The church of San Leone is a church of Rome in Prenestino-Labicano district, in via Prenestina. It is dedicated to the fifth-century pope,
Pope Leo I
Pope Leo I ( 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, was bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death. Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "was undoubtedly one of the most important in the Church's history."
Leo was ...
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History
The church was built by the architect Giuseppe Zander between 1950 and 1952.
It is the home of the parish, established 7 October 1952 by decree of the Cardinal Vicar
Clemente Micara ''Tricesimo iam vertente''. In addition it is also home since 1965 the title of cardinal "San Leone I".
The church was visited by Pope John Paul II 17 December 1989.
List of Cardinal Protectors
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Lorenz Jager (25 February 1965 – 7 April 1975)
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Roger Etchegaray (30 June 1979 – 24 June 1998)
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Karl Lehmann
Karl Lehmann (16 May 1936 – 11 March 2018) was a German Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mainz from 1983 to 2016, being elevated to Cardinal in 2001. He also served as Chairman of the Conference of the Germa ...
(21 February 2001 - 11 March 2018)
* Sergio Obeso Rivera (28 June 2018 – 11 August 2019)
* Cristóbal López Romero (5 October 2019 – present)
References
External links
San Leone I
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Titular churches
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1952
Rome Q. VII Prenestino-Labicano
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy