Sacro Cuore ("Sacred Heart") is a church in the Italian city of

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

, in the neighborhood of

Triante Triante is a district in the north-west of the town of Monza in Italy, and belongs administratively to the city's District 4. There are 33,863 residents in the district of people that are the 27.88% of the total population and their average age is ...

, dedicated to the

Sacred Heart of Jesus The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( la, Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This dev ...

History

The church was built in neoclassical style. The building lies on Via Vittorio Veneto, one of the main roads in the district. In the 1930s as the suburb of Monza grew, so did the need for a church for the local population, until then served by the small church in the nearby district of San Biago. With help from the parish of San Biagio, the site was purchased, and the church was consecrated in 1935. The parish of the church also manages the

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

oratory, a chapel located on the Via Duca D'Aosta, behind the church. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacred Heart Monza Roman Catholic churches in Monza 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Neoclassical architecture in Lombardy Neoclassical church buildings in Italy