San Giovanni Battista de' Rossi
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S Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1698-1764, priest), church on Via Cesare Baronio, Rome.
The dedicatee, a priest born in Genua, studied in Rome and worked tirelessly there for homeless women, the sick, prisoners and workers, becoming a very popular confessor. He was canonized in 1881, and this church was commissioned in 1940 from the architect Tullio Rossi by Pope Pius XII, but could only be consecrated on 22 May 1965 due to delays in construction due to the Second World War. The saint's relics were moved in on the following day, with Luigi Cardinal Traglia, Vicar General of Rome, presiding - they were moved from SS Trinità dei Pellegrini.
Soon afterwards, on 30th April 1969, Pope Paul VI made it a titular church, with John Joseph Cardinal Carberry as the first titular. The second, and present, titular is H.E. Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R., appointed in 2001. The church itself is served by diocesan clergy.
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