San Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi is a

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parish,

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, and national church of the United States in

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History

It was the national churches of

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until 2017 when it became the national church of the

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. Since August 2017 (when they were transferred from

Santa Susanna The Church of Saint Susanna at the Baths of Diocletian ( it, Chiesa di Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano) is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, Italy. There has been a titular church associated to its site ...

), it has been under the pastoral care of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers), a religious order which originated and is based in

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. It was built in 1908 to designs in a Romanesque-Byzantine revival style by

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. An earlier church on the site, , was demolished, but a fresco was saved and installed in the new structure. The apse mosaic dates from 1929 and depicts Saint Patrick preaching to the crowds. Its current

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is Thomas Collins, the

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. Since the move, the current National Church of Ireland is the Church of Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case.

Cardinal-Priests

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(25 February 1965 – 17 April 1977) *

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(30 June 1979 – 8 May 1990) *

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(28 June 1991 – 31 December 2009) * Thomas Collins (18 February 2012 – present)

References

External links

Chiesa di San Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi
(Italian)
St. Patrick's in Rome
official web site
English Masses in Rome, PNAC
Titular churches National churches in Rome 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches of Rome (rione Ludovisi) {{Europe-RC-church-stub