Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
To mark the conclusion of its centenary celebrations, the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology is organising a major conference from 9 to 11 December on the monuments dedicated to the Apostles in Italy and beyond. The conference will focus on the primary early Christian and medieval sites commemorating the Apostles.
The Festival of Sacred Music is taking place in Rome for the 25th time, held in the city’s major basilicas. Participants include the Vienna Philharmonic, the Siena Cathedral Choir and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
To mark the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, a conference will be held in Rome (Hungarian Academy, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo) and in Capestrano in Abruzzo (Castello Piccolomini) from 10 to 12 November, a conference will be held on hagiographical, liturgical and devotional aspects of Franciscanism in the Kingdom of Hungary from the High to the Late Middle Ages.
On 13 November at 5.00 pm at the Campo Santo Teutonico, a panel discussion will take place on Pius XII and Pasqualina Lehnert, featuring contributions from Cardinal Mamberti, Alessandro Bellino, Johan Ickx and Stefania Falasca.
The Casa di Goethe has acquired a previously unknown sketchbook by Friedrich Overbeck, a sketchbook by Friedrich Preller the Younger and a drawing by Christoph Heinrich Kniep. They will be presented at 7.00 pm at the Casa di Goethe by Director Gregor Lersch, Golo Maurer from the Hertziana and Claudia Nordhoff.
On 15 October at 3 pm, the first volume of an Italian translation of the "Liber Pontificalis" will be presented at the Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica by Tessa Canella, Paolo Liverani and Fabio Stok. The book launch will also be streamed via Zoom.
The three-day gathering of 80 former Camposanto students, 10 members of the commemorative publication team and other guests unfolded with great dynamism and excitement: Prof. Dr Rainald Becker, a church historian from Augsburg; Dr Manfred Lütz, a psychiatrist from Cologne; and Prof. Dr Peter Schallenberg, a social ethicist from the Catholic Theological Faculty in Paderborn, drew many bursts of laughter from the treasure trove of their memories (mostly of Erwin Gatz) during an initial round of discussions, whilst at the same time outlining how, during the pontificate of the American Pope Leo, the college might orient itself within the broader context of the Church.
The Pontifical Priestly College at Campo Santo Teutonico is celebrating its 150th anniversary from 2 to 4 October with a large gathering of former students, as has always been the custom on such occasions. Rector Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt will welcome the guests with discussions, presentations, receptions and an excursion to Castelgandolfo. The Roman Institute is contributing an extensive commemorative publication entitled “Das Deutsche Kolleg im Vatikan” (The German College in the Vatican). The celebrations will culminate in a festive Mass on 4 October at 10.00 am, to which everyone is warmly invited.
On 26 September, the student societies will hold their annual symposium at the Institutum Augustinianum in the Vatican on the theme ‘Christian faith and politics in the light of the theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI’. Speakers will include Kurt Koch, Peter Schallenberg, Stephan Herzberg and Katharina Westerhorstmann.
A one-day conference on the history of Aquileia from the 15th to the 18th century will take place on 16 September at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. Speakers will include Danilo Mazzoleni, Manlio Sodi, Irene Graziani and Alviano Scarel, amongst others.
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