Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio

The church of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Tuscolana serving the parish of that name. Its eponymous patron is Our Lady of Good Counsel.

Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio
Church of Saint Mary of Good Counsel
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio a Porta Furba
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41°51′49″N 12°33′01″E / 41.863593°N 12.550249°E / 41.863593; 12.550249
LocationVia Tuscolana 613, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
Websiteparrocchiasmbc.it
History
StatusTitular church
Founder(s)Pope Benedict XV
DedicationMary, mother of Jesus (Our Lady of Good Counsel)
Consecrated9 April 1916
Architecture
Architect(s)Costatino Schneider
StyleRomanesque Revival
Groundbreaking1914
Completed1916
Administration
DioceseRome

History edit

The parish was erected on 26 July 1919 by Pope Benedict XV and entrusted to the diocesan clergy of the Diocese of Rome. The building was inaugurated on 9 April 1916[1] by Archbishop Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi, papal majordomo.[2]

 
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The neo-Romanesque structure was built to the designs of Costatino Schneider, prompted by the concerns of Pope Pius X for the development of this sector of the city and thanks to his legacy, not long after his death in August 1914, construction was completed in 1916. Its brick facade fits closely between the parish school and offices on either side. It combines a variety of medieval elements. A terracotta bas-relief of the Madonna sits in a lunette above the centered doorway. Above are three windows crowned by a pitched roof in the style known as copertura a capanna with many decorative projections. Two doors corresponding to the interior side aisles flank the center portion of the facade, the narrow and low shapes serving to emphasize the form of the facade. The interior of the church was expanded and much altered in 1954–55 according to designs by Paolo Stefani.[3]

From 1989 to 1992, the parochial vicar was Rev. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, later a cardinal and Archbishop of Siena.[4] Pope John Paul II visited the church on 6 December 1992.[5]

Pope Francis established the church of Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio as a cardinal's titular church on 28 November 2020.

Cardinal Protectors edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Parrocchia Diocesana – Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio". Diocese of Rome (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Cronaca Contemporanea". La Civiltà Cattolica (in Italian): 361. 8–28 April 1916.
  3. ^ Alemanno, Massimo (2004). Le chiese di Roma moderna (in Italian). Vol. 3. Armando Editore. p. 97. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Lojudice Card. Augusto Paolo". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Visita alla Parrocchia di Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio". Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 6 December 1992. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.11.2020". Holy See Press Office (in Italian). 28 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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