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Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo is a 20th-century parochial church and
The church was built in 1934–36, designed by Tullio Rossi. Behind the altar is a reproduction of Raphael's ''Transfiguration''.
The
titular church
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in the western suburbs of Rome
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, dedicated to the Transfiguration of Jesus
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.
History
The church was built in 1934–36, designed by Tullio Rossi. Behind the altar is a reproduction of Raphael's ''Transfiguration''.
The martyr
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Fr. Andrea Santoro
Andrea Santoro (7 September 1945, in Priverno, Italy – 5 February 2006, in Trabzon, Turkey) was a Catholic priest in Turkey, murdered in Trabzon where he served as a member of the Catholic Church's Fidei donum missionary program.
The murder w ...
(1945–2006) was priest at Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in 1971–81.
On 21 February 2001, it was made a titular church
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to be held by a cardinal-priest
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...
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;Cardinal-Protectors
*Pedro Rubiano Sáenz
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(2001–2024)
*Pablo Virgilio David
Pablo Virgilio "Ambo" Siongco David (born March 2, 1959) is a Filipino Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Kalookan since 2016. He was auxiliary bishop of San Fernando from 2006 to 2015. He has been president of the Catholic Bis ...
(2024–present)
See also
*Church of the Transfiguration
The Church of the Transfiguration (, ) is a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor in Israel. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upo ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo Titular churches Rome S. VIII Gianicolense Roman Catholic churches completed in 1936 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy