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San Pio X alla Balduina

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San Pio X alla Balduina
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 / 41.9197°N 12.4407°E
Location Via Attilio Friggeri 87, Trionfale, Rome
Country Italy
Language Italian
Denomination Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website sanpiodecimo.it
History
Status titular church
Dedication Pope Pius X
Consecrated 1961
Architecture
Architect Alberto Ressa[1]
Architectural type Modern
Groundbreaking 1957
Completed 1961
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Pio X alla Balduina is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Rome, dedicated to Pope Pius X.[2]

History

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.[3]

On 29 April 1969, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.[4]

Cardinal-protectors

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.[9]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "San Pio X". info.roma.it.
  2. Back to citation "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.
  3. Back to citation Fuller, Peter (March 11, 2018). "The Last Man on Earth | Touring the original Italian film locations in Rome"; Weinstock, Jeffrey (April 3, 2012). The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231850032 – via Google Books; Macchi, David (September 22, 2019). "ROMAPEDIA: St. PIUS V".
  4. Back to citation "S. Pio X alla Balduina". GCatholic.
  5. Back to citation "San Pio X alla Balduina (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  6. Back to citation "The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord..." P.J. Kenedy. November 25, 1985 – via Google Books.
  7. Back to citation Bräuer, Martin (February 27, 2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110269475 – via Google Books.
  8. Back to citation Who's who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy. November 25, 1995. ISBN 9788885246423 – via Google Books.
  9. Back to citation Macchi, David (September 22, 2019). "ROMAPEDIA: St. PIUS V".
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