo Gomes Furtado Arlindo Gomes Furtado, CSSp (born 15 November 1949) is a Cape Verdean Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde since 2009. He was the first Bishop of Mindelo from 2004 to 2009. He studied for several years in Coi ...

(2015–present)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timoteo Titular churches Roman Catholic churches completed in 1970 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy