The St. Angela Merici Church is a church in Rome, in the ''
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Nomentano, in Via Bartolomeo Marliano.
History
Made in 1955 by Eng. Ernesto Vichi, it was erected as a parish on 25 September 1963 by decree of the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara, and entrusted in 1958 to the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. The church was consecrated in 1967 and was visited by Pope John Paul II on 27 May 2001.
In 2014, it is home to the cardinal's title of "St. Angela Merici".
Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF (; 14 December 1929 – 24 January 2019) was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in a consistory of February 2 ...
was the first cardinal-protector.
Description
The church is a tall octagonal red brick building and ribbed concrete. On top of the church there is a lantern, while below the cornice runs a long glass. The main entrance is preceded by a short flight of steps, and is surmounted by the coat of arms of Pope Paul VI and the dedicatory inscription: D.O.M. in hon. S. Angelae Merici A.D. MCMLXVII.
The interior of the church is in simple shapes, with one side chapel, where there are a ceramic crucifix and two paintings depicting a Deposition and a Eucharist.
Cardinal-Protector
Pope Francis established it as titular church of "Sant'Angela Merici".
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Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF (; 14 December 1929 – 24 January 2019) was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in a consistory of February 2 ...
, CMF (22 February 2014 – 24 January 2019)
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Sigitas Tamkevičius
Sigitas Tamkevičius (born 7 November 1938) is a Lithuanian prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop emeritus of Kaunas.
Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.
Biography
He graduated from se ...
(5 October 2019 – present)
References
External links
Sant'Angela Merici
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Titular churches
Rome Q. V Nomentano
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1967
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy