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Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

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Appio Latino S. Antonio da Padova 1
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Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (Saint Anthony of Padua at the Appian Ring-Road) is a church in Rome, built in 1938 in the Rationalist style. It was made a cardinalate deaconry on 18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. The recent assigned cardinal was Karl-Josef Rauber.

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Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
Circonvallazione Appia, Rome Municipio Roma VII

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Circonvallazione Appia
00183 Rome, Municipio Roma VII
Lazio, Italy
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San Giovanni in Oleo
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