Religious Heritage of Le Marche, Italy

The Marche region offers an extraordinary number of sites of great spirituality, containing 200 churches of mainly Romanesque architecture, monasteries, 90 abbeys and 183 shrines. It is the home of Loreto, one of Europe's greatest catholic shrines and Italy's second most important pilgrimage site after Rome attracting more than 4 million pilgrims every year. The Marche region is also the birthplace of ten Popes from Pope John XVIII (1003-1009) to Pius IX (1846-1878).

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Friends of Le Marche, Italy

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Religious Architecture

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Pope Giovanni Siccone XVII.The first Pope to come from Le Marche. Born in Rapagnano, province of Fermo, Marche, Italy. Papacy: 16th May 1003 to 6th November 1003

Nicolò IV (Girolamo Masci of Ascoli Piceno, Franciscan) Pope from 1288 to 1292

Pope Marcellus II - Wikipedia Name: Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi -Papacy: 09/04/ 1555 to 01/05/1555 - DOB: 06/05/1501 in Montefano, province of Macerata, Marche -Died in Rome 01/05/1555

Birthplace of 10 Popes.

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Loreto - Statue of Sixtus V (Piazza della Madonna) - Loreto, Marche, Italy

Loreto - Statue of Sixtus V (Piazza della Madonna)

Statue of Pope Sixtus V., Basilica della Casa Santa, Loreto pilgrimage site, province of Ancona, Marche, Italy, Europe

Pope Sixtus V (1521- 1590) One of the most influential and powerful Popes of the Renaissance era.

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Loreto - Ancona, Italy, will I be able to make a picture of my Amazon overhere? Sure going to try this summer!

Loreto, second most important pilgrimage site in Italy after Rome.

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Carlo Crivelli 1430-1495. The Montefiore Triptych was reconstructed from a bigger polyptych and consists of six panels: higher order (half-length figures): Franciscan saint, Saint Clare, Saint Louis of Toulouse; Lower order (complete figures): St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Peter the Apostle, St. Mary Magdalene. These paintings are believed to depict the most beautiful figures that Carlo Crivelli ever produced.Located in the Polo Museale (museum complex) of San Francesco , Montefiore dell'Aso.

Holy House of Loreto ~ The Marble Screen was commissioned by Julius II, who sent Donato Bramante to Loreto in 1507 to do "great things" there, under the direction of Andrea Sansovino, Ranieri Nerucci & Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Statues of the Sybils & of the Prophets were inserted in their niches at a later period. The Screen consists of a podium with geometrical ornamentations, a series of lined columns in two sections, crowned by Corinthian capitals supporting a projecting cornice. The b

Religious Art

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Prayers, Quips and Quotes: St. Thomas Becket, Feast Day December 29

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The Chasuble of St. Thomas Becket (1116) in Fermo

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Matteo Ricci: Churchman, Scholar, Mathematician, Theologian, Philosopher, Astronomer and Cosmologist Founder of the Catholic missions in China (1552-1610)

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Cardinale Gentile Partino da Montefiore is depicted kneeling in his Franciscan habit in front of San Martino (St. Martin of Tours) . This fresco is situated in the entrance wall of the Cappella di San Martino, the lower Basilica of S. Francis, Assisi, 1313 - 1318 (painted by Simone Martini). In March 1312 Gentile Partino paid 600 golden florins for the construction and fresco decoration of this Chapel . Gentile Partino was berried in the chapel of San Ludovico next to the San Martino Chapel .

A detail of Cardinale Gentile Partino da Montefiore kneeling in his Franciscan habit in front of San Martino (St. Martin of Tours) . This fresco is situated in the entrance wall of the Cappella di San Martino, the lower Basilica of S. Francis, Assisi, 1313 - 1318 (painted by Simone Martini). Photograph by Araldica Vaticana

Cardinale Gentile Partino da Montefiore is depicted kneeling in his Franciscan habit in front of San Martino (St. Martin of Tours) after having placed his hat on the right of the balustrade .This fresco is situated in the entrance wall of the Cappella di San Martino, the lower Basilica of S. Francis, Assisi, 1313 - 1318 (painted by Simone Martini). In March 1312 Gentile Partino paid 600 golden florins for the construction and fresco decoration of this Chapel .

Cardinale Gentile Partino da Montefiore (1240-1312): Diplomat,Patron of the Arts, Professor of Theology at the Sorbonne University & Papal Legate in Hungary

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Carlo Crivelli, Madonna con Bambino (Madonna di Poggio di Bretta) Museo Diocesano, ASCOLI PICENO

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28. GUERCINO (GIOVAN FRANCESCO BARBIERI) Santa Lucía, 1658 Óleo sobre tela, cm 245 x 175; cm 278,5 x 194,5 x 10,5 (con marco) Recanati (Macerata), Museo Diocesano

Diocesan Museums

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The Olivetti-Montefiore Torah ark curtain 1620 .Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro – the daughter of an aristocratic Italian Jewish family – was set to marry her fiancé Judah Leone Montefiore. Before the pair wed, Olivetti decided to craft a present for her betrothed’s family: an elaborate, hand-embroidered parochet (Torah ark curtain) made from rich fabrics in hues of dark red and gold.

Jewish Heritage of Le Marche, Italy

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Teodorico Pedrini C.M. - Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but mainly missionary for 36 years at the Imperial Court of China. Born 30th of June 1671, Fermo- Died December 1746, Peking , China . Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but mainly missionary for 36 years at the Imperial Court of China.

Teodorico Pedrini Baroque Concert at the Forbidden City

Teodorico Pedrini: Vincentian priest, Missionary, Musician & Composer (1671-1746)

Romanesque Architecture

San Francesco

Inspiring People

Iron Age

Friends of Le Marche, Italy

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Airports in Le Marche & Neighbouring Regions

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Spirituality and Meditation

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How Our Lady's house moved from Nazareth to Italy -Aleteia

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Standing On A Mountain

The Olivetti-Montefiore Torah ark curtain 1620 .Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro – the daughter of an aristocratic Italian Jewish family – was set to marry her fiancé Judah Leone Montefiore. Before the pair wed, Olivetti decided to craft a present for her betrothed’s family: an elaborate, hand-embroidered parochet (Torah ark curtain) made from rich fabrics in hues of dark red and gold.

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Jewish Art

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The Olivetti-Montefiore Torah ark curtain 1620.Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro – the daughter of an aristocratic Italian Jewish family – was set to marry her fiancé Judah Leone Montefiore. Before the pair wed, Olivetti decided to craft a present for her betrothed’s family: an elaborate, hand-embroidered parochet (Torah ark curtain) made from rich fabrics in hues of dark red and gold.