San Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Rome

San Giovanni Battista de Rossi
St. John the Baptist of Rossi (in English)
Sancti Ioannes Baptistæ de Rossi ad Viam Latinam (in Latin)
Basic information
Location Italy Rome, Italy
Affiliation Roman Catholic
District Lazio
Province Rome
Year consecrated 1965
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Titular church
Leadership John Ribat, MSC
Architectural description
Architect(s) Tullio Rossi
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1938

San Giovanni Battista de Rossi is a church on via Cesare Baronio in the quartiere Appio-Latino of Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint John Baptist de Rossi (22 February 1698 – 23 May 1764), who was canonized in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII.

This church building was commissioned by Pope Pius XII in 1938 from the architect Tullio Rossi. The Second World War delayed construction and the church was not consecrated until 22 May 1965. St John Baptist de Rossi's relics were translated here from the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini on 23 May 1965, his feast day, with Cardinal Luigi Traglia, the Vicar General of Rome, presiding.

List of Cardinal Protectors

Nearly four years later, on 30 April 1969, Pope Paul VI made it a titular church.

The church itself is served by diocesan clergy.


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