Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

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Viale Manzoni, 1, 00185 Roma, Italy

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N41° 53' 19.71" E12° 30' 14.2"   (41.888808333333, 12.503944444444) Start navigation »

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For the basilica church of the same name in Padua, see Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua on Via Merulana (Italian: Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino, Latin: S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, built for the Order of Friars Minor, who needed a new home after they were moved from Santa Maria in Aracoelito allow the construction of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II.
The church was elevated to minor basilica status in 1931.
On the 12 March 1960 Pope John XXIII granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals. The present Cardinal Priest of the Titulus San Antonii Patavini de Urbe is Cláudio Hummes.

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