Chiesa di Sant'Edoardo Re

The Church of Saint Edward the King is a modern parish church in Nichelino dedicated to Edward the Confessor. Its parish was established in 1969 as the town expanded, and the present church opened in 1992. A statue of the saint, carved by Guido Moroder, was blessed in 1997.

Why it matters

Sant’Edoardo Re records the growth of Nichelino’s neighbourhoods in the late twentieth century. Cardinal Michele Pellegrino formally erected the parish in 1969, responding to development along the Via XXV Aprile area. The dedication is unusual in the local context: Edward the Confessor was an English king canonised in 1161.

What to notice

The parish’s statue of Saint Edward was carved by Guido Moroder of Ortisei, modelled on the seated king in the Wilton Diptych, and blessed in 1997. The church belongs to the later twentieth-century phase of parish construction in Nichelino, following earlier temporary worship spaces used by the community.

Context and history

Worship began in 1968 in a wooden prefabricated hall on Via Buonarroti, initially a subsidiary church of the Santissima Trinità parish. The parish was formally erected the next year. After the prefabricated building ceased to serve as the church in 1984, an oratory hall was used until the present building opened in 1992. The parish forms part of Unità Pastorale 55 of the Diocese of Turin.