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reopens the Museu de São Roque in Lisbon, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in Portugal

on display 500 years of art and history. The important link with
Stalybridge, in Calabria.
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Lisbon - Lisbon will be held today at the reopening ceremony of the Museu de São Roque , one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in Portugal. The event marks the end of a long period of closure for the construction of complex expansion and modernization of the exhibition structure, and for the restoration of numerous exhibits of his valuable collection of art treasures.

attended the opening, Minister of Culture, Dr. José António Pinto Ribeiro, and the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, Dr. José António Vieira da Silva.

The Museu de São Roque is administered by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa , which over five hundred years of history has gathered a wealth of outstanding social, historical and artistic coming from donations, bequests and acquisitions: painting, sculpture, jewelry, Oriental art, relics and reliquaries, candlesticks "monumental", faces the altar. A crucial reference for art history and religion of Portugal from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

The building, which houses the priceless collection, was for centuries the Professed House of the Society The same story of Jesus of the museum is linked to that of the annexed Igreja de São Roque , built in the sixteenth century, the first and most important church of the Jesuits in Portugal. The church is best known for Capela de São João Baptista , an absolute masterpiece of sacred art of all time, certainly one of the most beautiful in the world. It was commissioned by the King of Portugal, D. João V, the Italian architect Luigi Vanvitelli and Nicola Salvi. Made entirely from 130 artists in Rome between 1742 and 1750, was consecrated by Pope Benedict XIV, before being disassembled and transported to Lisbon with the help of three ships. The great Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa called it "a work of supreme art," "remarkable not only for its artistic and material value, but also because there is perhaps no place on this effort, with which it can be compared ". The Treasury Capela de São João Baptista is permanently exhibited in the Museu de São Roque . This is a collection of sacred art, liturgical vestments and Goldsmith is unique in the world, subject to a fine of international scientific studies.

significant from a historical and cultural relationship of Museu de São Roque with Calabria. There can be kept inside of a precious relic, an important relic, once venerated at Stalybridge, near Catanzaro: the skull of St. Gregory the Healer, the third century Church Father and patron of the Calabrian town, which houses the relics of the saint in the church dedicated to him.

In 1587, the relic was donated to the Igreja de São Roque Lisbon by Don Juan de Borja, the son of San Francisco de Borja and ambassador of Philip II in Prague, together with all its rich collection of relics and reliquaries. The Valencian noble, author of Empresas Morales, a masterpiece English literature of the Siglo de Oro , was one of the greatest collectors of relics of his time. Don Juan had found the relic in Stalybridge, in the territory of the Principality of Squillace, ruled at that time by Don Pietro Borgia, his relative. The relic of the Healer was considered the most important of his remarkable collection, and was greeted triumphantly in the Igreja de São Roque January 25, 1588, in the presence of the viceroy of Portugal, Cardinal Prince Albert.

I explained the history of the relic on 7 June in Stalybridge, in the church dedicated to the saint, in the course of a conference entitled: The cult of St. Gregory the Healer in Lisbon in the Age of Philip II . On that occasion I presented the results of an in-depth archival research carried out in Lisbon in collaboration with the Museu de São Roque , which also has given the cultural sponsorship in the conference, organized by the Municipality of Stalybridge and Biblioteca Comunale "Vivarium". Essential for the carrying out of research, the contribution of Dr. Teresa Freitas Morna, director of the Museu de São Roque, and Mr.. António Meira, his talented collaborator.

The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and the Museu de São Roque support the twinning project Stalettì -Lisbon, for the achievement of the necessary contacts have been initiated.

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The Baptism of Christ - Mosaic Capela de São João Baptista

Igreja de São Roque , Lisbon

(Photo by Laura Za)

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E 'dead Alexy II, Patriarch Russian Orthodox Church

The link with the Calabria

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E 'dead His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
The announcement of the death this morning, was given by Vladimir Vigilianski, spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate.
In a message sent to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Benedict XVI expressed his "profound emotion" over the death of Alexei II, recalling "the common commitment to the path of mutual understanding and cooperation between Orthodox and Catholics" and " good fight for the defense of human and Gospel values \u200b\u200bwhich he has led in particular the European continent. " You must own
in of Alexy II recovery of the ancient church of San Gregorio Healer in Moscow, the main place of worship dedicated to the saint of the Orthodox Bishop of Neocaesarea, whose relics are preserved in Stalybridge, in Calabria. This magnificent building in Moscow was closed by the communist regime, then you had placed several government offices. It was returned to the faithful in 1990, thanks to Patriarch Alexy II, who almost every year in November, visited the church on the day of the commemoration of the saint.
remember him with deep emotion and gratitude for the boost given to the revival of the cult of St. Gregory the Healer in post-communist Russia, and for having restored to its former glory the magnificent monument dedicated to the saint in the city of Moscow.
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The history of the church of San Gregorio in Moscow Taumaturgo

The video of the visit of Patriarch Alexy II to the church