Santa Maria Immacolata in Grottarossa is a
Catholic
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church in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
's Grottarossa area, along the ancient
Via Flaminia
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. It has been under the titular possession of
Wilton Gregory
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of
Washington
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since his elevation to the
cardinalate
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in 2020.
History
It was built in 1935 by Ettore Molinario to meet the spiritual needs of all the workers of the former farm that has given rise to Grottarossa village. It is set along Via Flaminia, "to Saxa Rubra", where, in the year 312, there was the historic battle between the armies of
Constantine I
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and
Maxentius
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. On 2 November 1986, the church received the visit of
John Paul II
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, who at that time solemnly crowned a new image of
Our Lady Immaculate
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It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth wh ...
.
The church is home to the parish, which was established on June 4, 1937. It also is home to the cardinal's title of "Immaculate Conception of Mary in Grottarossa", instituted by Pope John Paul II May 5, 1985 by Papal Bull ''Purpuratis Patribus''.
Cardinal Priest
Pope John Paul II established it as a
titular church
In the Catholic Church, a titular church is a church in Rome that is assigned to a member of the clergy who is created a cardinal. These are Catholic churches in the city, within the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rome, that serve as honorary de ...
on 25 May 1985.
*
Henryk Gulbinowicz
Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (17 October 1923 – 16 November 2020) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1976 to 2004. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1985. In 2020, he was banned from making publi ...
, 25 May 1985 – 16 November 2020
*
Wilton Gregory
Wilton Daniel Gregory (born December 7, 1947) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Archdiocese of Washington, archbishop of Washington, US. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal on No ...
, 28 November 2020 – present
References
External links
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Immacolata Concezione si Maria a Grottarossa
Titular churches
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1937
Rome Q. XIII Aurelio
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy