San Martino ai Monti

San Martino ai Monti
Basilica of Saints Sylvester and Martin on the Mountains
Basilica dei Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
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41°53′40″N 12°29′54″E / 41.89444°N 12.49833°E / 41.89444; 12.49833
LocationViale del Monte Oppio 28, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
Religious orderCarmelites
Websiteparrocchiasanmartinoaimonti.it
History
Statustitular church, minor basilica
Founded4th century
DedicationPope Sylvester I and Martin of Tours
Architecture
Architect(s)Filippo Gagliardi, Pietro da Cortona
Architectural typeBaroque
Completed1780
Administration
DioceseRome

San Martino ai Monti, officially known as Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti ("Saints Sylvester & Martin in the Mountains"), is a minor basilica in Rome, Italy, in the Rione Monti neighbourhood. It is located near the edge of the Parco del Colle Oppio, near the corner of Via Equizia and Viale del Monte Oppio, about five to six blocks south of Santa Maria Maggiore.

The current Cardinal Priest with title to the basilica is Kazimierz Nycz, the Archbishop of Warsaw. Among the previous titulars are Alfonso de la Cueva; Joseph Mary Tomasi, C.R.; Achille Ratti, later Pope Pius XI; Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B.; and Gianbattista Montini, later Pope Paul VI.

The parish is served by members of the Italian Province of the Carmelite Order and the residence next door to the church houses the offices of the Province.


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