Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde

Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Monteverde, central Rome.^[3][4][5][6]

Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde
Church of Saint Mary Queen of Peace in Monteverde
Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde
Exterior with campanile
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41°52′53″N 12°27′41″E
Location	Via Maurizio Quadrio 21, Monteverde, Gianicolense, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Website	reginapacismonteverde.it
History
Status	titular church, parish church
Dedication	Mary, Queen of Peace
Consecrated	11 April 1942; 83 years ago (1942-04-11)
Architecture
Architect(s)	Tullio Rossi[1]
Architectural type	Rationalist,[2] Romanesque revival
Groundbreaking	29 March 1925; 100 years ago (1925-03-29)
Completed	1942; 83 years ago (1942)
Administration
Diocese	Rome

History

View of an altar

Interior

Church door

The first church for the Monteverde area was built in 1915. The present church was begun in 1925 but construction was stopped until 1931; construction was not complete until 1941.^[7] Thirty Jews were hidden in the church for a month during the Second World War.^[8][9]

The mosaic of the Virgin and Child was added by Silvio Novaro in 1949–54.^[9] From 1959 twenty-two paintings depicting the life of Mary were added; they were destroyed in a fire in 1980.^[9]

On 30 April 1969, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.^[10] Pope John Paul II visited in 1983.^[9]

Cardinal-protectors

• Joseph Parecattil (1969–1987)^[11]
• Antony Padiyara (1988–2000)^[12]
• Francisco Alvarez Martínez (2001–2022)^[13][14]
• Oscar Cantoni (2022–present)^[10]