San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo

San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the southern edge of Rome, dedicated to Saint Benedict of Nursia.^[3][4][5]

San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Church of Saint Benedict Outside Saint Paul's Gate
Chiesa di San Benedetto al Gazometro
San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
41°52′17″N 12°28′43″E
Location	Via del Gazometro 23, Q. Ostiense, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Website	parrocchiasanbenedetto.org
History
Status	titular church, parish church
Founded	1912
Founder(s)	Pope Pius X
Dedication	Benedict of Nursia
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architect(s)	Clemente Busiri Vici[1][2]
Architectural type	Rationalist
Groundbreaking	1916
Completed	1925
Administration
Diocese	Rome

History

Main altar

View of interior

San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo was built in 1916–1925.^[6] Don Giovanni Gregorucci helped Jews to hide in the church during The Holocaust.^[7] The building was damaged during the 1944 Liberation of Rome.^[8][9] Ferruccio Ferrazzi painted five tondi and an altarpiece for San Benedetto in 1949.^[10]

Pope John Paul II visited on 14 February 1988.^[11] On 28 June 1988, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon.^[12][13]

Cardinal-Protectors

• Achille Silvestrini (1988–2019); promoted to cardinal-priest in 1999 but remained as titulus of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice^[14][15]
• Christophe Pierre (2023–present)^[16]