Santa Paola Romana, Parish church in Trionfale district, Rome, Italy.
Santa Paola Romana is a parish church on via Duccio Galimberti in the Balduina area of Rome's Trionfale district, built 1949–1951 to a design by Tullio Rossi. Its plain gabled facade carries the coat of arms of Pius XII on the tympanum and three central windows framed in exposed brick. Inside is a single wide nave with a wooden trussed roof, ending in a deep apse.
Construction began in 1949 under architect Tullio Rossi and finished in 1951. The project responded to post-war urban growth in this residential area of Rome.
The church is named after Saint Paula of Rome, the fourth-century widow venerated as a patron of widows and pilgrims. In the left chapel, a small side room, stands the Madonna del Pozzo, an eighteenth-century copy of an old Byzantine icon found, by tradition, in a well. The bronze portal by Luciano Capriotti (2001) shows the Seven Sacraments and scenes from the life of Saint Paula.
The church is located in the Balduina neighborhood and is easily accessible by local transportation. Regular services take place throughout the week, and the building welcomes visitors during opening hours.
Since 2015 the church holds the status of a titular church assigned to a cardinal from Tonga. This designation connects the Roman parish in an unexpected way to the Pacific region.
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