San Valentino, Modern Catholic church in Olympic Village, Rome, Italy.
San Valentino is a church on Viale XVII Olimpiade in Rome's Parioli district, at the Villaggio Olimpiade. Built 1983–1986 to a design by Francesco Berarducci, with Ludovico Alessandri assisting and Tommaso Mazzetti as site engineer, it has exposed brick walls and a roof of steel and glass. An angel statue, a copy of one of the angels of Ponte Sant'Angelo, stands in front of it.
The parish was created on 2 May 1962 by a decree of Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara, Ludis olimpicis solemniter, and entrusted to the clergy of the Diocese of Rome. A prefabricated church on Via Bulgaria served until 1979, when Francesco Berarducci inaugurated the new church and parish centre, assisted by Ludovico Alessandri and engineer Tommaso Mazzetti. The building was completed in 1985 and consecrated by Cardinal Ugo Poletti on 23 November 1986.
The church is named after Saint Valentine, whose ruined early Christian basilica and catacomb lie nearby; it was built as their successor. The parish was set up on 2 May 1962 by a decree of Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara, Ludis olimpicis solemniter, and entrusted to the clergy of the Diocese of Rome. The disused prefabricated church on Via Bulgaria, at Piazza Jan Palach 30, still stands and is now used commercially.
The church is at Viale XVII Olimpiade 13 in the Villaggio Olimpiade, in Rome's Parioli district. The disused prefabricated church it replaced still stands at Piazza Jan Palach 30, at the north end of Via Bulgaria, now used commercially. The angel statue before the entrance is a copy of one of the angels on Ponte Sant'Angelo.
The church replaced a prefabricated temporary church at the north end of Via Bulgaria, on Piazza Jan Palach 30. That deconsecrated structure, with four bays for worship and parish offices to the west, still stands hidden in the northwest corner of the square and is now used commercially.
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