Santa Teresa, Rome

Santa Teresa
Basilica of Saint Teresa of Avila
Basilica di Santa Teresa d'Avila
Facade
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41°54′41″N 12°29′42″E / 41.9115°N 12.4949°E / 41.9115; 12.4949Coordinates: 41°54′41″N 12°29′42″E / 41.9115°N 12.4949°E / 41.9115; 12.4949
Location	Corso d'Italia 37, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Religious order	Discalced Carmelites
Website	basilica-parrocchiale-santa-teresa-davila.business.site
History
Status	Minor basilica, titular church
Founded	1901
Founder(s)	Girolamo Maria Gotti
Dedication	Teresa of Avila
Architecture
Architectural type	Romanesque Revival
Administration
Diocese	Rome

Santa Teresa d'Avila is a church on the Corso d'Italia in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Teresa of Avila.

It was founded by Cardinal Girolamo Gotti in 1901, designed in a Romanesque-Gothic hybrid style by . In 1906 Pope Pius X made it a parish church and granted it to the Discalced Carmelites, who still have a generalate by the church and serve the church and its convent and parochial centre. Pope Pius XII elevated it to the status of basilica in 1951, and eleven years later Pope John XXIII made it a titular church, with Cardinal Giovanni Panico as its first titular cardinal.

The interior of the church

The tympanum above the main entrance door depicts Saint Teresa being blessed by Christ. The interior is decorated with works by 20th-century Roman artists, including a statue of Saint Teresa above the high altar.

Burials[]

• Raffaele Rossi

Pulpit

Cardinal-priests[]

• Giovanni Panico (1962)
• Joseph-Marie Martin (1965–1976)
• László Lékai (1976–1986)
• László Paskai, O.F.M. (1988–2015)
• Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (2016–present)

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basilica of Saint Teresa of Ávila (Rome).

• "Parrocchia de S. Teresa d'Avila" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. (Official website)

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