The Collegio Clementino is a palace in
Rome, central
Italy, sited between the Strada del'Orso and the banks of the
Tiber. It was founded by
Pope Clement VIII in 1595, to host Slavonian refugees.
Giacomo della Porta was commissioned to erect a suitable building to house them, which would be one of the aged architect's last projects. On February 25, 1601,
Urban VIII shifted the Slavs to
Loreto and refounded the Collegio Clementino as an elite school for young noblemen of every nation and the richest families in Rome. The musical tradition of the Collegio Clementino remained strong:
Alessandro Scarlatti
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera.
...
wrote
oratorios for
Carnival
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seasons and came up from Naples to oversee their production.
Instruction "in all the sciences and the gentlemanly arts" according to a description of 1761, was entrusted to brothers of the ''
Somaschi
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, abbreviation = CRS
, nickname = Somascans
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, founder ...
'', a religious order of teaching brothers established during the
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation (), also called the Catholic Reformation () or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) a ...
, which had been authorized by
Pope Pius V in 1568; they proved themselves expert in establishing
seminaries. In the 17th and 18th century the Collegio Clementino produced
Pope Benedict XIV, and numerous
cardinal
Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Animals
* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
s, including
Domenico Silvio Passionei, Francesco Guidobono Cavalchini,
Bartolomeo Pacca
Bartolomeo Pacca (27 December 1756, Benevento – 19 April 1844) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, and statesman as Cardinal Secretary of State. Pacca served as apostolic nuncio to Cologne, and later to Lisbon.
Biography
Bartolomeo Pacca was ...
,
Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata,
the mathematician
Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di Fagnano
Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, Marquis de Toschi (26 September 1682 — 18 May 1766) was an Italian mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals. Fagnano was born in Senigallia (at the time spel ...
, and the Pacific explorer
Alessandro Malaspina.
Here
Carlo Spinola
Charles Spinola (1564 – 10 September 1622), also known as Carlo Spinola, was a Jesuit missionary from Genoa, Italy, martyred in Japan as a missionary.
Life
Charles (or Carlo) Spinola was born in January 1564 in Genoa, Italy, the son of Ottav ...
and
Domenico Quarteironi
Domenico is an Italian given name for males and may refer to:
People
* Domenico Alfani, Italian painter
* Domenico Allegri, Italian composer
* Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster
* Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter
* Domenico Auria, Italian arc ...
taught the young
polymath and inventor,
Raimondo di Sangro, prince of
Sansevero
The Cappella Sansevero (also known as the Cappella Sansevero de' Sangri or Pietatella) is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northwest of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The chap ...
.
The college was disbanded in 1873.
[Kendrick, p. 9.]
Notes and references
Bibliography
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External links
Collegio Clementino described in a 1761 engraving by Giuseppe Vasi
(in Italian)
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Higher education in Italy
Universities and colleges in Rome
1595 establishments in the Papal States
Palaces in Rome
Renaissance architecture in Rome
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