Sacro Cuore di Maria
| Basilica Minore del Sacro Cuore di Maria | |
|---|---|
| Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (in English) Sacri Cordis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ad forum Euclidis (in Latin) | |
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| 41°55′37″N 12°28′52″E / 41.927046°N 12.481202°Eformat | |
| Location | Piazza Euclide 34, Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Tradition | Roman Rite |
| History | |
| Status | Titular church, minor basilica |
| Dedication | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| Consecrated | 1936 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Armando Brasini |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Groundbreaking | 1923 |
| Completed | 1952 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 81 |
| Width | 57 |
| Administration | |
| District | Lazio |
| Province | Rome |
| Clergy | |
| Cardinal protector | Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, SJ |
Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary), is a titular church in Piazza Euclide, Rome. It was built by the architect Armando Brasini (1879–1965). Its construction began in 1923 with the design of a Greek cross inscribed in a circle with an articulated facade, and completed before 1936, the year in which it was made a parish church and granted to the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Sacred Immaculate Heart of Mary, usually known as the Claretian Missionaries. A grand dome was planned, but never realized; a smaller drum was completed in 1951.
Pope John XXIII elevated it to the rank of Minor Basilica in May 1959, and Pope Paul VI made it a titular church in February 1965, with Ángel Herrera Oria as the first titular. The present titular priest is Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja S.J., appointed in 1994.