Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

{{short description|Catholic titular church in Rome}}

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| name = Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

| fullname = Church of the Holy Protomartyrs on the Old Aurelian Way

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| native_name = Chiesa dei Santi Protomartiri Romani

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| location =Via Angelo di Pietro 50, Q. Aurelio, Rome

| country = Italy

| language(s) =Italian

| denomination = Catholic Church

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| tradition =Roman Rite

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| website = {{URL|santiprotomartiriromani.wordpress.com}}

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| status = titular church

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| dedication = First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

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| consecrated date = 1968

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| architect = Francesco Fornari{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.roma.it/monumenti_dettaglio.asp?ID_schede=4389&roma=Santi+Protomartiri+Romani|title=Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica|website=info.roma.it}}

| architectural type = Romanesque Revival

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| groundbreaking = 1968

| completed date = 1968

| diocese = Rome }}

Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in western Rome, dedicated to the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (died AD 64–67).{{Cite web|url=https://santiprotomartiriromani.wordpress.com/la-storia/i-santi-protomartiri/|title=Santi Protomartiri Romani|date=July 30, 2013}}

History

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File:Roma, chiesa dei Santi Protomartiri Romani - Interno 1.jpg

Built in 1968,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIyXDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Protomartiri+Romani%22+1968&pg=PT110|title=NOMI DI PIETRA LA STORIA E LA TOPONOMASTICA DELLE STRADE DI ROMA OSTIA E L'ENTROTERRA MUNICIPIO X|first=Francesca|last=Faiella|date=February 25, 2017|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781326956950|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgTqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Protomartiri+Romani%22+1968|title=I quartieri di Roma: una serie straordinaria di affascinanti itinerari ripercorsi lungo le strade di ieri e di oggi, tra bellezze artistiche e naturali, alla scoperta del volto antico e moderno della città|first=Giorgio|last=Carpaneto|date=November 24, 1997|publisher=Newton & Compton|isbn=9788881836390|via=Google Books}} it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest on 30 April 1969.{{Cite web |title=Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/cardinal/268.htm |website=GCatholic}} In 1985, Pope John Paul II visited this church.{{Cite web|url=https://romandespatches.blogspot.com/2018/11/when-in-romesee-santi-protomartiri.html|title=When in Rome...see Santi Protomartiri Romani on Via Angelo di Pietro}}

;Cardinal-protectors

  • Joseph Malula (1969–1989){{Cite web|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1969.htm|title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - April 28, 1969|website=cardinals.fiu.edu}}
  • Henri Schwery (1991–2021){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31icbFBg9c8C&dq=%22Santi+Protomartiri+Romani%22&pg=PA194|title=Henri Schwery: sacerdoti, episcopi, cardinalis|first=Theodor|last=Wyder|date=November 24, 2002|publisher=Editions Saint-Augustin|isbn=9782880112882|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtFAAQAAIAAJ&q=schwery+Protomartiri+Romani%22|title=The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ...|date=November 24, 2005|publisher=P.J. Kenedy|isbn=978-0-87217-366-8 |via=Google Books}}
  • Anthony Poola (2022–present){{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d1p13.html|title=Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}

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