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Chiesa del Santissimo Sudario dei Piemontesi | |
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Church of the Most Holy Shroud at the Argentina | |
41°53′46″N 12°28′32″E / 41.896004°N 12.475637°E | |
Location | Via del Sudario, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
History | |
Status | regional church |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Church |
Santissimo Sudario all'Argentina ([Church of] the Most Holy Shroud at the Argentina) or Santissimo Sudario dei Piemontesi (Church of the Most Holy Shroud of the Piedmontese) is a church in Rome, sited on the via del Sudario in the Sant'Eustachio district. It is the subsidiary church of the military orders in Italy. It was also once the national church of the Kingdom of Sardinia and is now the regional church for Piedmont and Sardinia. It houses a replica of the Turin Shroud.