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San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa

Coordinates: 41°57′01″N 12°26′36″E / 41.95034184233761°N 12.443449691331772°E / 41.95034184233761; 12.443449691331772
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San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa
Church of Saint Gabriel the Archangel at Acque Traversa (in English)
Sancti Gabrieli Archangeli ad Aquam Transversam (in Latin)
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41°57′01″N 12°26′36″E / 41.95034184233761°N 12.443449691331772°E / 41.95034184233761; 12.443449691331772
LocationViale Cortina d'Ampezzo 144, Rome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
StatusTitular church
DedicationGabriel the Archangel
Consecrated1958
Architecture
Architect(s)Vera Puoti
Architectural typeChurch
StyleModernist
Administration
DistrictLazio
ProvinceRome
Clergy
Cardinal protectorFridolin Ambongo Besungu

St. Gabriel the Archangel is one of the churches of Rome, located in the suburbs Della Vittoria, Viale Cortina d'Ampezzo.

History

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It was built in the twentieth century. The church is home to the parish, which was established August 30, 1956 by Clemente Micara Cardinal Vicar with the decree Neminem fugit, and entrusted, since 1958, the priests of the Society of Divine Vocations (called vocation promoters).

List of Cardinal Protectors

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It also is home to the cardinal's title of Saint Gabriel the Archangel Acqua Travers, instituted by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988.

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