The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua on Via Tuscolana () is a Roman Catholic

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church in

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, built for the religious congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus, to whose founder Saint Annibale Maria di Francia is co-concercrated the church along with

Saint Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua, OFM, (; ; ) or Anthony of Lisbon (; ; ; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor. Anthony was born and raised by a wealth ...

. Having been completed in 1948 it was given to the Rogationists fathers, before being concercrated on 27 May 1965 by Cardinal Luigi Traglia. On 5 March 1973

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granted it a

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as a seat for

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of this church is Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of

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Architecture

The facade of the church has three doors, which are topped by five windows. The interior is constituted of three

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. The

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is made of

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and

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statues. The church is famous for having the highest

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at 47 meters. Two plaques inside the church commemorate the visits of

in 1974 and

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in 1979.

List of Cardinal Priests

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(5 March 1973 – 14 December 2016) * Jean Zerbo (from 28 June 2017)

References

{{Reflist * C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, 38 * G. Ciarpaneto, Quartiere VIII. Tuscolano, in AA.VV, I quartieri di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Roma 2006 Roman Catholic churches completed in 1948 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana Rome Q. VIII Tuscolano