Sacro Cuore di Maria

Basilica Minore del Sacro Cuore di Maria
Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (in English)
Sacri Cordis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ad forum Euclidis (in Latin)
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41°55′37″N 12°28′52″E / 41.927046°N 12.481202°E / 41.927046; 12.481202format
LocationPiazza Euclide 34, Rome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
StatusTitular church,
minor basilica
DedicationImmaculate Heart of Mary
Consecrated1936
Architecture
Architect(s)Armando Brasini
Architectural typeChurch
StyleNeoclassical
Groundbreaking1923
Completed1952
Specifications
Length81
Width57
Administration
DistrictLazio
ProvinceRome
Clergy
Cardinal protectorJulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, SJ

Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary), is a titular church in Piazza Euclide, Rome. It was built by the architect Armando Brasini (1879–1965). Its construction began in 1923 with the design of a Greek cross inscribed in a circle with an articulated facade, and completed before 1936, the year in which it was made a parish church and granted to the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Sacred Immaculate Heart of Mary, usually known as the Claretian Missionaries. A grand dome was planned, but never realized;[1] a smaller drum was completed in 1951.

Pope John XXIII elevated it to the rank of Minor Basilica in May 1959, and Pope Paul VI made it a titular church in February 1965, with Ángel Herrera Oria as the first titular. The present titular priest is Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja S.J., appointed in 1994.

  1. ^ [1], Progetto del Tempio dedicato al Cuore Immacolato di Maria ed ai Quattro Evangelisti], L'Architettura Italiana, Anno XVIII, 1 March 1923, Turin, pages 25-30.