Review article
ST. JEROME’S CROATIAN CHURCH IN ROME AND ITS TITULAR CARDINALS
Jure Bogdan
; Pontificial Croatian college of St.Jerome in Rome
Abstract
The article is the author’s lecture held during the cultural and
spiritual program at St. Jerome’s Croatian church in Rome on 26
February 2005, on the occasion of the solemn taking possession
of this titular church by the Cardinal Archbishop of Zagreb Josip
Bozanic, and upon the completion of the first phase of renovations
on the same church building.
In his essay, the author presents in chronological order the
beginnings and the development over time of the Croatian community
of St. Jerome’s in Rome from 1453 to the present. Along with the
church of St. Jerome, there also existed a fraternity, a hospital, a
hostel, a Chapter of priests and a College. Particular attention is
given to the construction of the church of St. Jerome and works
completed upon it from the past to the present.
The current church was erected from 1588-1590 by Pope Sixtus
V, considered originally from a Croat family from Dalmatia. The plan
for the church was made by Martino Longhi Vecchio. The church
has been painted, ordered, adorned, and renovated from the time
of its erection up till today. From 1997 onward, a huge renovation
project was made on the building. The entire roof was redone, while
the outer walls and façade were cleaned and restored. The author
also describes the actual work done. The renovation project was
completed by prof. Giorgio Croci.
St. Jerome’s church was elevated to a cardinal’s title in 1566. To
this day the church has had 37 cardinals as title holders, including
Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb, who took possession
of his titular church on 27 February 2005. The author provides a list
of the cardinals who held this title in the past, along with their most
important facts with regards to St. Jerome’s church. Not all authors
agree on the list of cardinals nor on the statistics concerning the title
holders of the Croatian church of St. Jerome’s.
Keywords
Crotian church of St.Jerome in Rome; church restauration; titular cardinals of the church St.Jerome in Rome
Hrčak ID:
25013
URI
Publication date:
21.6.2005.
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