Santa Teresa d'Avila is a church on the Corso d'Italia in

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, Italy. It is dedicated to

Teresa of Avila Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

History

It was founded by Cardinal Girolamo Gotti in 1901, designed in a Romanesque-

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hybrid style by Tullio Passarelli. In 1906

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made it a parish church and granted it to the

Discalced Carmelites The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...

, who still have a generalate by the church and serve the church and its convent and parochial centre.

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elevated it to the status of

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in 1951, and eleven years later

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

made it a

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, with Cardinal

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as its first titular cardinal. Roma, basilica di Santa Teresa d'Avila - Interno

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The tympanum above the main entrance door depicts Saint Teresa being blessed by Christ. The interior is decorated with works by 20th-century Roman artists, including a statue of Saint Teresa above the high altar.

Burials

Raffaele Rossi Raffaele Rossi (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948) - born Carlo - was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and professed member from the Discalced Carmelites. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia f ...

Cardinal-priests

(1962) *

Joseph-Marie Martin Joseph-Marie Martin (9 August 1891 – 21 January 1976) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Biography Joseph-Marie-Eugene Martin ...

(1965–1976) *

László Lékai László Lékai (12 March 1910 – 30 June 1986) was Archbishop of Esztergom and a Cardinal. He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 September 1934. He served as a faculty member at the Seminary of Veszprém and did pastoral work in the diocese ...

(1976–1986) *

László Paskai László Paskai, O.F.M. (8 May 1927 – 17 August 2015) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, He served as the archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest from 1987 to 2002. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 ...

, O.F.M. (1988–2015) *

Maurice Piat Maurice Piat CSSp GCSK (born 19 July 1941) is a Mauritian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Port Louis, Mauritius, since 1993; he is also a professed member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Piat was ordained a priest in ...

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(2016–present)

External links

* (Official website)

Teresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...

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