Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani

Catholic titular church in Rome

Church in Rome, Italy

41°55′02″N 12°30′02″E / 41.9172°N 12.5006°E / 41.9172; 12.5006LocationVia Basento 100, Q. Salario, RomeCountryItalyLanguage(s)ItalianDenominationCatholicTraditionRoman RiteReligious orderOrder of the Blessed Virgin Mary of MercyWebsiteparrocchiadellamercede.itHistoryStatustitular church, parish churchDedicationMary of Mercies and Adrian of NicomediaConsecrated1 March 1958ArchitectureFunctional statusactiveArchitect(s)Marco PiloniArchitectural typeModernCompleted1958AdministrationDioceseRome

Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani ([ˈsanta maˈriːa ˈdɛlla merˈtʃeːde e santaˈdrjaːno a ˈvilla alˈbaːni]) is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in north-central Rome, dedicated to Mary of Mercies and Adrian of Nicomedia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani was built in 1958. It is named for Mary of Mercies, as the parish is administered by the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians). It is also named for Adrian of Nicomedia (d. AD 306) in honour of Sant'Adriano al Foro, a deconsecrated church in the Roman Forum; a holy water font and some altars were brought to the new church from Sant'Adriano.^[5]^[1]

On 7 June 1967, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Cardinal-Protectors

John Krol (1967–1996); cardinal-priest pro hac vice^[9]^[10]
Albert Vanhoye (2006–2021); promoted to cardinal-priest pro hac vice in 2016^[11]^[12]
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (2022–present)^[13]

Gallery

Apse
Pipe organ
Interior view

References

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