San Corbiniano is a 21st-century

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 ...

for a

Cardinal-priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

and a parish church (in full San Corbiniano all'Infernetto) in southern

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 XXVIIth prefecture.

Church

Its address is Via Ermanno Wolf Ferrari 201, Infernetto, Roma, Lazio 00124, near Via Erik Satie. The parish, in the Pope's own

Diocese of Rome The Diocese of Rome ( la, Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; it, Diocesi di Roma) is the ecclesiastical district under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

, was founded as Parish of S. Guglielmo al Laurentino on 1989.10.20 and renamed on 20 June 2008. The parish church was dedicated to

Saint Corbinian Saint Corbinian ( la, Corbinianus; french: Corbinien; german: Korbinian; 670 – 8 September c. 730 AD) was a Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to ...

on 20 March 2011. It enjoyed a papal visit from

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

on 20 March 2011.

Cardinal title

The ''titulus Sancti Corbiniani'', for Cardinal-priests, was established on 20 November 2010.

Cardinal-protectors

The following

s have been its cardinal-protector : *

Reinhard Marx Reinhard Marx (born 21 September 1953) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Munich and Freising. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Marx to the cardinalate in a consistory in 2010. Biography Born in Geseke, Nort ...

(20 November 2010 – present)

Sources and external links

GCatholic the cardinal title

Parochial website (in Italian)
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