Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino

Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino
Saint Anselm on the Aventine
Badia Sant'Anselmo
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41°52′56.3″N 12°28′41.0″E / 41.882306°N 12.478056°E / 41.882306; 12.478056
LocationPiazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 5
CountryItaly
DenominationCatholic Church
Religious orderBenedictines
History
Founded4 January 1888 (1888-01-04)
FounderPope Leo XIII
DedicatedApril 19, 1893
ConsecratedNovember 11, 1900
Relics heldSaint Alexander of Rome; Elena Cornaro Piscopia
Architecture
Architect(s)Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Fidelis von Stotzingen
StyleRomanesque Revival
Years built8
Groundbreaking1892
Completed1900
Construction cost2,500,000 lire
Specifications
Other dimensions43,000 square meter property
Number of spires2
Administration
DioceseRome
Clergy
Cardinal protectorCardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri
AbbotAbbot Primate Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B.
PriorRev. Brendan Coffey, O.S.B.
SubpriorRev. Fernando Luis Rivas, O.S.B.
RectorCollege: Rev. Brendan Coffey, O.S.B.; University: Rev. Jákó Örs Fehérváry, O.S.B.; Church: Rev. Sebastiano Edawazhickal Paul, O.S.B.

Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino (English: Saint Anselm on the Aventine) is a Benedictine complex located on the Piazza Cavalieri di Malta Square on the Aventine Hill in Ripa, Rome. It includes an abbey, is the headquarters of the Benedictine Confederation and is the residence of the Abbot Primate. It is also known as the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo (Italian: Badia Sant'Anselmo).

The complex consists of the College of Sant'Anselmo (Italian: Collegio Sant'Anselmo), the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm" (Italian: Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo), the Church of Sant'Anselmo (Italian: Chiesa Sant'Anselmo) and the curial headquarters of the Benedictine Confederation. The complex and associated institutions are named in honor of the Benedictine monk Saint Anselm of Canterbury.