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Antonio Del Duca
Antonio del Duca or Lo Duca (Cefalù 1491 – Rome 1564) was the Sicilian friar whose persistent campaign for an official veneration of the "Seven Angelic Princes" was partly answered in the dedication of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, constructed to the orders of Pope Pius IV within the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian. Life Antonio had been obsessed with the cult of the angels since the days when he was choirmaster in the cathedral of Palermo, 1513-15. At that time he discovered in the little Church of Sant'Angelo an ancient icon of the Seven Angelic Princes that emerged almost by a miracle after centuries of neglect. Fired with his faith, he traveled to Rome, harboring the intention of obtaining formal recognition of these ''Sette Principi angelici''. In Rome he obtained a post as chaplain to Antonio Maria Cardinal Ciocchi del Monte, uncle of the future Pope Julius III. For the cardinal he composed a liturgy for a Mass of the Seven Angels. After his patron's death in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefalù
Cefalù (), classically known as Cephaloedium (), is a city and comune in the Italian Metropolitan City of Palermo, located on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily about east of the provincial capital and west of Messina. The town, with its population of just under 14,000, is one of the major tourist attractions in the region. Despite its size, every year it attracts millions of tourists from all parts of Sicily and also, from all over Italy and Europe. Names The city's Sicilian name is . It was named by the Greeks who called it ''Kephaloídion'' () or ''Kephaloidís'' (). These were latinised as ''Cephaloedium'' and ''Cephaloedis''. Under Arab rule, it was known as ''Gafludi''. Under Carthaginian rule, it was known as "Cape Melqart" ( xpu, 𐤓𐤔 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, ), after the Tyrian god. History Of Siculian foundation, in the fourth century BC the Greeks gave the indigenous settlement the name of ''Kephaloídion'', evidently derived from its situation on a lofty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
