Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the Monte Testaccio in Rome, dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus.^[2][3][4]

Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio
Church of Saint Mary Liberatrix on Monte Testaccio
Chiesa di Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio
Facade
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41°52′45″N 12°28′26″E
Location	Via Lorenzo Ghiberti 2, Testaccio, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Religious order	Salesians, Oblates of St. Frances of Rome
Website	santamarialiberatrice.com
History
Status	titular church, parish church
Dedication	Mary, mother of Jesus (as Liberatrix)
Consecrated	1908
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architect(s)	Mario Ceradini
Architectural type	Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival[1]
Completed	1908
Administration
Diocese	Rome

History

Mosaic on facade; it depicts Pope Zachary, Saint Julitta, Saint Paul, Mary and Jesus, Saint Peter, Saint Cyricus and the emperor Theodosius I. This image reproduces frescos from the Cappella di Teodoto, of Santa Maria Antiqua.^[5]

Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio was built in 1908 to serve the new suburb at Monte Testaccio, and put in the care of the Salesian Order and the Oblates of St. Frances of Rome.^[6] It took its title and much of its artwork from the old church of Santa Maria Liberatrice in the Forum.^[7]

On 5 February 1965, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon.^[8]

Cardinal-Protectors

• Giuseppe Beltrami (1967–1973); cardinal-priest pro hac vice^[9]
• Opilio Rossi (1976–1987)^[10][11][12]
• Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1988–2007);^[13] promoted to cardinal-priest pro hac vice in 1999^[14][15][16]
• Giovanni Lajolo (2007–present); promoted to cardinal-priest pro hac vice in 2018^[17]