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San Benedetto (Palermo)
San Benedetto may refer to: * Saint Benedict (c. 480-543/547), Italian saint * Saint Benedict (other), a number of other Italian saints called San Benedetto (Saint Benedict) Places of Italy * San Benedetto Belbo, a municipality in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont * San Benedetto dei Marsi, a municipality in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * San Benedetto del Tronto, a municipality in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche * San Benedetto in Perillis, a municipality in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * San Benedetto Po, a municipality in the Province of Mantua, Lombardy * San Benedetto Ullano, a municipality in the Province of Cosenza, Calabria * San Benedetto Val di Sambro, a municipality in the Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna * San Benedetto in Alpe, a village in the municipality of Portico e San Benedetto, Province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna * San Benedetto, a village in the municipality of Cascina, Province of Pisa, Tuscany Structures * San Benedetto, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Benedict
Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Christianity in Italy, Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old Catholic Churches. He is a Patron saints of Europe, patron saint of Europe. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy (about to the east of Rome), before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of central Italy. The Order of Saint Benedict is of later origin and, moreover, is not an "order" as is commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations. Benedict's main achievement, his ''Rule of Saint Benedict'', contains a set of Decree (canon law), rules for his monks to follow. Heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, it shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master, but it also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Cascina
San Benedetto is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cascina, province of Pisa. San Benedetto is about 15 km from Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ... and 3 km from Cascina. References Bibliography * Frazioni of the Province of Pisa {{Pisa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro San Benedetto
The Teatro San Benedetto was a theatre in Venice, particularly prominent in the operatic life of the city in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It saw the premieres of over 140 operas, including Rossini's ''L'italiana in Algeri'', and was the theatre of choice for the presentation of ''opera seria'' until La Fenice was built in 1792. History The small, elegant theatre was first constructed by Michele Grimani on land owned by the Venier family. It was inaugurated on 26 December 1755 with a performance of Gioacchino Cocchi's opera ''Zoe''. In 1766 the ownership of the San Benedetto passed from Grimani to a consortium of patrician families in Venice who had been box holders at the theatre. The original design of the theatre was circular. However it was rebuilt in the traditional horseshoe shape following a fire in 1773. In 1765 Vincenzo Galeotti, who danced here from 1761, became the ballet master of the theatre and staged his first ballet here (at that time besides Galeotty and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto Monastery (Salerno)
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. In recent history the city hosted Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, who moved from Rome in 1943 after Italy negotiated a peace with the Allies in World War II, making Salerno the capital of the "Government of the South" (''Regno del Sud'') and therefore provisional government seat for six months. Some of the Allied landings during Operation Avalanche (the invasion of Italy) occurred near Salerno. Human settlement at Salerno has a rich and vibrant past, dating back to pre-historic times. In the early Middle Ages it was an independent Lombard principality, the Principality of Salerno, which around the 11th century comprised most of Southern Italy. During this time, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Venice
The Chiesa di San Benedetto (Church of Saint Benedict) is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy. Generally known as San Beneto in the Venetian dialect, the church faces the square named after it, the Campo San Beneto. It was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1685. San Beneto is a ''vicariale'' (subsidiary) church of the parish of San Luca. Works of art * ''A Priest recommended to the Virgin by St Benedict'' and ''St Benedict with John the Baptist and the Virtues'' by Sebastiano Mazzoni located over the doors to either side of the high altar. * ''St Sebastian tended by the Holy Women'' by Bernardo Strozzi located on the south wall. * ''San Francesco di Paola'' by Giambattista Tiepolo located on the north wall. San Beneto - Corte Tron (Venice).jpg, Bell tower (on the side alley ''Corte Tron'') Sebastiano Mazzoni - St Benedict Presents Pasqualino Daneli to the Virgin - WGA14728.jpg, ''St Benedict Presents Pasqualino Daneli to the Virgin'' (Sebastiano Mazzoni) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto In Gottella, Lucca
San Benedetto in Gottella is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Bernardin in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is located on Piazza Bernardini, near the Palazzo Bernardini, on the route of the ancient decumanus maximus of Lucca. History A church at the site was present by tenth century, but reconstructed in the 13th-century. The walls contain a mosaic of fragments from the earlier church. The façade is a mixture of white limestone and darker tan sandstones, formed by blocks of different size, with a round portal entrance. Above the entrance is a painted lunette. In 1817, the church became the home for the confraternity of carpenters. Among the works of art are an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Benedetto e Margherita'' by Benedetto Brandimarte Benedetto Brandimarte or Brandimarti (late-16th century) was an Italian painter. He is a representative of the Mannerist style, which is reflected in the extreme artificialit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Florence
San Benedetto is a small, Roman Catholic former parish church, then oratory, located in a piazza of the same name just off the piazza of the Duomo of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The church was founded around the year 1000, but transferred from parish to a confraternity. It was suppressed in 1771, by Arnaldo Cocchi, page 126-127. and still retains a chapel with an altarpiece depicting the ''Miracle of San Zanobi'', attributed to Bernardo Veracini. See also *Zenobius of FlorenceReferences {{reflist Roman Catholic churches in Florence ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Catania
San Benedetto is a late-Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church and former Benedictine monastery in the city Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The church facade faces Via Crociferi, parallels across via San Benedetto the former-Jesuit church of San Francesco Borgia, and both are about a block south along Crociferi from the church and convent of San Giuliano. Entrance to church and monastery appear to be through Piazza Asmundo #9 near the apse of the church. History and description Dedicated to St. Benedict of Nursia, a first church at the site was completed in April 1334, endowed by the noblewoman Alemanna Lumella. However, like most buildings in town, it was razed by the 1693 Sicily earthquake; only 5 nuns survived the disaster. The church was rebuilt by 1714, but construction of the monastery continued until 1763. Giovanni Battista Vaccarini was one of the main architects. The church is part of a monastic complex including also the Badia Maggiore and the Badia Minore, conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto, Bologna
San Benedetto is a Roman Catholic church in central Bologna. Founded in the 12th century, the church now has facade (1606) designed by Giovanni Battista Ballerini. The Facade was rotated 180 degrees in 1892; it once faced Via Galliera, and now faces Via dell'Indipendenza. The interior contains works by Giacomo Cavedoni, Alessandro Tiarini, Cesare Aretusi, Lucio Massari, Ercole Procaccini il Vecchio, Ubaldo Gandolfi Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna. Biography He was born in San Matteo della Decima and enrolled by the age of 17 at the Clementine Academy, where he apprenticed w ..., and a sculpture by Angelo Gabriello Piò. church entry. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto In Alpe
Portico e San Benedetto ( rgn, Pôrtic e San Bandét) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna. It is formed by three main distinct settlements: *''Portico di Romagna'', from Forlì. *''San Benedetto in Alpe'', from Forlì. *''Bocconi'', midway the two former localities. Main sights In Bocconi: * ''Ponte della Brusia'', an 18th-century three arch bridge. In Portico di Romagna: *''Palazzo Portinari'', which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco Portinari's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice Portinari described by Dante Alighieri. *''Palazzo Traversari''. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here. *''Ponte della Maestà'' ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries). In San Benedetto in Alpe: * ''Acquacheta'' water fall on the river of the same name, also described by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (Inferno (Dante) ''Inferno'' (; Italian language, It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Benedict (other)
Saint Benedict generally refers to Benedict of Nursia (480–547 AD). St Benedict, St Benedict's, or variant forms may also refer to: People *Benedict of Aniane (747–821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer *Benedict Biscop (628–690), Anglo-Saxon abbot *Bénézet (c. 1163–1184), or Benedict, the Bridge-Builder * Benedict (bishop of Milan) (died 732), archbishop of Milan c. 685 – c. 732 *Benedict Joseph Labre (1748–1783), French mendicant and Franciscan tertiary *Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), Italian Franciscan friar in Sicily *Benedict of Szkalka (died 1012), Benedictine monk *Pope Benedict II (635–685) Places *St. Benedict, Saskatchewan, Canada * St. Benedict, Iowa, U.S. * St. Benedict, Kansas, U.S. *Saint Benedict, Louisiana, U.S. * St. Benedict, Minnesota, U.S. *Saint Benedict, Oregon, U.S. * Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania, U.S. *San Benedicto Island, Mexico See also * * *Benedict (other) * Monastery of St. Benedict (other) *São Bento (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Benedetto Val Di Sambro
San Benedetto Val di Sambro ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. The Italicus Express bombing and the Train 904 bombing The Train 904 bombing (Italian: ''Strage del Rapido 904'' or ''Strage di Natale'' (Christmas massacre)) was a terror attack which occurred on 23 December 1984, in the ''Apennine Base Tunnel''. A bomb on the 904 express train (''Rapido 904'') from ... happened at this location. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
