Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
{{Short description|Roman Catholic basilica, a landmark of Rome, Italy}}
{{Infobox church
|name=Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
|other name=Church of the Holy Cross on the Flaminian Way {{in lang|en}}
Sancti Crucis in via Flaminia {{in lang|la}}
|image=Flaminio - Santa Croce 05.JPG
|caption=Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
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|image_size=270
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|mapframe-zoom=12
|mapframe-marker=religious-christian
|mapframe-wikidata=yes
|location=Via Guido Reni 2, Rome
|country=Italy
|province=Diocese of Rome
|district=Lazio
|denomination=Roman Catholic
|tradition=Roman Rite
|cardinal protector=Sergio da Rocha
|dedication=Holy Cross
|consecration year=1918
|status=Titular church, basilica
|architect=Aristide Leonori
|architectural type=Church
|groundbreaking=1913
|completed date=1914
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Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a basilica church dedicated to the Holy Cross on the Via Flaminia in Rome, Italy. Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat there.[https://ordenconstantiniana.org/the-constantinian-order-today/spirituality/?lang=en]
History
It was first built in 1913 by the architect Aristide Leonori for Pope Pius X, in celebration of the 1600th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. In the style of a Roman basilica, it has a mosaic-decorated facade, a portico with six Ionic columns and a mosaic by Biagio Biagetti, a five-storey bell tower and a three-aisled nave divided by six columns of Bavarian granite on each side.
It was opened for worship on 12 July 1914, and granted to the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines), but was not consecrated until 1918 (by Giuseppe Pallica, Titular Archbishop of Philippi).
In 1954, Pope Pius XII made it an alternative station church for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the status of Minor Basilica in 1964.
Titular Church
The Church of S. Croce was made a titular church for a Cardinal Priest by Pope Paul VI on 5 February 1965, an anticipation of a need for extra titles for new cardinals. On 22 February 1965 he created twenty-seven new Cardinals.David M. Cheyney, Catholic-Hierarchy: [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d1c12.html Santa Croce in Via Flaminia.] Retrieved: 2016-03-15.
- Josef Beran, Archbishop of Prague (25 Feb 1965 — 17 May 1969)
- Bolesław Kominek, archbishop of Wrocław (5 Mar 1973 — 10 Mar 1974)
- William Wakefield Baum, Archbishop of Washington DC (24 May 1976 — 23 Jul 2015)
- Sergio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasilia (19 November 2016 – present)
The position of titular priest of the church is Sergio da Rocha since 19 November 2016.
References
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External links
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- [http://roma.katolsk.no/croceflaminia.htm Nyborg]
- {{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150816123326/http://santacroceaviaflaminiaroma.it/ Official Website]
{{Churches in the City of Rome}}
{{Sequence
| prev = San Crisogono, Rome
| list = Landmarks of Rome
| curr = Santa Croce in Via Flaminia
| next = Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
}}
{{Monuments of Rome}}
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Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Category:Christian organizations established in 1914
Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1914
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