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Santi XII Apostoli | |
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Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles SS. XII Apostolorum (in Latin) | |
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41°53′53.18″N 12°28′59.54″E / 41.8981056°N 12.4832056°E | |
Location | Piazza Dei Santi Apostoli, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Religious order | Conventual Franciscans |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Status | Titulus minor basilica, Parish church, Conventual church of the General Motherhouse of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual |
Dedication | Twelve Apostles |
Relics held | St. James the Less, St. Philip |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Baccio Pontelli, Carlo Rainaldi, Carlo Fontana |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Groundbreaking | 6th century |
Completed | 1714 |
Specifications | |
Length | 75 metres (246 ft) |
Width | 40 metres (130 ft) |
Nave width | 18 metres (59 ft) |
Administration | |
Province | Diocese of Rome |
Clergy | |
Cardinal protector | Father Mario Peruzzo[1] |
Santi Dodici Apostoli (Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles; Latin: SS. Duodecim Apostolorum), commonly known as Santi Apostoli, is a 6th-century Catholic parish and titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, the mother church of the Conventual Franciscan Order whose General Curia (world headquarters) is in the adjacent building.[2] Dedicated originally to St. James and St. Philip whose relics are kept here, and later to all Apostles, it is the Station church for Friday, the first week of Lent.[3]
The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus XII Apostolorum is Angelo Scola. Among the previous Cardinal Priests are Pope Clement XIV, whose tomb by Canova is in the basilica, and Henry Benedict Stuart.