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Alatri, Italy Alessandro Vittrici (or Vittrice ; died 5 October 1650) was a Roman art collector and Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1632–1648) and as governor of Rome from 1647. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Alatri, Latium, central Italy. It was founded in the 5th century, over the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Venus, although it was mentioned for the first time in 1137. It was later renovated in Romanesque style and received further Gothic additions during the 13th century.
Alatri (Latin: Aletrium) is an Italian town and comune of the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio, with c. 30,000 inhabitants. An ancient city of the Hernici , [ 3 ] it is known for its megalithic acropolis .
Alatri Cathedral, otherwise the Basilica of Saint Paul (Italian: Duomo di Alatri; Basilica concattedrale di San Paolo apostolo), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Alatri, Lazio, Italy, dedicated to Saint Paul. It was formerly the cathedral of the Diocese of Alatri. Since 30 September 1986 it has been a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Anagni-Alatri.
The Diocese of Anagni-Alatri (Latin: Dioecesis Anagnina-Alatrina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Alatri was united to the historical Diocese of Anagni.
The Church of the Scolopi or Chiesa degli Scolopi is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic but now deconsecrated church in Alatri, province of Frosinone, in the region of Lazio, Italy. The term Scolopi is derived from the last two words of the formal name of the Piarist order: chierici regolari poveri della Madre di Dio delle scuole pie (in ...
A named bishop of Alatri is Paschasius (551), who accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople on the occasion of the controversy of the Three Chapters. In the church of St. Mary Major in Alatri was preserved a wooden statue of the Madonna, an example of Roman art of the twelfth century. [3]
Pope Urban II confirmed the possessions of the Church of Veroli in a bull of 2 July 1097, [5] and the provisions of the bull were repeated by Pope Paschal II in a bull of 4 September 1108, written for the benefit of Bishop Albert. [6] Pope Alexander III, in exile from Rome, lived with his Court at Veroli from 16 March 1170 to 10 September 1170. [7]