Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina is a 20th-century parochial church and

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in northeastern

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, dedicated to

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as the

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History

The church was built in 1975–78. On 26 November 1994, it was made a

to be held by a

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. ;Cardinal-protectors *

Ersilio Tonini Ersilio Tonini (20 July 1914 – 28 July 2013) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer di ...

(1994–2013) *

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(2014–present)

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* {{Commons cat, Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore a Val Melaina Titular churches Rome Q. XVI Monte Sacro Roman Catholic churches completed in 1977 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy