The titular church in Rome of Cardinal Sean Brady
The Church of SS Quirico e Giulitta
On his creation as Cardinal on 24 November 2007, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, assigned to the Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Seán Brady, the titular Church of Saints Cyricus and Julitta (Santi Quirico e Giulitta) in Rome. Cardinal Brady celebrated his first Mass in the Church on 16 January 2008.
Until 1584, the façade of the church was on the other side. The church was also a lot lower than it is now: since the Tiber often flooded and the humidity was very high, Pope Paul V had the foundation of Santi Quirico e Giulitta raised by 4 meters. In 1608 there was another re-ordering on the orders of Pope Paul V. This involved the raising of the floor level by four feet, to try and cure the problem of water getting in. That is why Pope Paul V is referenced over the door.
https://romanchurches.fandom.com/wiki/Santi_Quirico_e_Giulitta
The church has many connections to Ireland. The church was the first parish church of the original Irish College in Rome before the college moved to its present location. Some of the students of the Irish College who died in the seventeenth century and the eighteenth century are buried here. The church was established as a titular church on 13 April 1587. Cardinal Brady said at his first Mass there, “I am delighted to have been assigned the Church of Saints Cyricus and Julitta by the Holy Father. At one time the Irish College was also based in the same parish as this Church. An interesting feature is that the Church contains the tombs of some Irish College students, including Andrew Plunkett a student of the diocese of Meath and cousin of St Oliver Plunkett. Today, Irish seminarian students and postgraduate priests pass by this church as they make their way from the Irish College or from San Clemente, to their colleges in Rome.
For directions and location of the church see:
https://renatoprosciutto.com/santi-quirico-giulitta-church-rome/
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