Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae

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Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the eastern edge of Rome.[1] It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, with the phrase causa nostræ lætitæ ("cause of our joy") being taken from the Litany of Loreto.[2]

History

The church was built in 1939–41 in a Rococo style, to serve the workers at the Villaggio Breda weapons plant.[3]

The historian Jean Coste was a priest at the church.[4]

On 30 September 2023, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.[5]

References

  1. 1.Rendina, C. (2007:202). Le chiese di Roma: storie, leggende e curiosità degli edifici sacri della Città Eterna, dai templi pagani alle grandi basiliche, dai conventi ai monasteri ai luoghi di culto in periferia. Italy: Newton Compton.
  2. 2.Mbaeri, Chinaka Justin (May 24, 2020). "MAY DEVOTION: UNDERSTANDING THE MARIAN TITLES IN THE LITANY OF LORETO – DAY 23: "CAUSE OF OUR JOY" (CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE)".
  3. 3."Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae". info.roma.it.
  4. 4.Santonastaso, P., Spinelli, A. (2019). Guida curiosa ai luoghi insoliti di Roma. Italy: Newton Compton Editori.
  5. 5."Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  6. 6."A diverse but harmonious symphony". Herald Malaysia Online.