Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
On the morning of 11 December, Pope Leo XIV received the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace and emphasised the importance of Christian archaeology in his short address.
The 100th anniversary celebration of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology will be broadcast on 11 December from 4:55 p.m. on the PIAC YouTube channel.
Prof. Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai from the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology appears on Italian television RAI TG2 during prime time with Umberto Broccoli and talks about the importance of Christian archaeology. You can watch the programme from minute 10.00 to 18.36:
Following the complete renovation of the church of Campo Santo Teutonico in the 1970s, Cardinal Degenhardt (Paderborn) blessed the new organ and Cardinal Döpfner (Munich), as chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, consecrated the new altar on 7 December 1975.
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..
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.
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