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Parish Church Of San Silvestro
The Parish Church of San Silvestro is a parish church dedicated to Saint Sylvester located in the municipality of Larciano, in the province of Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ..., in Tuscany, Italy. The property belongs to the Diocese of San Miniato (FI). History This parish church is dedicated to Saint Sylvester because, during his pontificate in the fourth century, the population converted to Christianity. So, when Pope Sylvester died and was sanctified shortly after, the church was dedicated to him. It had previously been a pagan temple and had already been transformed into a church and dedicated to Saint Martin. This would confirm the hypothesis according to which the building dates back to the Christianity period; however, there are no traces left, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larciano
Larciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town hall is located in San Rocco. Larciano is about 50 kilometers west of Florence and about 15 kilometers south of Pistoia. Larciano borders the following municipalities: Cerreto Guidi (FI), Fucecchio (FI), Lamporecchio (PT), Monsummano Terme (PT), Ponte Buggianese (PT), Serravalle Pistoiese (PT). Geography Territory Larciano is located in the Valdinievole area, on the Montalbano slopes and it borders the Fucecchio Marsh. History The name of Larciano results from the latinization of the Etruscan name ''Larthial'', which was the possessive genitive of the male name ''Larth''. Larth is the proper name of an Etruscan fighter whose tomb, dating back to the year 340 before Christ, was discovered in 1870 in Tarquinia (a municipality in the Lazio region, Italy). In 941 the toponym was presented as ''Arsianus''; as time passed, it was converted into its current name. Another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Italy
The national flag of Italy ( it, Bandiera d'Italia, ), often referred to in Italian as ''il Tricolore'' ( en, the Tricolour, ) is a tricolour (flag), tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical Pale (heraldry), pales of green, white and red, national colours of Italy, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by article 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic.wikisource:Constitution of Italy, Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 12, 22 dicembre 1947, pubblicata nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 298 del 27 dicembre 1947 edizione straordinaria (published in the Official Gazette [of the Italian Republic] No. 298 of 27 December 1947 extraordinary edition) "La bandiera della Repubblica è il tricolore italiano: verde, bianco, e rosso, a tre bande verticali di eguali dimensioni" The Italian law regulates its use and display, protecting its defense and providing for the Flag desecration, crime of insulting it; it also prescribes its teaching in Italian schools together wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Sylvester I
Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century '' Liber Pontificalis'' contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the church by Constantine I, although it does say that he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus. His feast is celebrated as Saint Sylvester's Day, on 31 December in Western Christianity, and on 2 January in Eastern Christianity. Pontificate Large churches were founded and built during Sylvester I's pontificate, including Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Old St. Peter's Basilica and several churches built over the graves of martyrs. Sylvester did not attend the First Council of Nicaea in 325, where the Nicene Creed was formulated, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pistoia
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typical Italian medieval city, and it attracts many tourists, especially in the summer. The city is famous throughout Europe for its plant nurseries. History ''Pistoria'' (in Latin other possible forms are ''Pistorium'' or ''Pistoriae'') was a centre of Gallic, Ligurian and Etruscan settlements before becoming a Roman colony in the 6th century BC, along the important road Via Cassia: in 62 BC the demagogue Catiline and his fellow conspirators were slain nearby. From the 5th century the city was a bishopric, and during the Lombardic kingdom it was a royal city and had several privileges. Pistoia's most splendid age began in 1177 when it proclaimed itself a free commune: in the following years it became an important political centre, erectin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Miniato
The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Miniato ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Miniati) is in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Florence."Diocese of San Miniato" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 7 October 2016. "Diocese of San Miniato" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 7 October 2016. |
Etruria Editrice
Etruria () was a region of Central Italy, located in an area that covered part of what are now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and northern and western Umbria. Etruscan Etruria The ancient people of Etruria are identified as Etruscans. Their complex culture centered on numerous city-states that arose during the Villanovan period in the ninth century BCE, and they were very powerful during the Orientalizing Archaic periods. The Etruscans were a dominant culture in Italy by 650 BCE,Rix, Helmut. "Etruscan." In ''The Ancient Languages of Europe,'' ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 141–164. surpassing other ancient Italic peoples such as the Ligures. Their influence may be seen beyond Etruria's confines in the Po River Valley and Latium, as well as in Campania and through their contact with the Greek colonies in Southern Italy (including Sicily). Indeed, at some Etruscan tombs, such as those of the Tumulus di Montefortini at Comeana (see Carmignano) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
