Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology

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The Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology ( Italian Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra , also "Pontifical Commission for Christian Archeology") is a Pontifical Commission of the Roman Curia .

history

The commission was led by Pope Pius IX. founded on January 6, 1852. The purpose was to protect the old holy places - especially those from the first Christian centuries - as part of preventive conservation in order to be able to carry out further research and studies. Special protection should be given to the monuments and basilicas in Rome, in the Roman suburbs and in the vicinity of the city.

Pope Pius XI has significantly expanded the powers of the commission with the “ Motu Proprio I primitivi cemeteri for the establishment of a Pontifical Institute for Christian Archeology” of December 11, 1925.

The Lateran Treaties (Art. 33 of the Concordat) extended the commission's sphere of activity to all existing Christian catacombs on Italian territory. The Holy See has been entrusted with their research, maintenance and management.

Tasks and seat of the commission

The Commission for Sacred Archeology coordinates its tasks with the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia and the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana . In addition, the commission must coordinate with the Comitato promotore dei Congressi Internazionali di Archeologia Cristiana and the Pontificia Accademia Cultorum Martyrum in order to carry out its activities .

The seat of the commission is at the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia in the Palazzo della Cancelleria . Here the Commission has its own staff of specialists, engineers and local inspectors. The President of the Pontifical Commission is Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi , the Secretary is Pasquale Iacobone .

Known members

  • Bellarmino Bagatti (1905–1990), Italian Christian archaeologist, rector of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum , corresponding member
  • Fabrizio Bisconti, Italian Christian archaeologist
  • Franz Joseph Dölger (1879–1940), German church historian and Christian archaeologist
  • Carlo Ebanista, Italian Christian and Medieval Archaeologist
  • Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai, Italian Christian archaeologist
  • Emilio Marin, Croatian Christian archaeologist
  • Danilo Mazzoleni, Italian Christian archaeologist and epigraphist
  • Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo , Portuguese auxiliary bishop
  • Gennaro Verolino , President of the Commission 1969–1986
  • Hubertus Drobner , German church historian and patristician

magazine

The commission publishes the results of its work in the Rivista di archeologia cristiana , its official body.

museum

In the Museo pio cristiano , which is part of the Vatican Museums , many of the art treasures preserved by the work of the commission and the finds excavated are on display.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Motu Proprio I primitivi cemeteri" , Vatican , accessed on January 25, 2010
  2. ↑ Vatican Lexicon: Pontifical Commission for Christian Archeology ( Memento of April 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Vatican Radio , accessed on January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ Nomina del Segretario della Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 1, 2017, accessed September 1, 2017 (Italian).

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 17.5 ″  E