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Berzo Inferiore
Berzo Inferiore ( Camunian: ) is an Italian comune of 2,316 inhabitants in , , in Lombardy, northern . Geography The village of Berzo Inferiore (Inferiore means "at the bottom" to distinguish from ) is sit ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocenzo Of Berzo
Innocenzo is a male given name of Latin origin. Notable people with this name include: *Innocenzo da Berzo (1844–1890), Roman Catholic priest *Innocenzo Bonelli (), Captain Regent of San Marino *Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri (1566–1610), Roman Catholic cardinal *Innocenzo Chatrian (1927–2019), Italian cross-country skier *Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte (–1577), Roman Catholic cardinal *Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo (1717–1801), Swiss painter and architect *Innocenzo Conti (1731–1785), Roman Catholic cardinal *Innocenzo Cybo (1491–1550), Roman Catholic cardinal *Innocenzo Donina (1950–2020), Italian footballer *Innocenzo Ferrieri (1810–1887), Roman Catholic cardinal *Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805–1882), Italian sculptor *Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola (), Italian painter *Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni (1692–1768), Italian poet *Innocenzo Leonelli (1592–1625), Italian soldier *Innocenzo Manzetti (1826–1877), Italian inventor *Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in the administrative region and the fourth largest in northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants. Founded over 3,200 years ago, Brescia (in antiquity Brixia) has been an important regional centre since pre-Roman times. Its old town contains the best-preserved Roman public buildings in northern Italy and numerous monuments, among these the medieval castle, the Old and New cathedral, the Renaissance ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocenzo Da Berzo
Innocenzo da Berzo (19 March 1844 - 3 March 1890), born Giovanni Scalvinoni, was an Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor - or Capuchin branch of the Franciscan Order. Scalvinoni assumed his new religious name upon his profession as a Capuchin friar. Pope John XXIII beatified him on 12 November 1961. Life Giovanni Scalvinoni was born on 19 March 1844 to Pietro Scalvinoni and Francesca Poli in Niardo (Brescia). He was baptized Giovanni. His father died of pneumonia when Giovanni was three months old in June 1844. He spent his childhood in Berzo. As a small child he had great mercy for the poor, giving generously to those who asked, even though his family was in need. From 1855 to 1860 he attended the municipal college in Lovere in the province of Bergamo and he passed with high marks. In 1864 he entered the diocesan seminary of Brescia. He was ordained to the priesthood on 2 June 1867 and held some positions, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camunian Dialect
Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic dialect spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are Bergamasque and Brescian. In Italian-speaking contexts, Eastern Lombard is often generically called a "dialect", understood as to mean a dialect of Italian, while some claim it is not a dialect but a language. Eastern Lombard and Italian have only limited mutual intelligibility as is the case for many Italian dialects. Eastern Lombard does not have any official status either in Lombardy or anywhere else: the only official language in Lombardy is Italian. Classification Eastern Lombard is a Romance language of the Gallo-Italic branch, closer to Occitan, Catalan, French, etc. than to Italian, with a Celtic substratum. Geographic distribution Eastern Lombard is primarily spoken in Eastern Lombardy (Northern Italy), in the provinces of Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Pietro Da Cemmo
Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo (15th century - 16th century) was an Italian painter. Details on the artist's life are very scarce: perhaps born in Cemmo, he was active from 1474 to 1504 in a large area including Brescia and Cremona. Giovanni Pietro was born into a family of artists. Among the members of his family were Master Ghirardo and Master Paroto, who in 1447 signed an altarpiece for the Pieve of San Siro in Cemmo. His style, at least until 1486, is a footprint Lombard-Venetian Gothic style, while the last period between 1498 and 1504 he showed the influence of Vincenzo Foppa and Bramante Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style .... References Bibliography * Maria Luisa Ferrari, ''Giovan Pietro da Cemmo. Fatti di pittura bresciana del Quattrocento'', Milano, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, persecution of the Christians that the Valerian (emperor), Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258. Life St. Lawrence is thought to have been born on 31 December AD 225, in Valencia (or less probably, in Huesca), the town from which his parents came in the later region of Aragon that was then part of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. The martyrs Orentius (Modern Spanish: ) and Patientia (Modern Spanish: ) are traditionally held to have been his parents.Sts. Orentius and Patientia Catholic Online Lawrence encountered the future Pope Sixtus II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Bollani
Domenico Bollani (1514–1579) was a diplomat and politician of the Republic of Venice, and as Bishop of Brescia from 1559 to 1579 he was a leading figure of the Catholic reform. Political career Domenico Bollani was born to a noble family in Venice on 10 February 1514, or in 1513 according to other sources. He earned a doctorate of Laws at the University of Padova and he took the political career in the Republic of Venice He was elected in the '' Consiglio dei Pregadi'' (the Senate) and he held also the office as one of the '' Savi di Terraferma'' (an office comparable to a minister). In 1547 he was appointed ambassador to England. Returned in Venice, in 1551 he served in the Council of Ten. In 1556 he was appointed ''lieutenant'' (governor) of Friuli where he successfully managed a crisis due to famine and plague: an arch in Udine (the Arco Bollani built in 1556 and attributed to Andrea Palladio) remembers his activity. In 1558 he was appointed as podestà (governor) of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrara San Rocco
Adrara San Rocco (Bergamasque: or simply ) is an Italian town in the province of Bergamo, in the administrative region of Lombardy. The town is located about east of Bergamo and is situated in the Guerna river valley. The town is part of the Mountain Community of Monte Bronzone Sebino. The hills of San Fermo attract tourists for sports such as mountain biking, trekking and paragliding. History The town dates from the Middle Ages, around the year 1000. The first documented evidence of settlement was the village of ''Adrara'', which had not yet been divided into the two existing entities. The province of Bergamo was devastated by fratricidal conflict between the Guelph and Ghibelline, which in turn created a large influx of refugees into Adrara from these remote and quiet areas. However, fighting broke out in Adrara as well and a castle was built to protect inhabitants from the incursions of violence among the villagers. During the 14th century, the territory fell under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predore
Predore (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,837 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Predore borders the following municipalities: Iseo, Sarnico, Tavernola Bergamasca, Viadanica, Vigolo. History Located beyond the Valcalepio, on the right bank of Lake Iseo Lake Iseo or Iseo lake ( ; it, Lago d'Iseo ; lmo, Lach d'Izé, label=Eastern Lombard), also known as Sebino (; la, Sebinus), is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio River. It is in the north of the country in the Val ... (which divides the province of Brescia from that of Bergamo), it is not easy to establish its origins. Numerous artifacts from that period have been found: the remains of a Roman road and the ancient port, which made Predore an active ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelphs
The Guelphs and Ghibellines (, , ; it, guelfi e ghibellini ) were factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively, in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy. During the 12th and 13th centuries, rivalry between these two parties formed a particularly important aspect of the internal politics of medieval Italy. The struggle for power between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire arose with the Investiture Controversy, which began in 1075, and ended with the Concordat of Worms in 1122. History Origins The Guelph vs Ghibelline conflict initially arose from the division caused by the Investiture Controversy, about whether secular rulers or the pope had the authority to appoint bishops and abbots. Upon the death of Emperor Henry V, of the Salian dynasty, the dukes elected an opponent of his dynasty, Lothair III, as the new emperor. This displeased the Hohenstaufen, who were allied with and related to the old dynasty. Out of fear of the Hoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerveno
Cerveno ( Camunian: ) is a ''comune'' of 683 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. The village of Cerveno is bounded by other communes of Braone, Ceto, Losine, Lozio, Malegno, Ono San Pietro, Paisco Loveno, Schilpario. History At the 1397 peace of Breno, the representative of the community Cerveno chose the side of the Ghibellines. Main sights The churches of Cerveno are: * Parish of San Martino, 13th century, was remodeled in the 17th century. The altarpiece is of Beniamino Simoni. * Sanctuary della Via Crucis, similar to the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy. The chapels stand beside the parish church and oratory of San Martino. The sanctuary contains an 18th-century Via Crucis, carved of wood and stucco, and painted. the fourteen stations contain 198 life-sized statues. In 1752, Don Andrea Boldini, a parishioner commissioned the work from the local sculptor Beniamino Simoni of Fresine. However, due to continual fights with the pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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