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San Benedetto (other)
San Benedetto may refer to: * Saint Benedict (c. 480-543/547), Italian saint * Saint Benedict (other), a number of other Italian saints called San Benedetto (Saint Benedict) Places of Italy * San Benedetto Belbo, a municipality in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont * San Benedetto dei Marsi, a municipality in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * San Benedetto del Tronto, a municipality in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche * San Benedetto in Perillis, a municipality in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * San Benedetto Po, a municipality in the Province of Mantua, Lombardy * San Benedetto Ullano, a municipality in the Province of Cosenza, Calabria * San Benedetto Val di Sambro, a municipality in the Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna * San Benedetto in Alpe, a village in the municipality of Portico e San Benedetto, Province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna * San Benedetto, a village in the municipality of Cascina, Province of Pisa, Tuscany Structures * San Benedetto, Bolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Benedict
Benedict of Nursia (; ; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was a Great Church, Christian monk. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, and Old Catholic Churches. In 1964, Pope Paul VI declared Benedict a Patron saints of Europe , patron saint of Europe. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Lazio , Subiaco in present-day Lazio, Italy (about to the east of Rome), before moving southeast to Monte Cassino in the mountains of central Italy. The present-day Order of Saint Benedict emerged later and, moreover, is not an religious order , "order" as the term is commonly understood, but a confederation of autonomous Congregation (group of houses) , congregations. Benedict's main achievement, his ''Rule of Saint Benedict'', contains a set of Decree (canon law), rules for his monks to follow. Heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian ( – ), it shows st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Cascina
San Benedetto is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cascina, province of Pisa. San Benedetto is about 15 km from Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ... and 3 km from Cascina. References Bibliography * Frazioni of the Province of Pisa {{Pisa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro San Benedetto
The Teatro San Benedetto was a theatre in Venice, particularly prominent in the operatic life of the city in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It saw the premieres of over 140 operas, including Rossini's ''L'italiana in Algeri'', and was the theatre of choice for the presentation of ''opera seria'' until La Fenice was built in 1792. History The small, elegant theatre was first constructed by Grimani, Michele Grimani on land owned by the House of Venier, Venier family. It was inaugurated on 26 December 1755 with a performance of Gioacchino Cocchi's opera ''Zoe''. In 1766 the ownership of the San Benedetto passed from Grimani to a consortium of Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician families in Venice who had been Box (theatre), box holders at the theatre. The original design of the theatre was circular. However it was rebuilt in the traditional horseshoe shape following a fire on February 5, 1774. In 1765 Vincenzo Galeotti, who danced here from 1761, became the ballet master o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto Monastery (Salerno)
Salerno (, ; ; ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. In recent history the city hosted Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, who moved from Rome in 1943 after Italy negotiated a peace with the Allies in World War II, making Salerno the capital of the "Government of the South" () and therefore provisional government seat (and de facto Capital) for six months and so one of the former capitals of Italy. Some of the Allies of World War II, Allied landings during Operation Avalanche (World War II), Operation Avalanche (the invasion of Italy) occurred near Salerno. It has 125,958 inhabitants as of 2025. Human settlement at Salerno has a rich and vibrant past, dating back to pre-historic times. In the early Middle Ages it was an independent Lombard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Venice
The Chiesa di San Benedetto (Church of Saint Benedict) is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy. Generally known as San Beneto in the Venetian dialect, the church faces the square named after it, the Campo San Beneto. It was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1685. San Beneto is a ''vicariale'' (subsidiary) church of the parish of San Luca. Works of art * ''A Priest recommended to the Virgin by St Benedict'' and ''St Benedict with John the Baptist and the Virtues'' by Sebastiano Mazzoni located over the doors to either side of the high altar. * ''St Sebastian tended by the Holy Women'' by Bernardo Strozzi located on the south wall. * ''San Francesco di Paola'' by Giambattista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ... located on the north wall. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto In Gottella, Lucca
San Benedetto in Gottella is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Bernardin in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is located on Piazza Bernardini, near the Palazzo Bernardini, on the route of the ancient decumanus maximus In Roman urban planning, a ''decumanus'' was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or '' castrum'' (military camp). The main ''decumanus'' of a particular city was the ''decumanus maximus'', or most often simply "the ''decumanus''". In t ... of Lucca. History A church at the site was present by tenth century, but reconstructed in the 13th-century. The walls contain a mosaic of fragments from the earlier church. The façade is a mixture of white limestone and darker tan sandstones, formed by blocks of different size, with a round portal entrance. Above the entrance is a painted lunette. In 1817, the church became the home for the confraternity of carpenters. Among the works of art are an altarpiece depicting the ''Mado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Florence
San Benedetto is a small, Roman Catholic former parish church, then oratory, located in a piazza of the same name just off the piazza of the Duomo of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The church was founded around the year 1000, but transferred from parish to a confraternity. It was suppressed in 1771, by Arnaldo Cocchi, page 126-127. and still retains a chapel with an altarpiece depicting the ''Miracle of San Zanobi'', attributed to Bernardo Veracini. See also *Zenobius of Florence
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San Benedetto, Catania
San Benedetto is a late-Baroque art, Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church and former Benedictine monastery in the city Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The church facade faces Via Crociferi, parallels across via San Benedetto the former-Jesuit church of San Francesco Borgia, Catania, San Francesco Borgia, and both are about a block south along Crociferi from the church and convent of San Giuliano, Catania, San Giuliano. Entrance to church and monastery appear to be through Piazza Asmundo #9 near the apse of the church. History and description Dedicated to St. Benedict of Nursia, a first church at the site was completed in April 1334, endowed by the noblewoman Alemanna Lumella. However, like most buildings in town, it was razed by the 1693 Sicily earthquake; only 5 nuns survived the disaster. The church was rebuilt by 1714, but construction of the monastery continued until 1763. Giovanni Battista Vaccarini was one of the main architects. The church is part of a monastic com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Bologna
San Benedetto is a Roman Catholic church in central Bologna. Founded in the 12th century, the church now has facade (1606) designed by Giovanni Battista Ballerini. The Facade was rotated 180 degrees in 1892; it once faced Via Galliera, and now faces Via dell'Indipendenza. The interior contains works by Giacomo Cavedoni, Alessandro Tiarini, Cesare Aretusi, Lucio Massari, Ercole Procaccini il Vecchio, Ubaldo Gandolfi, and a sculpture by Angelo Gabriello Piò. church entry. References Roman Catholic churches in Bologna 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1606 1606 establishments in Italy {{EmiliaRomagna-RC-church-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto In Alpe
Portico e San Benedetto () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna. It is formed by three main distinct settlements: *''Portico di Romagna'', from Forlì *''San Benedetto in Alpe'', from Forlì *''Bocconi'', midway the two former localities Main sights In Bocconi: * Ponte della Brusia, an 18th-century three arch bridge In Portico di Romagna: *Palazzo Portinari, which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco Portinari's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice Portinari described by Dante Alighieri *Palazzo Traversari. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here. *Ponte della Maestà ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries) In San Benedetto in Alpe: * Acquacheta water fall on the river of the same name, also described by Dante Alighieri in his ''Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poetry, narrative poem by Dante Alighier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Benedict (other)
Saint Benedict generally refers to Benedict of Nursia (480–547 AD). St Benedict, St Benedict's, or variant forms may also refer to: People * Pope Benedict II, Pope Benedict II of Rome (635–685) * Benedict Biscop (628–690), Anglo-Saxon abbot * Benedict (bishop of Milan) (died 732), archbishop of Milan – 732 * Benedict of Aniane ( – 821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer * Benedict of Skalka, Benedict of Skalka or Szkalka (died 1012), Benedictine monk * Bénézet ( – 1184), or Benedict, the Bridge-Builder * Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), Italian Franciscan friar in Sicily * Benedict Joseph Labre (1748–1783), French mendicant and Franciscan tertiary Places * St. Benedict, Saskatchewan, Canada * St. Benedict, Iowa, U.S. * St. Benedict, Kansas, U.S. * Saint Benedict, Louisiana, U.S. * St. Benedict, Minnesota, U.S. * Saint Benedict, Oregon, U.S. * Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania, U.S. * San Benedicto Island, Mexico See also * * * Benedict (other) * Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto Val Di Sambro
San Benedetto Val di Sambro (Bolognese dialect, Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. The Italicus Express bombing and the Train 904 bombing happened at this location. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
