Santi Cirillo E Metodio
Santi Cirillo e Metodio is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church near to Ostia, Rome dedicated to Cyril and Methodius.
History
The church was built in 1996–97. It is of reinforced concrete with a travertine facade. Pope John Paul II visited in 1998. In 2019 the pyx was stolen from the church, but recovered.
On 30 September 2023, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.
- Cardinal-protectors
- Grzegorz Ryś (2023–present)
References
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