Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
Dr Marco Aimone and Stefan Heid are holding a 10-hour special course on early medieval chalices, patens and other vessels and their use in Roman liturgy. The course will take place on 15–16 December and 13 January at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology..
Deadline: 30 November
From 26 to 30 January 2026, the fourth edition of the archive course organised by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose (Florence) will take place in important ecclesiastical archives in Rome.
Franz-Xaver Brandmayr (Vienna), former rector of the Pontifical College of the Anima, presented a lavish illustrated book on the occasion of the patron saint's day of the Confraternity of the Anima, which he designed together with Hans Haider and Stephan Kölliker.
The German Archaeological Institute is excavating in Ostia Antica. The very extensive ancient city area now lies beneath a meadow. Only the bishop's complex on the outskirts of the city is being excavated. Only this complex is worth excavating because the ancient city was abandoned and plundered, so that most traces have been lost.
On 6–7 November, the DAI and the Vatican Museums will host a study day on early Christian sarcophagi in memory of Hugo Brandenburg and Enrico Josi. Speakers will include Giovanna Ferri, Barbara Mazzei, Raffaelle Giuliani, Umberto Utro, and others.
On 6 November, the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome will host a study day on the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958) following the opening of the Vatican archives. Speakers will include Gianfranco Armando, Julian Sandhagen, Bernhard Kronegger and Roberto Regoli.
To mark the installation of the Marian altarpiece from Naumburg Cathedral in the Church of St Mary in the Campo Santo Teutonico, a ceremony will be held on 2 November at 5 p.m., during which artist Michael Triegel will discuss the Naumburg altarpiece with art historian Andreas Raub.
The Friends of the DHI invite you to a public lecture by Sebastian Scholz (Zurich) on 10 October at 6 p.m. on the Cadaver Synod of 897 against Pope Formosus.
On the occasion of the introduction of the new rector of Campo Santo Teutonico, Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt, Dr Beate Gilles, Secretary General of the German Bishops' Conference, gave an interview to Mario Galgano of Vatican News and expressed her delight at the new appointment. The Bishops' Conference has institutional ties with the Pontifical College. Bishop Dr Bertram Meier is the Bishops' Conference delegate for the Campo Santo.
The National Institute for Roman Studies on the Aventine Hill is holding a conference from 22 to 24 September. The theme will be its own history, with a particular focus on the institute's role during the Fascist era.
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