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. The address is Via di Tor de’ Conti 31/A, 00184. Today the church is administered by the Third Order of Saint Francis. The feast of Sts Quiricus and Julitta is celebrated on 16 June.

History

The first church here was built in the 6th century, under Pope Vigilius, and originally dedicated to Sts Stephen and LawrenceTurismo Roma website, ''Church of Saints Quirico and Giulitta''
/ref> the Deacons. It was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 14th century. The relics of St Cyriacus were translated here in 1475; they were later translated to the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata. 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. Pope Innocent XIII 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 Filippo Raguzzini. In 1856, the vault was frescoed by

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. The last restoration was carried out in 1965-1970. The church has many connections to Ireland. 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, as a move away from the

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List of titular cardinals

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(11 Oct 1593 – 29 Feb 1604) * Marcello Lante della Rovere (9 Oct 1606 – 20 March 1628) *

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(17 Dec 1629 - 7 Aug 1634 ) *

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(1643–1662) *

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(1664–1679) * Galeazzo Marescotti (22 Sep 1681 - 21 Jun 1700) * Vacant (1700–1710) *

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(1732–1733) * Domenico Riviera (or Rivera) (1733–1741) * Luca Melchiore Tempi (1755–1756) * Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (1759–1764) *Vacant (1764–1817) *

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(28 Jul 1816 - 23 Oct 1817) *Vacant (1817–1829) *

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(15 Dec 1828 Appointed - 14 Nov 1838) *

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(1839–1853) * Juraj Haulík Váralyai (16 Jun 1856 Appointed - 11 May 1869 ) *

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(12 Mar 1877 Appointed - 25 Dec 1891 ) * Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. (12 Jun 1893 - 8 Jan 1896) *

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(29 Nov 1895 - 27 Oct 1908 ) * Vacant (1908–1916) * Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (4 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1929) * Vacant (1929–1958) * Paul-Marie-André Richaud (15 Dec 1958 - 5 Feb 1968 ) * Vacant (1968–2007) *

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References

External links

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ''Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Via Gallia - Ss. Quirico e Giulitta'' (list of cardinals) {{commons category, Santi Quirico e Giulitta (Rome) Titular churches Roman Catholic churches completed in 1733 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy