Santa Paola Romana

Santa Paola Romana is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Saint Paula of Rome.^[2][3]

Santa Paola Romana
Church of Saint Paula the Roman
Chiesa di Santa Paola Romana
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41°54′48″N 12°26′35″E
Location	Via Duccio Galimberti 9, Trionfale, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Website	santapaolaromana.org
History
Status	titular church
Dedication	Paula of Rome
Consecrated	1951
Architecture
Architect(s)	Tullio Rossi, Silvio Casadori[1]
Architectural type	Modern
Groundbreaking	1949
Completed	1951
Administration
Diocese	Rome

History

The vestibule at night, lit up

Stations of the Cross (Emidio Giaroli, 1961)

The church was built in 1949–51. Its bronze door was added in 2001, sculpted by Capri Otti.^[4]

On 14 February 2015, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest, with its first titular being the Tongan bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi.^[5][6]

Titulars

• Soane Patita Paini Mafi (2015–present)^[7]