San Pio X alla Balduina
San Pio X alla Balduina is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Rome, dedicated to Pope Pius X.[2][3][4]
San Pio X alla Balduina | |
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Church of Pope Saint Pius X in Balduina | |
Chiesa di San Pio Decimo alla Balduina | |
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41°55′11″N 12°26′27″E | |
Location | Via Attilio Friggeri 87, Trionfale, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Language(s) | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
Website | sanpiodecimo |
History | |
Status | titular church |
Dedication | Pope Pius X |
Consecrated | 1961 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Alberto Ressa[1] |
Architectural type | Modern |
Groundbreaking | 1957 |
Completed | 1961 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
History
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The church was built in 1957–61.[1] Pope Paul VI visited on 16 February 1964, and Pope John Paul II visited on 31 January 1993.
San Pio X was a filming site for The Last Man on Earth (1964); it was used for the climactic scene where Dr. Morgan (Vincent Price) is cornered by human-vampire hybrids and murdered on the altar of the church.[5][6][7]
On 29 April 1969, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.[8]
- Cardinal-protectors
- John Dearden (1969–1988)[9][10]
- Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1991–present)[11][12]
Architecture and art
The church is modernist in style, with a side chapel devoted to Padre Pio, with a painting of him by Ulisse Sartini. The main altar features a bronze crucifix by Publio Morbiducci, while the pipe organ (added in 1969, and so not seen in The Last Man on Earth) was made by the Tamburini firm.[7]
References
- "San Pio X". info.roma.it.
- "Chiesa San Pio X alla Balduina". Turismo Roma. January 12, 2019.
- "When in Rome...see (the exterior of) San Pio X on Piazza della Balduina".
- "St. Pius X on The Catholic Directory". The Catholic Directory.
- Fuller, Author Peter (March 11, 2018). "The Last Man on Earth | Touring the original Italian film locations in Rome".
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- "S. Pio X alla Balduina". GCatholic.
- "San Pio X alla Balduina (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- "The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ..." P.J. Kenedy. November 25, 1985 – via Google Books.
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