San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana
Basilica di San Giovanni Bosco
Exterior of the church
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41°51′32″N 12°33′56″E / 41.8588°N 12.5656°E / 41.8588; 12.5656
LocationViale dei Salesiani 9, Rome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionLatin Rite
Religious instituteSalesians
Websitewww.parrocchiadonbosco.it
History
DedicationSaint John Bosco
Dedicated2 May 1959
Architecture
StyleModern
Administration
DioceseRome

The Basilica of Saint John Bosco is a church in the Don Bosco quarter of Rome, situated between the via Tuscolana and Centocelle Airport. It is dedicated to Saint John Bosco.

On 5 February 1965, Pope Paul VI established this church as a deaconry under the name San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana.[1] He gave it the status of a minor basilica on 20 November 1965.[2]

The basilica in its urban context

The church is a parish seat of the Diocese of Rome and has been entrusted to the care of the Salesian Fathers.

  1. ^ "Romana haec Sedes" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 5 February 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Adulescentium patris" (in Latin). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 20 November 1965. Retrieved 23 February 2021.