San Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi is a Catholic parish, titular church, and national church of the United States in Rome.

History

It was one of the national churches of Ireland until 2017 when it became the national church of the United States of America. Since August 2017 (when they were transferred from Santa Susanna), it has been under the pastoral care of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers), a religious order which originated and is based in New York City. It was built in 1908 to designs in a Romanesque-Byzantine revival style by Aristide Leonori. An earlier church on the site, Santa Maria in Posterula, was demolished, but a fresco was saved and installed in the new structure. The apse mosaic dates from 1929 and depicts Saint Patrick preaching to the crowds. Its current Cardinal-Priest is Thomas Collins, the former Archbishop of Toronto. Since the move, the current National Church of Ireland is the Church of Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case.

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