San Paolo alle Tre Fontane | |
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Church of Saint Paul at the Three Fountains | |
Chiesa di San Paolo alle Tre Fontane | |
41°50′4.08″N 12°28′59.52″E / 41.8344667°N 12.4832000°E | |
Location | Via di Acque Salvie 1, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Language(s) | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
History | |
Status | titular church |
Founded | AD 625 |
Founder(s) | Pope Honorius I |
Dedication | Paul the Apostle |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Baroque |
Completed | 1599 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (Italian), in English "St Paul at the Three Fountains" is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Paul the Apostle, at the presumed site of his martyrdom in Rome. In Latin it is known as Sancti Pauli ad Aquas Salvias ("St Paul at Aquae Salviae"). The church located on the grounds of the Tre Fontane Abbey located on Via di Acque Salvie 1 in the Quartiere Ardeatino (Q. XX.).
Since 2010 the church is a cardinalatial diaconia, with Mauro Piacenza as its cardinal deacon.