San Giovanni Battista de Rossi
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| San Giovanni Battista de Rossi | |
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| English name: | St Giovanni Battista de Rossi |
| Dedication: | St Giovanni Battista Rossi |
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
| Type: | Titular church |
| Clergy: | Diocesan |
| Titular church | Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. |
| Built: | |
| Consecrated: | 1965 |
| Architect(s): | Tullio Rossi |
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| Contact data | |
| Address: | Via Cesare Baronio 127 00179 Roma |
| Phone: | 06 78 87 801 |
| Fax: | 06-78.87.875 |
| E-mail: | SanGiovanniBattistaDeRossi@VicariatusUrbis.org |
| Homepage: | http://www.parrocchiaderossi.it |
San Giovanni Battista de Rossi is a church dedicated to the priest St Giovanni Battista Rossi (1698-1764).
[edit] History
St Giovanni Battista (John Baptist) de Rossi was from Genua, who studied and worked in Rome. He worked tirelessly for homeless women, the sick, prisoners and workers, and was a very popular confessor. After he had been canonised in 1881, it was only a matter of time before a church was dedicated to him in Rome.
The parish bearing his name was established by Pope Pius XII in 1940. Because of the war, construction of the church was delayed, and it was not until 22 May 1965 that it could be consecrated. The architect was Tullio Rossi.
Pope Paul VI made it a cardinalitial title on 30 April 1969, with John Joseph Cardinal Carberry as the first titular. The second, and present, titular is H.E. Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., appointed in 2001.
The church is served by diocesan clergy.
[edit] Interior
The mortal remains of St Giovanni Battista de Rossi were transferred from Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini on 23 May 1965, the day after the church had been consecrated. Luigi Cardinal Traglia, Vicar General of Rome, presided at the ceremony.
[edit] Special notes
The feast of St Giovanni Battista de Rossi is celebrated on 23 May.
