Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, Roman Catholic church in Gianicolense, Rome, Italy.
Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo is a parish church in Rome's Gianicolense district, on Piazza della Trasfigurazione, built 1934–36 to a design by Tullio Rossi. Its bronze portal, 2.50 m wide and 5 m high, was inaugurated for the Jubilee of 2000 and is the work of Pierangelo Pagani: a large cross divides it into four panels. In the apse stands a copy of Raphael's Transfiguration.
The church was designed and built between 1934 and 1936 by architect Tullio Rossi as Rome expanded westward into its suburbs. This construction reflected a period when modern architecture sought new forms for religious buildings.
The name comes from the Transfiguration of Jesus, to which the church is dedicated, not from Raphael's painting. The parish kept the title and income of the suppressed parish of San Rocco al Porto di Ripetta when it was erected on 18 June 1936. Since 2001 it has been a titular church, held first by Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz and from 2024 by Pablo Virgilio David, bishop of Kalookan.
The church is located at Piazza della Trasfigurazione and welcomes visitors interested in exploring its architecture and artworks. It is worth checking service times before visiting to ensure you can enter during hours open to the public.
The bronze portal at the entrance was inaugurated for the Jubilee of 2000, made by Pierangelo Pagani: 2.50 metres wide and 5 metres high, a large cross divides it into four panels. The parish also sheltered more than a hundred Jews after the roundup of 16 October 1943.
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