Temple facts and Temple Passport
Rome Italy Temple
Rome, Roma, Italy
Temple No. 162- Announced
- October 4, 2008
- Groundbreaking
- October 23, 2010
- Dedicated
- Sunday, March 10, 2019
Temple No. 162 · The story
The story of the Rome Italy Temple
- First temple in Italy
- The first time the First Presidency and all the Twelve gathered outside the United States
President Thomas S. Monson announced the temple in 2008 and broke ground on October 23, 2010. Its curves were inspired by the Roman church of San Carlino. Olive trees 400 to 500 years old stand in the piazza.
President Russell M. Nelson dedicated the temple on March 10 to 12, 2019. For the first time in Church history, the entire First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gathered outside the United States.
Elder Massimo de Feo said, “This was a dream. The dream then became a vision of faith.”
“This was a dream. The dream then became a vision of faith.”
Elder Massimo de Feo
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Where it is
The Rome Italy Temple and its neighbors
Rome, Roma, Italy
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In General Conference
Named in 4 General Conference talks since 2000
Announced · October 2008 general conferencePresident Thomas S. Monson announced the Rome Italy Temple in “Welcome to Conference”, one of 5 temples he named that day.Open the sketch note →
April 2020 · Ronald A. RasbandFulfillment of ProphecyI felt those prophecies so strongly when I participated in the dedication of the Rome Italy Temple.
April 2019 · D. Todd ChristoffersonPreparing for the Lord’s ReturnAt the youth devotional preceding the dedication of the Rome Italy Temple, the hundreds of young men and women in attendance displayed to President Nelson the cards they had prepared with names of their ancestors.
April 2019 · Dieter F. UchtdorfMissionary Work: Sharing What Is in Your HeartLast month the Twelve were invited by our dear prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, to travel with him to the dedication of the Rome Italy Temple.
April 2011 · Thomas S. MonsonThe Holy Temple—a Beacon to the WorldThe Rome Italy Temple, uniquely, is being built in one of the most historic locations in the world, a city where the ancient Apostles Peter and Paul preached the gospel of Christ and where each was martyred.
Quotes are one sentence from each talk. Tap a talk to open its Weak Things sketch note. See every temple announced from the pulpit on Temples in General Conference, or read the temple through all four books on The Temple in Scripture.