Santo Stefano degli Abissini

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Saint Stephen of the Abyssinians
Santo Stefano degli Abissini
The church
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41°54′06.47″N 012°27′06.74″E / 41.9017972°N 12.4518722°E / 41.9017972; 12.4518722
Location	Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Denomination	Eastern Catholic (Ethiopian Catholic Church)
Tradition	Alexandrian (Coptic) Rite
History
Status	national church of Ethiopia
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	5th century[1] or 8th century
Completed	9th century
Specifications
Length	35 metres (115 ft)
Width	20 metres (66 ft)
Nave width	10 metres (33 ft)

Saint Stephen of the Abyssinians (Italian: Santo Stefano degli Abissini) is an Ethiopian Catholic church located in the Vatican City. The church dedicated to Stephen the Protomartyr is the national church of Ethiopia. The liturgy is celebrated according to the Alexandrian rite of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. It is one of the only standing structures in the Vatican to survive the destruction of Old St. Peter's Basilica (c. 1505), and thus it is the oldest surviving church (in terms of architectural history) in Vatican City.^[1]