San Giovanni Crisostomo A Monte Sacro Alto
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{{Infobox church , name=St. John Chrysostom in Monte Sacro Alto , other name=San Giovanni Crisostomo al Monte Sacro Alto {{in lang, it
Sancti Ioannis Chrysostomi in regione vulgo Monte Sacro Alto {{in lang, la , native_name= , image=Roma (Q. Monte Sacro Alto) - S. Giovanni Crisostomo 01.JPG , caption=Facade , mapframe=yes , mapframe-caption=Click on the map for a fullscreen view , mapframe-zoom=11 , mapframe-marker=religious-christian , coordinates= {{Coord, 41.940516, 12.542894, display=it, format=dms , location=Via Emilio de Marchi 40,
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Jean-Claude Hollerich Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (born 9 August 1958) is a Luxembourger prelate of the Catholic Church, who has served as the Archbishop of Luxembourg since 2011. He has been the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European ...
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John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of ...
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John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of ...
, in the district
Monte Sacro Alto Monte Sacro Alto (also known informally as Talenti) is the 28th ''quartiere'' of the city of Rome in Italy, and it is identified by the initials Q. XXVIII. As a quarter, or second level administrative division, it is one of two that comprise the ...
, Via Emilio De Marchi, off the Via Nomentana.


History

It was built between 1968 and 1969 to a design by Ennio Canino architects and Viviana Rizzi: it was consecrated February 16, 1969. The church is home parish, established January 15, 1964, by Clement Micara Cardinal Vicar with the decree ''Quo aptius''. And is the seat of the cardinal's title of "Saint John Chrysostom in Monte Sacro Alto", founded by
Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...
April 26, 1969. In back of the church is a plaque that recalls the visits of two Popes: Paul VI 16 March 1969 and Pope John Paul II on 25 March 1990.


Description

Outside the church is a large concrete canopy supported by a pillar that covers the entrance, surmounted by a cross. Above the entrance into the arms of Paul VI majolica. The interior is very simple, concrete, is marked by stained-glass windows that give light liturgical classroom: they are portrayed in the different moments of the biblical account of creation; near the chancel depicting the Creation of man which is reminiscent of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Also in the area of the presbytery, of two high concrete columns, they have posted two modern icons by the artist Mauro Magni: in a depicts the titular saint of the church, the theologian of the fourth century John Chrysostom; the second depicts the baptism of Jesus: it is near the baptismal font At the entrance of the church two side chapels are located: the right of the Blessed Sacrament chapel closed by a glass wall; on the left the chapel of Confession, which houses a wooden statue of the Madonna and Child.


List of Cardinal Protectors

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Vicente Enrique y Tarancón Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (14 May 1907 – 28 November 1994), known in his country as ''Cardenal Tarancón'' or ''Tarancón'', was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983, and as pre ...
(30 April 1969 – 24 November 1994) *
Bernard Agré Bernard Agré (2 March 1926 – 9 June 2014) was the archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Biography He was educated at the Seminary of Bingerville where he studied philosophy, then the Major Seminary of ...
(21 February 2001 – 9 June 2014) * José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez (14 February 2015 – 3 September 2019) *
Jean-Claude Hollerich Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (born 9 August 1958) is a Luxembourger prelate of the Catholic Church, who has served as the Archbishop of Luxembourg since 2011. He has been the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European ...
(5 October 2019 – present)


References


San Giovanni Crisostomo
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