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Episcopal Palace, Grosseto
The Episcopal Palace (), formerly Palazzo Ariosti, is a building in Grosseto, Tuscany. It is located on Corso Carducci, the main street in the city center, and houses the Bishop's residence, the diocesan offices, and the curia of the Diocese of Grosseto. History The building dates back to the 18th century and was originally owned by the Count Ariosti family. Between 1778 and 1780, Count Alfonso Ariosti sold the palace to Mario Nerucci, a member of a noble family from Amiata.Celuzza, Papa (2013): 108–110. On 20 November 1803, Bishop Fabrizio Selvi, who sought to provide the Diocese of Grosseto with a new episcopal residence, purchased the building from Nerucci, in exchange for the Palazzo Gigli, the old episcopal residence adjacent to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. A few years later, Bishop Selvi hosted Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany and Grand Duchess Anna Maria of Saxony in the new episcopal palace, as noted by an inscription. During the period of ''sede vacante'' (1858–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo
A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Roman Empire, Imperial residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (''palats'', ''palais'', ''palazzo'', ''palacio'', etc.) and many use it to describe a broader range of buildings than English. In many parts of Europe, the equivalent term is also applied to large private houses in cities, especially of the aristocracy. It is also used for some large official buildings that have never had a residential function; for example in French-speaking countries ''Palais de Justice'' is the usual name of important courthouses. Many historic palaces such as parliaments, museums, hotels, or office buildings are now put to other uses. The word is also sometimes used to describe an elaborate building used for public ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Bagalà Blasini
Giovanni Battista Bagalà Blasini (6 April 1803 – 2 March 1884) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Grosseto (1876–1884). Biography Giovanni Battista Bagalà Blasini was born in Livorno. He served as auxiliary bishop of Livorno (1868–1876), for which office he had been appointed titular bishop of Cydonia (Crete). He was transferred to the diocese of Grosseto by Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX (; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in hist ... on 3 April 1876. He died on 1 March 1884.Ritzler-Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' VIII, pp. 81, 292. References Sources * *Minucci, Giotto (1988). ''La città di Grosseto e i suoi vescovi (498-1988)'' he city of Grosseto and its bishops (498-1988) Florence: Lucio Pugliese. External links * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture (Italy)
The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry of the Government of Italy in charge of national museums and maintenance of historical monuments. MiC's headquarters are located in the historic Collegio Romano Palace (via del Collegio Romano 27, in central Rome) and the current Minister of Culture is Alessandro Giuli. History It was set up in 1974 as the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Environments () by the Moro IV Cabinet through the decree read on 14 December 1974, n. 657, converted (with changes) from the law of 29 January 1975, n° 5. The new ministry (defined as — that is ''for'' cultural assets, showing the wish to create a mainly technical organ) largely has the remit and functions previously under the Ministry of Public Education (specifically its Antiquity and Fine Arts, and Academies and Libraries, sections). To this remit and functions it some of those of the Ministry of the Interior (State archives) and of the President of the Council of Ministers (state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
The Italian Episcopal Conference () or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church. The conference was founded in 1971 and carries out various tasks, including setting the national liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was appointed its president by Pope Francis in 2022. In 1986, Pope John Paul II suppressed 101 Italian dioceses. As of 2024 there are 226 dioceses in all. As of 2024 Italy has a total of 41 dioceses united in persona episcopi, or “in the person of the bishop.” It is the only episcopal conference for which the pope appoints the president and secretary-general. In almost all other conferences the president is elected, while the secretary-general is elected in all others. At the beginning of his papacy in 2013, Pope Francis considered having the CEI membership elect its own president and secretary-general, a proposal that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulisse Carlo Bascherini
Ulisse Carlo Bascherini (2 April 1844 – 16 May 1933) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Grosseto (1907–1920). Biography Ulisse Carlo Bascherini was born on 2 April 1844 in Corvaia, a small hamlet near Seravezza, Tuscany. He was appointed Bishop of Grosseto on 8 July 1907 by Pope Pius X and consecrated on 17 August by cardinal Pietro Maffi. He retired from the diocese on 8 March 1920, and was appointed titular bishop of Amathus in Cyprus by Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a .... He died on 16 May 1933.Pięta, ''Hierarchia catholica'' IX, pp. 50, 189. References Sources * *Minucci, Giotto (1988). ''La città di Grosseto e i suoi vescovi (498-1988)'' he city of Grosseto and its bishops (498-1988) Florence: Lucio Pugliese. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glorification
Glorification may have several meanings in Christianity. From the Catholic canonization to the similar sainthood of the Eastern Orthodox Church to salvation in Christianity in Protestant beliefs, the glorification of the human condition can be a long and arduous process. Catholicism The Catholic Church teaches that, "at the end of time, the Kingdom of God will come in its fullness. After the universal judgment, the righteous will reign for ever with Christ, glorified in body and soul. the universe itself will be renewed. ..The visible universe, then, is itself destined to be transformed, 'so that the world itself, restored to its original state, facing no further obstacles, should be at the service of the just'," sharing their glorification in the risen Jesus Christ." The act of canonization, which in the Catholic Church is not normally called glorification, since in the theological sense it is God, not the Church, who glorifies, is reserved, both in the Latin Church and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oculus (architecture)
An oculus (; ) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall. Originating in classical architecture, it is a feature of Byzantine architecture, Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. A horizontal oculus in the center of a dome is also called opaion (; ). Oeil-de-boeuf An ''oeil-de-boeuf'' (; ), also ''œil de bœuf'' and sometimes anglicized as ''ox-eye window'', is a relatively small ellipse, elliptical window, typically for an upper storey, and sometimes set in a roof slope as a dormer, or above a door to let in Daylighting (architecture), natural light. These are relatively small windows, traditionally oval. The term is increasingly used for circular windows (in which case it could also be called an oculus), but not for holes in domes or ceilings. Windows of this type are commonly found in the grand architecture of baroque architecture, Baroque France. The term is also applied to similar round windows, such as those found in Georgian architecture in Great B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trompe-l'œil
; ; ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a Two-dimensional space, two-dimensional surface. , which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture. History in painting The phrase, which can also be spelled without the hyphen and Typographic ligature, ligature in English as ''trompe l'oeil'', originates with the artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, who used it as the title of a painting he exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1800. Although the term gained currency only in the early 19th century, the illusionistic technique associated with dates much further back. It was (and is) often employed in murals. Instances from Greek and Roman times are known, for instance in Pompeii. A typical mural might depict a window, door, or hallway, intended to suggest a larger room. A version of an oft-told ancient Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresco
Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word ''fresco'' () is derived from the Italian adjective ''fresco'' meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting. The word ''fresco'' is commonly and inaccurately used in English to refer to any wall painting regardless of the plaster technology or binding medium. This, in part, contributes to a misconception that the most geographically and temporally common wall painting technology was the painting into wet lime plaster. Even in apparently '' buon fresco'' technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Scola
Angelo Scola (; born 7 November 1941) is an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Catholic Church, philosopher and theologian. He was Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan from 2011 to 2017. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 2002 to 2011. He has been a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal since 2003 and a bishop since 1991. Biography Early life Scola was born in Malgrate, Milan, to Carlo Scola, a truck driver, and Regina Colombo. He was the younger of two sons; Pietro, his elder brother, died in 1983. He attended high school at the Manzoni Lyceum in Lecco, where he participated in the youth movement ''Gioventù Studentesca'' (Student Youth). He studied philosophy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart from 1964 to 1967, obtaining his doctorate with a Thesis, dissertation on Christian philosophy under the supervision of Gustavo Bontadini, master of Emanuele Severino. During this time he served as vice- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Galeazzi
Paolo Galeazzi (20 December 1885 – 10 August 1971) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Grosseto from 1932 to 1971. Biography Born in San Gemini, in Umbria, on 20 December 1885, to Angelo Galeazzi and Degna Gentili, he moved to Turin in 1898 to begin his religious studies at the Little House of Divine Providence, thanks to the intervention of Cesare Boccanera, Bishop of Narni. After graduating in theology and canon law from the archiepiscopal seminary of Turin, he was ordained a priest on 27 June 1909. He taught in the seminaries of Terni and Narni and at the Ghislieri College in Rome, before being appointed pastor of the Narni Cathedral. During World War I, he served as a military chaplain for the ''Bersaglieri''. In 1924, Bishop Cesare Boccoleri appointed him Vicar General of the Diocese of Narni. On 16 September 1932, Pope Pius XI appointed him Bishop of Grosseto. He received episcopal consecration on 28 October 1932, from Bishop Cesare Boccoleri, with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombing Of Grosseto In World War II
The bombing of Grosseto took place on 26 April 1943, day of Easter Monday, during World War II. Aimed at disabling the city's air base, it resulted instead in heavy damage to the city itself and at least 134 civilian casualties. History The Grosseto Air Base was considered by the Allies to be of strategic importance for operations in North Africa, since the attacks on British ships in the western Mediterranean Sea departed from there. The base was also the site of a torpedo-bomber training school of the Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 102 unit and the arrival of the Messerschmitts Me 323 employed in the defense of Tunisia. This led to several Allied air raids aimed at its destruction. The first raid took place on 26 April 1943, day of Easter Monday, when 48 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the Twelfth Air Force of the United States Army took off from airfields in Algeria and reached Grosseto, Tuscany. For unknown reasons, 19 of the 48 military planes dropped 2,000 cluster bombs on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
