The Roman Catholic

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of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (Saints

Quiricus and Julietta Cyricus ( el, Κήρυκος, am, ቂርቆስ, arc, ܡܪܝ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ ܣܗܕܐ ''Mar Quriaqos Sahada''; also Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr), and his mother, Julitta ( el, Ἰουλίττα, am, እየሉጣ arc, ܝܘܠܝܛܐ, ''Yul ...

) in

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is named after a son and mother who were

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in 304 AD in Tarsus. The church is located in central Rome behind the

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. The address is: Via di Tor de’ Conti 31/A, 00184. Today the church is administered by the

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. The feast of Sts Quiricus and Julitta is celebrated on 16 June.

History

Monti - ss Quirico e Giulitta interno 1110274

The first church here was built in the 6th century, under

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, and originally dedicated to Sts

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and

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the Deacons. It was rebuilt in the

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in the 14th century. The relics of St Cyriacus were translated here in 1475; they were later translated to the church of

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. The translation may have been the result of some confusion, as Cyriacus is an alternative form of Quiricus. In 1716, it was destroyed by fire.

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who was the Cardinal-Protector had it rebuilt and granted it to the Dominicans of San Marco. The church as it stands today was completed in 1733, and was designed by

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. The last restoration was carried out in 1965-1970. The church has many connections to

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. The church was the first parish church of the original

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in Rome before the college moved to its present location. Some of the students of the Irish College who died in the seventeenth century and the eighteenth century are buried here. The church was established as a titular church on 13 April 1587.

List of titular cardinals

* Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici (Pope Leo XI) (9 Jan 1584 – 14 Jan 1591) *

Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Francesco Maria del Monte, full name Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria, (5 July 1549 – 27 August 1627) was an Italians, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal, diplomat, and connoisseur of the arts. His fame today rests on his ea ...

Santa Maria (5 April 1591 – 14 Feb 1592) *

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(11 Oct 1593 – 29 Feb 1604) *

Marcello Lante della Rovere Marcello Lante della Rovere (1561 – 19 April 1652) was an Italian people Catholic Cardinal appointed Dean and Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals. __TOC__ Family and early life Lante was born 1561, the son of Ludovico Lante of the ''Dukes ...

(9 Oct 1606 – 20 March 1628) *

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(17 Dec 1629 - 7 Aug 1634 ) *

Angelo Giori Angelo Giori (11 May 1586, Capodacqua - 8 August 1662, Rome) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Giori was born 11 May 1586 in Capodacqua, the son of Giovanni Francesco Giori and Polidora Polini. He began his studies at the Grammatica a ...

(1643–1662) * Lorenzo Raggi (1664–1679) *

Galeazzo Marescotti Galeazzo Marescotti (1 October 1627 – 3 July 1726) was an Italian cardinal. Biography He was born in Vignanello, Italy. His father was named Sforza Marescotti and his mother was Vittoria Ruspoli, both born to prominent aristocratic famil ...

(22 Sep 1681 - 21 Jun 1700) * Vacant (1700–1710) * Fulvio Astalli (19 Feb 1710 - 7 May 1710) * Michelangelo Conti (Pope Innocent XIII) (7 Jun 1706 - 8 May 1721) *

Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy (25 May 1657 – 26 July 1737) was a French priest who was Bishop of Toul from 1687 to 1704, Bishop of Meaux from 1704 to 1737, and Cardinal from 1715 to 1737. Biography Henri Pons Thiard Bissy was born on 25 May 1 ...

(16 Jun 1721 - 14 Aug 1730) *

Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona Troiano Acquaviva of Aragon (14 January 1696 – 20 March 1747) was an Italian cardinal and Catholic archbishop. Acquaviva was from a noble family with close ties to the Spanish crown; he was the nephew of Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva d'Arago ...

(1732–1733) *

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(or Rivera) (1733–1741) *

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(1755–1756) *

Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (24 January 1685 – 14 January 1764) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, an antiquarian and philologist, and a collector of antiquities whose ambitious excavations at the site of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli rewarded him ...

(1759–1764) *Vacant (1764–1817) * Antonio Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (28 Jul 1816 - 23 Oct 1817) *Vacant (1817–1829) * Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti (15 Dec 1828 Appointed - 14 Nov 1838) *

Gabriele Ferretti Gabriele Ferretti (; Ancona, 31 January 1795 – Rome, 13 September 1860) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Personal life He was born into nobility, the son of Palatine Count ''Liverotto Ferret ...

(1839–1853) * Juraj Haulík Váralyai (16 Jun 1856 Appointed - 11 May 1869 ) * Miguel Payá y Rico (12 Mar 1877 Appointed - 25 Dec 1891 ) * Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. (12 Jun 1893 - 8 Jan 1896) * Salvador Casañas y Pagés (29 Nov 1895 - 27 Oct 1908 ) * Vacant (1908–1916) *

Tommaso Pio Boggiani Tommaso Pio Boggiani O.P. (19 January 1863 – 26 February 1942) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who had a varied career that included a stint as the Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, service as bishop of Adria and archbishop of ...

, O.P. (4 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1929) * Paul-Marie-André Richaud (15 Dec 1958 - 5 Feb 1968 ) *

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(24 November 2007–present)

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