Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Trustees of the Board of St. Paul's Church (Rome, Italy)
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1859-
History/biography
St. Paul's Within-the-Walls in Rome, Italy, was originally established in 1859 as Grace Church. The name was changed to St. Paul’s in 1871 after the city of Rome ceased to be governed by the Vatican and the building of non-Roman Catholic churches was allowed within the walls of the city. In 1872, ground was broken on a new church, with construction completed in 1880.
A major restorative project of the church began in 1975 and was completed in the 1980s. With its mosaics and Italian Gothic architecture, St. Paul's is in harmony with its Roman setting. Since the end of the Second Vatican Council, St. Paul's has embraced the Roman Catholic Church's call for ecumenism and commissioned doors to commemorate the historic event. St. Paul’s houses the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center which provides ministry to political refugees and forced migrants who travel through Rome.
While St. Paul’s is a member of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, it maintains its own Board of Trustees. Together, the three boards (which also includes the St. James Episcopal Church in Florence, Italy) manage endowments for the churches in the convocation.