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10.03.2006  -Sixteenth Year - Num.  165

SUMMARY:

- Petros Eni: Exposition Dedicated to Saint Peter's Basilica 
- Other Pontifical Acts
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PETROS ENI: EXPOSITION DEDICATED TO SAINT PETER'S BASILICA

VATICAN CITY, OCT 3, 2006 (VIS) - "Petros Eni" (Peter is here) is the
title of the vast exposition that the Fabric of St. Peter's, from
October 12 2006 to March 8 2007, dedicates to the Patriarchal
Basilica, for the 500th anniversary of its foundation and to the
Apostle Peter to whom the Basilica is dedicated.

The exposition includes over 100 masterpieces from the most famous
museums of the world and is divided up into six sections. The first
section recalls the historical event of the foundation and the artists
and architects that defined the profile of the new basilica; the
second part shows the most demonstrative moments of the complex
process of the architectonic project in the realization of the
monument, which started from an idea of Bramante. The third section is
dedicated to the ancient basilica of Constantine, with special
attention drawn to the architectonic project and the historical moment
of its foundation; the fourth area is dedicated to the "Ager
Vaticanus": from the foundations of the Ancient Basilica to the
Vatican Necropolis. The fifth section will confront the personalities
and works of the Apostles, Peter and Paul. The sixth and last section
is based on two main themes: the primacy of Peter and Petrine
devotion, through the testimonial of pilgrimages to the Apostolic
Memory by Saints and Blesseds, well-known in the Church's history, as
well as literary and artistic personalities of today's times, and
today's visitors.

The exposition gathers together many very important architectonic
plans and studies, as well as masterpieces of painting and numerous
documents, some unpublished, by the main architects and artists who
worked on the construction of the Basilica of Saint Peter: Bramante
(the design on parchment is considered one of the most beautiful ever
done in the Renaissance), Antonio di Sangallo (present with the
virtual reconstruction of the wooden mockup from 1539) and works by
Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, El Greco, Caravaggio, Bernini,
Borromini and Rembrandt, coming from, among other galleries and
museums, The Metropolitan Musem of Art, the Albertine Museum, the
Louvre, Graphische Sammlung, the Uffizi, Capodimonte, the Vatican
Museums,etc...

Even the Fabric of Saint Peter will show one of its most precious
treasures: the famous wood mockup, made according to a drawing by
Michelangelo Buonarroti; as well as other findings, never shown
before, from the hypogaeum of the Vatican Necropolis, including a
graffiti on a piece of a wall with the writing "Petros eni", as
witness of the Petrine devotion in this place and giving the name to
the exposition. To testify to the pilgrimages by the Saints and
Blesseds to this sacred place, some extraordinary relics will be
shown, such as the tunic of Saint Francis of Assisi and Blessed Mother
Theresa of Calcutta's sandals.

Today's Basilica of Saint Peter, in fact, rises over the "ager
vaticanus", where Peter was buried. The Emperor Constantine built the
first basilica here, which Saint Francis of Assisi saw on his trip to
Rome. Constantine's architects literally covered a large Roman
necropolis to be able to construct this main important basilica. This
necropolis has been brought back to light thanks to the archeological
excavations, beginning in 1939, following Pius XII wishes.

.../EXPOSITION/VATICAN BASILICA  VIS 061003 (533)

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, OCT 3, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Monsignor Marcelo Raul Martorell Bishop of Puerto Iguazu
(area 17,000, population 304,000, Catholics 213,000, priests 43,
religious 96, permanent deacons 23), Argentina. The bishop elect was
born in 1945 in Salta, Argentina and was ordained in 1970. He was,
till today, the parish priest of the Sacred Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
in Cordoba. He succeeds Bishop Joaquin Pina Battlevell, S.J., who
resigned from the pastoral care of the diocese upon having reached the
age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Angel Jose Rovai, auxiliary of Cordoba, Argentina,
as Bishop of Villa Maria (area 28,000, population 379,000, Catholics
312,000, priests 79, religious 44), Argentina.

NER:RE/.../MARTORELL:PINA:ROVAI  VIS 061003 (110)

Best regards,
Marc

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