Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
On 9 November at 7pm at Campo Santo Teutonico, the English edition of the booklet "Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty - The hero of the Campo Santo Teutonico" will be presented by the Irish Embassy to the Holy See. This will be preceded at 6pm by Holy Mass with Bishop Daimuid Martin from Dublin, the former Vice-Rector of the College.
On the 400th anniversary of the death of the Slavic apostle Josaphat, an exhibition is on display at the Gregorian University. Josaphat, the Basilian monk dedicated his life to unity among Christians. His work spans Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland and Belarus and bears witness to the historical bond between the Eastern Catholic Church and Western Europe and Rome in particular. It is not announced how long the exhibition will be on display.
The Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology is offering special courses in Christian Archaeology again this year. You can combine certain lectures: Catacombs, Topography of Rome, Architecture, Patristics, Iconography.
The complete renovation of the Campo Santo Teutonico, which is planned to take several years, was initiated on 19 October with the signing of the contract for the renovation of the historic wall by Ambassador Dr Bernhard Kotsch, Rector Konrad Bestle and Camerlengo Franco Reale.
The Giornale Diplomatico (Quotidiano online di informazioni e opinioni) draws attention to the study day that the RIGG is holding together with the Embassy of Hungary to the Holy See on the Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives on 28 October.
The annual introductory course in Christian Archaeology will be held in Italian at the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology. The deadline for enrolment is 6 November. Lectures and visits will be offered.
With a lecture by Emilia Hrabovec on "Le strategie di Pio XII di fronte al comunismo in Cecoslovacchia", the Slovak Historical Institute opens its new residence in Via della Conciliazione, 44 (4th floor).
Dr Hans-Albert Courtial's Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra is staging a concert series for sacred music in the great basilicas of Rome for the 22nd time. Works by Mozart, Perosi, Beethoven and Carissimi will be performed. Anyone who can make it should not miss these concerts.
With the support of the RIGG, a study day will be held on Tuesday 31 October at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology on the Augustinian relict and late humanist Onofrio Panvinio (1530-1568) from Verona, who played a significant role in the study of Roman antiquities through his publications. The opening lecture will be given by Ingo Herklotz.
On Wednesday 8 November, the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology will open its academic year 2023/24 (not on 6 Nov as originally planned). On this occasion, the book "Cento anni del Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana - discipline e docenti" (ed. by Chiara Cecalupo and S. Heid) dedicated to him will be presented to the Grand Chancellor, Cardinal Tolentino de Mendonca.
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