Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Santi Gioacchino ed Anna ai Monti (Saints Joachim and Anne on the hills) is a 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.
In 1988, this church was erected as a cardinalatial title. The cardinals affiliated to this church have been Hans Hermann Groer, O.S.B. and Keith O'Brien. Both of these cardinals have unexpectedly had to resign their posts.
Cardinal priests
- Hans Hermann Groer (28 June 1988 – 24 March 2003)
- Keith O'Brien (21 October 2003 – present)
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Coordinates: 41°53′40″N 12°29′38″E / 41.894501°N 12.493948°E