San Roberto Bellarmino (church)

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The San Roberto Bellarmine Church is one in 1933 by Pope Pius XI. built Roman Catholic parish church in Rome in the Parioli district, which in the 16-17. Century living Robert Bellarmine dedicated. This was canonized in 1930 and a year later honored with the honorary title of Doctor of the Church. The church belonged to the Jesuit order in 2003.

Parish

At the beginning of the 1930s lived around 15,000 parishioners in the parish, which was separated from the parish of Santa Teresa al Corso d' Italia and Santa Maria del Popolo. Due to the formation of other parishes, the number of parishioners went back, so currently (2013 ) belong to some 11,000 people in the community.

Building

The planning of the church in the years 1931-1933 was incumbent on the architect Clemente Busiri Vici. The construction of the church took over two years to complete, so that the church was not consecrated until 1959. The high altar was donated by Beniamino Gigli.

The church is fitted into a pointed plot between Viale Romania and Via Panama, whose southern end is a small parking lot. On the west side of the church there is an outdoor sports facility, east stand rectory and other outbuildings, the major axis of the nave and apse runs from south- west to north - northeast, the transept, each with a chapel is perpendicular to and ends in a half octagon. The chapel to the right of the apse to the east, is dedicated to the Mother of God and the opposite chapel to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Cardinal priest

• Pablo Muñoz Vega SJ (28 April 1969 to June 3, 1994 )
• Augusto Vargas Alzamora SJ (November 26, 1994 to September 4, 2000 )
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ (21 February 2001 until 13 March 2013 ( election as pope ) )
• Mario Aurelio Poli, since February 22, 2014