San Policarpo all'Acquedotto Claudio is a parochial church in

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and

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for a

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. It is named for the

Aqua Claudia Aqua Claudia ("the Claudius, Claudian water") was an ancient Roman aqueduct that, like the Aqua Anio Novus, was begun by Emperor Caligula (37–41 AD) in 38 AD and finished by Emperor Claudius (41–54 AD) in 52 AD. It was the eighth aqueduct to ...

aqueduct nearby, and for

Polycarp Polycarp (; , ''Polýkarpos''; ; AD 69 155) was a Christian Metropolis of Smyrna, bishop of Smyrna. According to the ''Martyrdom of Polycarp'', he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his bo ...

, a 2nd-century AD saint and writer.

Parish church

The church was built in 1967 for a parish which was created in 1960, in East Rome's XXth prefecture. It is located on Piazza Aruleno Celio Sabino 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00174 at the Via Lemonia.

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visited the church twice, on 2 May 1982 and 11 March 1990. On 14 February 2015, it was made a

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(2015.02.14 – present)

References

External links

GCatholic the cardinal title

GCatholic the parochial church

parochial website (Italian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Policarpo all'Acquedotto Claudio, San Titular churches Churches in Rome Q. XXV Appio Claudio Roman Catholic churches completed in 1967 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy