Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek Eas ...
church dedicated to the
Holy Cross on the
Via Flaminia
The Via Flaminia () was an ancient Roman roads, Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to ''Ariminum'' (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had f ...
in Rome, Italy.
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat ther
History
It was first built in 1913 by the architect
Aristide Leonori for
Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X (; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing Modernism in the Catholic Church, modern ...
, 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
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell to ...
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
Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectura ...
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.
[David M. Cheyney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy:']
''Santa Croce in Via Flaminia''.
Retrieved: 2016-03-15.
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Josef Beran, Archbishop of Prague (25 Feb 1965 — 17 May 1969)
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Bolesław Kominek, archbishop of
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
(5 Mar 1973 — 10 Mar 1974)
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William Wakefield Baum, Archbishop of Washington DC (24 May 1976 — 23 Jul 2015)
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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
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NyborgOfficial Website
Croce Flaminia
Croce Flaminia
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Christian organizations established in 1914
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1914
Rome Q. I Flaminio
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