Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building ...
church dedicated to the
Holy Cross on the
Via Flaminia in Rome, Italy.
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat ther
History
It was first built in 1913 by the architect
Aristide Leonori
Aristide Leonori (28 July 1856 – 30 July 1928) was an Italian architect and engineer. He worked mostly on religious buildings in Italy, the United States, and Africa, in a variety of styles.
Biography
Born in Rome, the eldest of twelve childr ...
for
Pope Pius X, in celebration of the 1600th anniversary of the
Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan ( la, Edictum Mediolanense; el, Διάταγμα τῶν Μεδιολάνων, ''Diatagma tōn Mediolanōn'') was the February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Frend, W. H. C. ( ...
. In the style of a Roman basilica, it has a mosaic-decorated facade, a portico with six
Ionic column
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite ...
s and a mosaic by Biagio Biagetti, a five-storey
bell tower and a three-aisled nave divided by six columns of Bavarian granite on each side.
It was opened for worship on 12 July 1914, and granted to the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (
Stigmatines
The Stigmatines officially named the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata ( la, Congregatio a Sanctus Stigmatibus) is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (Priests and Brothers). The Stigmatine Congregation was fo ...
), but was not consecrated until 1918 (by Giuseppe Pallica, Titular Archbishop of Philippi).
In 1954, Pope Pius XII made it an alternative station church for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the status of
Minor Basilica
In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...
in 1964.
Titular Church
The Church of S. Croce was made a titular church for a Cardinal Priest by Pope Paul VI on 5 February 1965, an anticipation of a need for extra titles for new cardinals. On 22 February 1965 he created twenty-seven new Cardinals.
[David M. Cheyney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy:']
''Santa Croce in Via Flaminia''.
Retrieved: 2016-03-15.
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Josef Beran
Josef Beran (29 December 1888 – 17 May 1969) was a Czech Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Prague from 1946 until his death and was elevated into the cardinalate in 1965.
Adam Beran was imprisoned in the Dachau concentr ...
, Archbishop of Prague (25 Feb 1965 — 17 May 1969)
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Bolesław Kominek, archbishop of
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
(5 Mar 1973 — 10 Mar 1974)
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William Wakefield Baum
William Wakefield Baum (November 21, 1926 – July 23, 2015) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri (1970–1973) and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wa ...
, Archbishop of Washington DC (24 May 1976 — 23 Jul 2015)
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Sergio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasilia (19 November 2016 – present)
The position of titular priest of the church is
Sergio da Rocha since 19 November 2016.
References
External links
NyborgOfficial Website
Croce Flaminia
Croce Flaminia
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Christian organizations established in 1914
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1914
Rome Q. I Flaminio
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