The church of Saint Anthony in Campo Marzio, known as Saint Anthony of the Portuguese (, ), is a

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Roman Catholic

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church in

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, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Lisbon. The church functions as a

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of the Portuguese community residing in that city and pilgrims visiting

and the

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. It also serves the Brazilian community. Established as titulus ''S. Antonii in Campo Martio'' in 2001, it is currently assigned to Cardinal

Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC (; born 16 July 1948), officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 201 ...

History

The national church of the

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was originally founded in 1445 at the behest of Cardinal Antonio Martinez de Chaves adjacent to a hospice for Portuguese pilgrims. The hospice, with a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem, had been founded in the fourteenth century by the noblewoman Guiomar of Lisbon. It was rebuilt in 1638 to a design by

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. The ribbed dome was designed by

Carlo Rainaldi Carlo Rainaldi (4 May 1611 – 8 February 1691) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th-century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs. He worked at f ...

in 1674."Church of Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi", ''Roma'', sito turistico ufficiale
/ref> Work on the façade continued under Cristoforo Schor in 1695. The stained glass window above the door depicts St Anthony with the Child Jesus. The church and hospice were closed in 1799 during Napoleon's occupation; the Portuguese government recovered the property in 1814. The hospice later became the ''Istituto Portoghese di Sant'Antonio in Roma'' which sponsors, language classes, conferences, and concerts. The church's main organ is located on the balcony over the entrance. The barrel vault ceiling is stuccoed by Pompeo Gentile and frescoed by Salvatore Nobili. The interior is decorated in polychrome marble. The main altarpiece is Giacinto Calandrucci's 1707 ''The Virgin handing the Holy Child to St Anthony''. The first chapel on the left is dedicated to St. Anthony of Egypt; the second is the Chapel of the Nativity. It contains three artworks by

Antonio Concioli Antonio Concioli (1739 – November 28, 1820) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting sacred subjects in a Neoclassical style. Biography Born in Pergola, Marche, to a family of professionals and bureaucrats, he was likely a descendant of the j ...

: a ''Nativity'', ''Adoration by the Magi'', and ''Repose in Egypt''. The Sampaio Chapel in the left transept is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. It includes

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's 1750 funerary monument of Manuel Pereira de Sampaio, Portuguese ambassador to the Holy See and Governor of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi. A second monument, by

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, designed for the church is now at the

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in Lisbon. The marble balustrade that enclosed the chapel was sold off by the French in 1807. The chapel in the right transept is dedicated to St. Elizabeth of Portugal. The altarpiece of St Elizabeth is by

Luigi Agricola Luigi Agricola (c. 1750 – 1821 or after) was an Italian painter active in Rome. He also worked with jewelry. He painted a ''St. Michael the Archangel'' for the Academy of St Luke in Rome, where he was a professor. He painted an altarpiece ...

. The first chapel on the right is dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria and contains a neoclassic monument to ''Alexandre de Sousa Holstein'' sculpted by

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in 1808; The second chapel on the right, the Cimini Chapel is dedicated to John the Baptist. The altarpiece is the ''Baptism of Christ'' by Calandrucci. The church interior was remodeled in the late eighteenth century."S. Antonio dei Portoghesi", ''Roma:Caput Mundi'', Boston College
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Cardinal-Priests

Since the 2001 consistory of

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, the church has been used as a

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. *

José Policarpo José da Cruz Policarpo (; 26 February 1936 – 12 March 2014), officially referred to as José IV, Patriarch of Lisbon, though usually referred to as "D. José Policarpo", was Patriarch of Lisbon from 24 March 1998 to 18 May 2013. Pope ...

(21 February 2001 – 12 March 2014) *

(14 Feb 2015 – ''present'')

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