The Fritz Thyssen Foundation (Cologne) is funding the major conference on "Time, Space and Calendar in Late Antique Rome", which is being organised by the RIGG from 27 to 30 November 2024. Participants are welcome.
Topic: "Ein Meisterspion im Vatikan? Das mysteriöse Leben des Prälaten Rudolf Gerlach (1886-1946)"
Hartmut Benz (Ruppichteroth), one of the best experts on the Roman Curia in the 19th/20th century, has shed light on the opaque life of the German Curia prelate Rudolf Gerlach, who came from Baden, in three articles in the Römische Quartalschrift (2021-2023) and presents the results of his research.
Beginning: 6 pm
Location: Hall Pope Benedict XVI (Campo Santo Teutonico)
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The Roman Institute of the Görres Society is holding a conference on the chronograph of 354 from 27 to 30 November 2024. It is being organised by Dr Matthias Simperl (Augsburg) in collaboration with Stefan Heid.
As part of the conference "Archives of Religious Orders and Monasteries from the Middle Ages to the Present", the organisers Jörg Voigt (Hanover) and Augustin Laffay OP (Rome) made short statements explaining their concerns. One pressing concern is how archives can be saved today in view of the numerous monastery closures.
Before a detailed conference report is published in the next few weeks, we would like to briefly summarise the event here. With over 50 participants, the conference on monastery archives conference on monastery archives at the end of November was undoubtedly a successful event organised by the RIGG's Medieval Department, which is headed by Dr Jörg Voigt.
Father Mariano Dell'Omo, archivist of Montecassino Abbey, will give a lecture in Italian on Friday, 24 November "San Benedetto e la sua Regola. Sui fondamenti scritti del monachesimo occidentale come riflessi negli archivi (e nelle biblioteche) monastici".