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Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci
church in Rome
- TypeChurches
- WhereRome, Italy
- Addresspiazza di Santa Maria delle Fornaci, 30 - Roma
Photo: SaintMaryFornaci · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
About
About Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish and titular church located at Piazza di Santa Maria alle Fornaci, south of Vatican City and north of the San Pietro train station in the Aurelio quarter.
It was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II on 25 May 1985, and assigned it to Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The church became vacant on 2 June 2014 after the death of Cardinal Lourdusamy. On November 11, 2016 it was announced that Mario Zenari will succeed him.
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Good to know
- Style
- Baroque
- Official website
- parrocchiasantamariadellegrazieallefornaci.org
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