Chiesa di Santa Croce a Via Flaminia

Santa Croce al Flaminio is a basilica church dedicated to the Holy Cross located in the vicinity of Via Flaminia, Via Guido Reni in Rome.
The building was constructed in 1913 by engineer Aristide Leonori at the behest of Pope Pius X, as a solemn celebration of the 16th centenary of the Edict of Milan (313). It was the pontiff himself who bore the construction costs, and the site chosen was the one where, according to tradition, Emperor Constantine I blew the trumpets to announce to the city the end of hostilities against the Christians. Construction began on 17 October 1912, and the church was inaugurated on 29 December of the following year. However, it was not consecrated until 1918 by Monsignor Giuseppe Pallica, Archbishop of Philippi. Meanwhile, on 19 March 1914, it was elevated to the status of parish church by Pius X's apostolic constitution 'Quod iam pridem' and entrusted to the Stigmatine priests. In 1964, Paul VI elevated it to the rank of minor basilica. Finally, the basilica is the seat of the cardinal's title of 'Santa Croce in Via Flaminia', instituted by Pope Paul VI on 5 February 1965. The church furnishings include a modern reproduction, richly adorned with embroidery and jewellery, of the ancient Constantinian Labarum, the military insignia on which Constantine had the Sign of the Cross placed following the famous vision (In hoc signo vinces).
Illustrious in the parish's history were Fr. Emilio Recchia, parish priest from 1934 to 1965, and Fr. Cornelio Fabro, a distinguished philosopher.
The basilica is home to the Royal Deputation of the so-called Spanish branch of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George for Italy; the similar institution of the French branch is based in the church of San Giorgio in Velabro.
100 m to the right of the basilica, today stands the ultra-modern Auditorium Parco della Musica. To the immediate left, on the other hand, the futuristic MAXXI has just been inaugurated.