Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi
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of the Blessed Sacrament
Blessed Sacrament
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and the Canadian Martyrs
Canadian Martyrs
The North American Martyrs, also known as the Canadian Martyrs or the Martyrs of New France, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were martyred in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what are now southern Ontario and upstate New York, during the warfare between the...
) is the Roman Catholic national church
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of Canada
Canada
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, located at 46, Via Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Rome
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. It is also a titular church since February 1965, when Maurice Roy
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became its first Cardinal-Priest. It was built in 1955 by Bruno Apollini Ghetti, and made a parish church, served by the Congregation of Priests of the Most Holy Sacrament, by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
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It contains a high altar designed by Francesco Nagni, ceramic decorations (including a fine crucifix) by Angelo Biancini, stained glass windows, mosaics and engraved glass confession door by Giovanni (Janos) Hajnal, and stained glass by Marcello Avenali.