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Castel Gandolfo (UK: / ˌ k æ s t ɛ l ɡ æ n ˈ d ɒ l f oʊ /, [4] US: / k ɑː ˌ s t ɛ l ɡ ɑː n ˈ d oʊ l f oʊ,-ˈ d ɔː l-/, [5] [6] Italian: [kaˈstɛl ɡanˈdɔlfo]; Latin: Castrum Gandulphi), colloquially known as Castello in the Castelli Romani dialects, is a town located 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Italian region of Lazio. [7]
The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, or the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo from its Italian name Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo, is a 135-acre (54.6-ha) complex of buildings in a garden setting in the city of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, including the principal 17th-century villa, an observatory and a farmhouse with 75 acres (30.4 ha) of farmland.
The Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo are buildings erected in an area of about 55 hectares located in the Roman Castles, in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, included among the extraterritorial areas of the Holy See in Italy. They were granted to the Holy See by the Lateran Pacts of 1929 as they constituted the suburban residence ...
The Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based in the Roman College of Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy and operates a telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States.
Description Pius XII blessed on his death bed, Castel Gandolfo, 1958.jpg. Italiano: Il cardinale Eugéne Tisserant asperge l'acqua santa sul corpo di papa Pio XII mentre giace sul letto di morte a Castel Gandolfo. English: Cardinal Eugéne Tisserant sprinkling holy water on the body of pope Pius XII as he lies on his death bed at Castel ...
Castel Gandolfo had been relinquished under terms of Pope Clement VIII's "bull of the barons" to the Papal treasury in return for a mere 150,000 scudi in 1596, and in 1650 Albano, with its princely title, was turned over to the Savalli family.
Hugh O'Flaherty. Hugh O'Flaherty CBE (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews.
From his bed he participated in Sunday Mass at 18:00. After receiving communion, the Pope suffered a massive heart attack, after which he lived on for three more hours. On 6 August 1978 at 21:41, Paul VI died in Castel Gandolfo. [161] Before he died, the pontiff had been lucid after the first heart attack.