San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana
San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana
Basilica di San Giovanni Bosco
	Modern
Administration
Diocese	Rome

The Basilica of Saint John Bosco is a church in the Don Bosco quarter of Rome, situated between the via Tuscolana and Centocelle Airport. It is dedicated to Saint John Bosco.

On 5 February 1965,

minor basilica on 20 November 1965.^[2]

The church is a parish seat of the

Salesian Fathers

.

History

The building was constructed at the beginning of the 1950s by the Sicilian architect

Don Bosco

, which had been brought from Turin for the occasion.

Cardinals who have held the title

Federico Callori di Vignale (25 February 1965 - 10 August 1971)
Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B., cardinal-priest pro hac vice (12 April 1973 - 6 April 1974)
Boleslaw Filipiak
(24 May 1976 - 14 October 1978)
Egano Righi-Lambertini (30 June 1979 - 26 November 1990)
Virgilio Noè (28 June 1991 - 26 February 2002))
Stephen Fumio Hamao (21 October 2003^[3] - 8 November 2007)^[4]
Robert Sarah (20 November 2010^[5] - present)

References

^ "Romana haec Sedes" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 5 February 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Adulescentium patris" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 20 November 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Assignment of the Titles or the Deaconries to the new Cardinals". The Holy See. Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations. 21 October 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao". The Times. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

Additional sources

La Ruffa, Alessandra. "Don Bosco a Roma, una chiesa anima del suo quartiere". Passaggi Lenti (in Italian).
Pilla, Ruggiero (1969). La Basilica di S. Giovanni Bosco in Roma. Chiese di Roma illustrate (in Italian). Vol. 108.

[1] "Romana haec Sedes" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 5 February 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[2] "Adulescentium patris" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 20 November 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[3] "Assignment of the Titles or the Deaconries to the new Cardinals". The Holy See. Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations. 21 October 2003. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[4] "Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao". The Times. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[5] "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

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