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Le bellezze di Firenze raccontate ai più piccoli da Bargellini

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The beauties of Florence told the little ones from Bargellini

Was the 2010 When Palazzo Vecchio, at the time, was the Education Minister now Senator and Secretary of the Senate, Rosa Maria Di Giorgi, decided to start the project "I love Florence", a new series of children's books on the most important historical and artistic monuments of the city, to tell children the story of […]

I 104 Cardinali di Firenze

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THE 104 Cardinals di Firenze

Con la nomina a Cardinale dell’Arcivescovo di Perugia, Mons. Gualtiero Bassetti, they are 104 i Cardinali fiorentini diventati Principi della Chiesa. La cifra si ottiene sommando tre elenchi: quello di Vescovi e Arcivescovi di Firenze elevati alla dignità cardinalizia, il secondo riguarda i fiorentini di nascita, o sacerdoti della diocesi, divenuti Cardinali, il terzo è quello […]

Quando il Vescovo di Firenze sposava la Badessa di San Pier Maggiore

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When the Bishop of Florence married the Abbess of San Pier Maggiore

Everyone knows, priests, Bishops and nuns can't marry. Yet up until 386 they were granted. The rule of celibacy, often disregarded during the middle ages, became binding only in 1564 with the Council of Trent. However Florence until 1585 He had a particular pantry, because the Bishop had the obligation, at its entrance […]

L’abito non fa il monaco ma il Cardinale si

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The clothes do not make the monk, but the Cardinal is

Will Be 19 the brand new red dresses, tailoring-fresh, that parade the 22 February at the Vatican for the consistory. For the Roman ecclesiastice tailors, called the "Santari", the consistory is always a tour de force, since they have little more than a month to achieve them. The most renowned tailoring, in all there are about a dozen, is […]

Nella Chiesa di S. Carlo il guanto insanguinato di Padre Pio

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In the Church of S. Charles the bloodied glove of Padre Pio

Among the specialties offered by the Church of San Carlo in via Calzaiuoli in Florence, surely one of the most interesting is the permanent exhibition of a glove belonged to Saint Padre Pio. It is exposed on the right wall, in a special reliquary, for direct veneration by the faithful. The relic was donated by the sculptor […]

Il Giglio di Firenze per 33 anni su Padre Pio

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Florence Lily 33 years on Padre Pio

On the portal of the old church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo, the primitive Church of Padre Pio, He finds, from 1935, a valuable artistic majolica bezel, depicting, in the center of Santa Maria delle Grazie, left St. Francis of Assisi, right Michael the Archangel, Florentine opera, the three brothers Richard, Emilio, […]

La Sindone a Firenze

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The shroud in Florence

The Shroud, the sacred linen, the shroud, who has wrapped the body of Jesus Christ taken down from the cross and was found three days later in the empty tomb, that is kept in Turin, would be retained for a period in Florence. Supports Enrico Baccarini, historian, journalist, After years and years of studies […]

Beato grazie al ns Direttore

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Blessed with ns Director

Between curiosie a news about our Director, Frank Mariani, It takes its cue from that press release in September by the Press Office of the Holy See, or the signature, by Papa Francesco, the Decree on the heroic virtues of the servant of God Pius Alberto Del Corona, Titular Archbishop of Sardica, former Bishop of San Miniato, Founder of […]

Casa Museo Siviero un gioiello di museo sconosciuto

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Casa Siviero Museum, a gem of unknown Museum

In lungarno Serristori 5, under piazzale Michelangelo, There is a small museum, Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero, un vero e proprio scrigno di opere d’arte, conservate in un palazzo ottocentesco, che si può visitare gratuitamente nei giorni di sabato, with orario 10-18, mentre la domenica e il lunedì dalle 10 at 13. La casa, con i […]