Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology

The Pontificia Commissione di Archeological Sacra ( German: Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, sometimes Pontifical Commission for Christian Archaeology ), a department of the Roman Curia.

History

The Commission was instituted by Pope Pius IX. Founded on January 6, 1852. Purpose was to compare the old holy sites - especially those from the early Christian centuries - to protect as part of a preventive conservation, in order to carry out further research and studies. Special protection should the monuments and basilicas in Rome, be granted in the Roman suburbs and around the city.

Pope Pius XI. has significantly expanded the powers of the Commission with the " Motu Proprio I primitivi cemeteri establishing a Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology ' on 11 December 1925.

Through the Lateran Treaty (Article 33 of the Concordat ), the Authority and the Commission's sphere of activity was extended to all existing catacombs on the Italian territory. The Holy See was transferred to Italian soil full responsibility for the Roman catacombs and beyond for those. It's all about the support, administration and maintenance, also to the concrete forms of access by researchers and visitors.

Commission

The Commission of Sacred Archaeology coordinate their tasks with the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeological Museum and the Pontifical Istituto di Archeological Cristiana. Furthermore, the Commission to exercise its duties with the Comitato promotore dei Congressi Internazionali di Archeological Cristiana and the Pontificia Accademia Cultorum Martyrum has agreed.

The Commission's headquarters is at the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeological in the Palazzo della Cancelleria. Here, the Commission has its own staff of professionals, engineers and local inspectors. President of the Pontifical Commission Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi Curia, secretary Fabrizio Bisconti.

They published their work in an official organ Rivista di archeologica cristiana.

Known members

  • Franz Joseph Dölger (1879-1940), German church historian and archaeologist Christian
  • Bagatti Bellarmine (1905-1990), Italian archaeologist Christian, Rector of the Franciscan Biblical Studies, Corresponding Member
  • Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai, Italian archaeologist Christian
  • Carlo Ebanista, Italian Christian and medieval archaeologist
  • Emilio Marin, Croatian Christian archaeologist
  • Fabrizio Bisconti, Italian archaeologist Christian
  • Danilo Mazzoleni, Italian Christian archaeologist and epigraphists
  • Carlo Respighi, papal master of ceremonies
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