San Giovanni Battista de Rossi is a church on via Cesare Baronio in the quartiere

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. It is dedicated to Saint Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (1698–1764), who was canonized in 1881 by

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. This church building was commissioned by

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in 1938 from the architect . The

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delayed construction and the church was not consecrated until 22 May 1965. St John Baptist de Rossi's

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were

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here from the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini on 23 May 1965, his

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, with Cardinal Luigi Traglia, the Vicar General of Rome, presiding.

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Nearly four years later, on 30 April 1969,

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made it a titular church. * John Joseph Carberry (30 April 1969 – 17 June 1998) * Julio Terrazas Sandoval (21 February 2001 – 9 December 2015) * John Ribat (19 November 2016 – present) The church itself is served by

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clergy.

References

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