Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano
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Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano (Saints Joachim and Anne on the Tusculan) or Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti (Sts Joachim and Anne on the Hills), church on the Via Monte Polacco in Rome.
Pope Clement XIII demolished a thirty-seven year old Minim monastery on this site (founded in 1723 by Fr. Francesco Narici) in 1760 to make way for a new monastery and the present church. The church, on a Greek cross plan, barrel-vaulted and with a central dome, was consecrated in 1781 by Pope Pius VI. Its 18th century façade has four pilasters with Corinthian capitals and is crowned by an undecorated tympanon.
The main decorations are stucco cherubs, including a tympanum above the high altar with cherubs in glory and a painting of the Madonna, St Anne and St Joachim.
The church is served by diocesan clergy.
Since 2003 the Church has been the titular church of Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, in Scotland.
In the summer of 2007, the parish priest of the church was a guest of Cardinal O'Brien at Archbishop's house in Edinburgh.
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