The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua on Via Tuscolana is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome

Rome

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, built for the religious congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus

Rogationists

The Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus is a religious Congregation of priests and brothers founded by St. Hannibal Mary Di Francia...

, to whose founder Saint Annibale Maria di Francia is co-concercrated the church along with Saint Anthony of Padua. Having been completed in 1948 it was given to the Rogationists fathers, before being concercrated on 27 May 1965 by Cardinal Luigi Traglia. On 5 March 1973 Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI

Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

 granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals

Cardinal (Catholicism)

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The present Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Antonii Patavini in via Tusculana is Paulo Evaristo Arns

Paulo Evaristo Arns

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Architecture

The facade of the church has three doors, which are topped by five windows. The interior is constituted of three naves

Navès

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. The tabernacle

Church tabernacle

A tabernacle is the fixed, locked box in which, in some Christian churches, the Eucharist is "reserved" . A less obvious container, set into the wall, is called an aumbry....

 is made of alabaster

Alabaster

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  and bronze

Bronze

Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

 statues. The church is famous for having the highest bell tower

Bell tower

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 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 at 47 meters.

Two plagues inside the church comenarate the visits of Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI

Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

 in 1974 and Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...

 in 1979.