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San Biagio (other)
A number of towns, sites, and churches in Italy and Italian-speaking areas are named after Saint Blaise, including: * Monte San Biagio, Italian town, province of Latina, Lazio * San Biagio, Venice, church in Venice, Italy * San Biagio della Cima, Italian village, province of Imperia, Liguria * San Biagio di Callalta, Italian town, province of Treviso, Veneto * San Biagio, Montepulciano, church near Italian town of Montepulciano, province of Siena, Tuscany * San Biagio Platani, Italian village, province of Agrigento, Sicily * San Biagio Saracinisco, Italian village, province of Frosinone, Lazio * San Biagio, Maranello, church in a town of Emilia-Romagna * Church of San Biagio a Ravecchiai, in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland * San Biagio della Pagnotta, a church in Rome * San Biagio, Modena, a Baroque church * San Biagio, Pollenza, a neo-classical church * San Biagio, Lendinara, a neo-classical church in the Venetian * San Biagio, Montecatini Val di Cecina, a 14th-century churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste ( hy, Սուրբ Վլասի, ''Surb Vlasi''; el, Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, ''Agios Vlasios''; ) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. Blaise is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February; in the Eastern Churches, on 11 February. According to the ''Acta Sanctorum'', he was martyred by being beaten, tortured with iron combs, and beheaded. Sources The first reference to Blaise is the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus (c. AD 500) where his aid is invoked in treating objects stuck in the throat. Marco Polo reported the place where "Messer Saint Blaise obtained the glorious crown of martyrdom", Sebastea; the shrine near the citadel mount was mentioned by William of Rubruck in 1253. However, it appears to no l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellinzone
Bellinzona ( , , Ticinese ; french: Bellinzone ; german: Bellenz ; rm, Blizuna )is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro) that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000. The town lies east of the river Ticino, at the foot of the Alps. It stretches along the river valley, surrounded by the southern ranges of the Lepontine Alps to the east and west, and by the Lugano Prealps to the south. Name and coat of arms The toponym is first attested in 590 in Latin as ''Belitio'' or ''Bilitio'' (in the accusative, ''Bilitionem''), by Gregory of Tours. The name is Lepontic in origin, possibly from ''belitio'' ("juniper") or ''belitione'' ("juniper bushes"). During the medieval period, the name is found as ''Berinzona'' (721, 762, 803, 1002), ''Birrinzona'' (1004), ''Birizona'' (1168), ''Beliciona'' (901, 977) and ''Belinzona'' (1055). The Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbazia Di San Biagio Di Piobbico
The Abbey of San Biagio was a former Roman Catholic monastery located in a rural site in the village of Piobbico, within the limits of the commune of Sarnano, in the province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. Of the abbey, only the church, dedicated to St Blaise, and a small monastic apartment remain. History Originally the site had a chapel dedicated to ''Santa Maria inter rivoira'' (or between the rivers), since it was located between the rivers Tenna and Tennacola. A Benedictine abbey was founded in 1030, and consecrated in 1059. The dedication to St Blaise did not arise till the 15th century. The first two centuries of the abbey were prosperous, but it then fell into decline till it was abandoned by the mid-13th century. The Romanesque-style abbey church, built with local stone, has remained as a local oratory dedicated to the Virgin. It has a narrow nave leading to a flat apse wall with two narrow windows. The façade has a single high oculus with a rounded portal. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio, Montecatini Val Di Cecina
San Biagio is a romanesque-gothic style Roman Catholic church. It was erected during the 14th century in the town of Montecatini Val di Cecina, province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. History The church was erected in 1356 under the patronage of Ugolino Guducci and Ciullo Barletti. It was consecrated in 1361. In 1421 the parish church of Gabbreto, then in ruins, was transferred along with its baptistry to San Biagio. The bell tower was built between 1463 and 1467. In addition the choir was frescoed by an anonymous Sienese painter commissioned by Nicola Nieri of Montecatini. Between 1514 and 1576, construction of canon's quarters led to sealing of the original facade. Flanking the main altar are two marble angels, called , attributed to Mino da Fiesole. In the niches above the choir are two terracotta statues by the studio of Della Robbia, depicting Saints Blaise and Sebastian Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio, Lendinara
San Biagio is a Neoclassic style, Roman Catholic church in the city of Lendinara, in the province of Rovigo, region of Veneto, Italy. The church facade presently faces the Adigetto River. History An oratory dedicated to San Biagio had existed at the site since the 13th century. It was affiliated with the Order of the Umiliati. In 1478, the property was transferred to Gerolimini order (now extant), and then a Franciscan order in 1669 till 1769. From 1803 to 1813, a reconstruction was completed using designs by Giacomo Baccari. The facade was simplified by the architect Jappelli, who declined to add two bell-towers. The new church was consecrated in 1884. Stained glass windows were added in 1922. The organ dates 1926. Some describe the interior as resembling Palladio's Venetian church of Il Redentore. The first altar on the left has a ''Crucifixion with Saints Mark and Carlo Borromeo'' attributed to Malombra. The next altar has an ''Exaltation of the Eucharist by Franciscan Saints' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio, Pollenza
San Biagio is a Neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic collegiate church located in the town of Pollenza, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was designed in 1834 by De Mattia of Treia with a Greek Cross layout. The areal had since 1269, housed a small Romanesque church dependent on the Rambona Abbey, complete with an adjacent convent and cloister. That church was razed in 1791 to erect one befitting the population increase. The architect Bracci had initially planned a church resembling the Pantheon in Rome, but the ceiling collapsed. This led to the reconstruction by De Mattia in 1834, whose design was influenced by a church designed by Valadier for Monte San Pietrangeli. The façade has tall columns holding a triangular tympanum over a pronaos. The tall (35 meter) belltower was completed by 1844, and the base starts with the ancient campanile tower. The cupola, main chapel, and nave were frescoed by Virginio Monti. Behind the main altar is a canvas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio, Modena
San Biagio is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church, located on Via del Carmine #4 in central Modena, Italy. History The church, initially dedicated to the Virgin of the Carmine, was built in 1319, as an annex to a Carmelite Order monastery. However, the church we see today was rebuilt in 1649–1658 under the designs of Cristoforo Malagola. When the nearby church of San Biagio, which was located at what is now the Palazzo Montecuccoli degli Erri, was demolished in 1768, the two parishes were united, and renamed ''San Biagio del'' or ''nel Carmine''. This church is mainly known now as ''San Biagio''. The choir and cupola of the church were decorated by the late Baroque master Mattia Preti with a fresco of ''God in Glory surrounded by the Saints''. In the center ceiling of the sacristy are frescoes with ''Elias and the flaming chariot'' with quadratura by Agostino Mitelli and figures by Angelo Colonna. In the 14th-century cloister is a chapel with a fresco of Madonna and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio Della Pagnotta
San Biagio della Pagnotta or San Biagio degli Armeni is a church in Rome, in the Ponte district, on via Giulia, near Palazzo Sacchetti. It is dedicated to Saint Blaise and is the national church of the Armenian community in Rome. History The church is frequently recorded in medieval catalogues.;Cited at n.59 by the name ''sancto Blasio Gattusecuta'' in the Cencio Camerario catalogue. it originated before the 10th century, but is first recorded in a 1072 inscription preserved inside it, which records that Domenico, abbot of the adjoining monastery (now a hotel), rebuilt the church under pope Alexander II. The church was rebuilt in the 18th century, including its present facade by Giovanni Antonio Perfetti - at its top is a fresco of Saint Blaise's miracle. The interior was rebuilt in the first part of the 19th century by Filippo Navone. It houses the relic of the throat of Saint Blaise as well as a Pietro da Cortona painting of angels adoring the Holy Sacrament and a painting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio, Maranello
San Biagio is Roman Catholic parish church located at Via Nazionale #37 in the town of Maranello, near Sassuolo, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History A church at the site is recalled in documents from 1375 from the Abbey of Marola. To erect the church, some of the walls of the local castle were used, and the entrance formerly required entry through an ancient gate of the castle with a drawbridge. The church has presently a Gothic revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...-style facade with roofline spires, and was built between 1894 and 1903. The Belltower was built over the next decade. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte San Biagio
Monte San Biagio ( Southern Laziale: ''Muntciegl'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Latina, in southern Lazio (Italy). It is located on the slope of a hill part of the Monti Ausoni. Until 1862 it was known as Monticello. History and main sights The Roman presence in Monte San Biagio's territory is testified by the presence of a mausoleum attributed to Emperor Galba, a native of the area, but which probably belonged to Sextus Iulius Frontinus, who had a great villa in the vicinity. The Romans defeated the Samnites here, at the Passo della Portella: in the place a fortified gate was built, which was later used as the border customs of the Kingdom of Naples. Nearby is a watchtower from the period of Pope Sixtus V. The origins of the modern town date back to the Middle Ages, when a castle was built here (over the Roman ruins), firstly as a stronghold of the Duchy of Gaeta, and later of the Duchy of Fondi. The first document mentioning the ''Castrum Monticelli'', howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio Saracinisco
San Biagio Saracinisco is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome and about east of Frosinone. San Biagio Saracinisco borders the following municipalities: Castel San Vincenzo, Picinisco, Pizzone, Rocchetta a Volturno, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido and Vallerotonda. Geography The village of San Biagio Sarasinisco in the south of the Lazio is situated halfway between Rome and Naples, from Monte Cassino. It belongs to the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park, the largest in Italy. The village is on a hill, above sea level. It counts 364 inhabitants, and a surface area of . It is surrounded by numerous rocky peaks: Mount Meta, elevation , Mount Mare, elevation , Mount Cavallo at , Mount Cavio at and Mount Santa Croce. Lake Selva is an artificial lake, situated between the hamlets of Pratolla (San Biagio) and Fontana Cicchetto, built in 1956 to feed the hydroelectric power station of Cassino. It has a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio Platani
San Biagio Platani ( Sicilian: ''San Mrasi or San Brasi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about south of Palermo and about north of Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,689 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. San Biagio Platani is famous for its "Easter Arches" (Gli Archi di Pasqua.) San Biagio Platani borders the following municipalities: Alessandria della Rocca, Casteltermini, Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Santo Stefano Quisquina. The village has substantial diaspora populations in Chicago, Berazategui, and Pforzheim. History The origins date back to 1635, the year in which Giovanni Battista Gerardi obtained the licentia populandi. Gaetano Di Giovanni, in his work "Notizie storiche su Casteltermini e il suo territorio", attributes the foundation of the urban settlement to Mariano Gianguercio in 1648. Mentioning in his " ''Cedolario dei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
