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E Vitale
I.2 L’area Nord-Occidentale, in Carra et alii, Le aree funerarie fra isola e terraferma: esempi dalla Sicilia e dalla Sardegna, pp. 135-179
Christian funerary evidence of Sicily and Sardinia are among the 3rd-4th century and 7th-8th. They were defined “useful fossils” to determine the incidence of the new religion in urban areas and the importance of the settlement spread over vast areas. The burial areas recognized in Sardinia are about one hundred; in Sicily they are more and more numerous; they are distributed along the route of the ancient roads and fall within the areas of competence of the diocese known by some letters of Pope Gregory the Great. They were divided into three categories: burial areas sub divo, rural and urban; burial underground areas, urban and rural; burial areas connected with a rural church or with a ma…
Un sarcofago romano del III sec. d.C. riutilizzato per la sepoltura di Lucca Palizzi
The sarcophagus that holds the bones of Lucca Palizzi,wife of Giovanni Chiaromonte the Elder, is located into the church of Santa Maria della Catena, built between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century near the ancient port of Cala, in Palermo. The sarcophagus is placed along the left wall of the choir, on a modern base; the sources historians say that the original site was the church of S. Nicolò alla Kalsa, where Chiaromonte himself, starting from 1306, built the Chapel of the SS. Crucifix as a family mausoleum.
Ecclesia carinensis. Una sede episcopale alle origini del cristianesimo fra Palermo e Lilibeo; La catacomba paleocristiana di Villagrazia di Carini
The Early Christian cemetery discovered by chance in Villagrazia di Carini in 1899, then forgotten and negletted, has been brought to light from the year 2000 to today thanks to the systematic teamwork of the University of Palermo and the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra (PCAS). The unexpected dimension of the site, the largest underground cemetery of Early Christianity so far known in western Sicily, has finally allowed the historiographical debate to find a meeting point on the age-old problem of the existence of ecclesia carinensis, an Early Byzantine diocese attested by the written sources up to the eighth century and disappeared after the centuries of the Islamic domination …
Nuovi dati sul cubicolo dell'Adorazione dei Magi nel cimitero comunitario di Villagrazia di Carini
The cubicle X10 is a privileged burial space in the south-eastern area of the Early Christian catacomb of Villagrazia di Carini. The archaeological investigations carried out from 2004 to 2007 have completely brought to the light the burial chamber, which hosts thirty-eight burials, some of which, reserved for children, are richly frescoed. In addition to the s.c. “habitat paradisiaco” (the rapresentation of the Heaven like a garden) and to the portraits of the deads, in this cubicle recurs twice the Adoration of the Magi, whose theological implications in the controversy against the Arian heresy have been analyzed by Rosa Maria Bonacasa Carra. The structural analysis carried out in recent …
La struttura diocesana nella Sicilia tardoantica e bizantina: i dati archeologici
The reconstruction of ecclesiastical geography of Christian origins constitutes one of the most current fields of study of Postclassical Archeology in Europe. The contribution aims to update current knowledge on the state of research in Sicily in the light of the new data acquired from archeology.
Profilo dell'attività scientifica di Fabiola Ardizzone
Si ripercorre l'attività scientifica della compianta Collega Fabiola Ardizzone, dai suoi esordi come allieva della Cattedra di Archeologia Cristiana dell'Università di Palermo, all'attività di insegnamento e di ricerca sul campo in qualità di Professore Associato. Il contributo dato da Fabiola Ardizzone agli studi sulla Tarda Antichità e sul Medioevo siciliani hanno riguardato molteplici direttrici di ricerca: dall'identificazione di nuove classi ceramiche alle modalità di organizzazione delle aree funerarie, dai problemi di topografia urbana all'archeologia dei cimiteri e ai problemi della produzione e circolazione delle produzioni ceramiche. The paper traces the scientific activity of Fab…
3.9.1. Villagrazia di Carini (PA), [Sito 86]
The materials found in the catacomb of Villagrazia di Carini consist essentially of African Red Slip Ware, coarse ware of probable African production and oil lamps, both Tripolitan and types Atlante VIII and X. Almost all the materials have been regularly published in the reports of the excavations carried out by the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra and the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Palermo, from 2000 to date: a first catalogue have been published in the Proceedings of the IX National Congress of Christian Archeology (2007), followed by updates in Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana (2009) and in a recent study by E. Vitale about the territory of the Early…
Riflessioni conclusive
The rural sanctuary in the San Cataldo district, between the territories of Terrasini and Partinico, is mentioned by the written sources since the XII century, but the surviving architectural structures date back to the 16th century. The site, abandoned since the 1950s and now restored by the Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali of Palermo who carried out archaeological excavations in this area in 2000 and 2014, over the centuries has been an important aggregation pole in order to the cultural and religious identity of the rural communities in northwestern Sicily, in relation to the fertile hinterland through the Roma viability (via consolare Valeria) .
"II –Il monastero benedettino", in Bonacasa Carra RM, Schirò G, Vitale E, Manenti M, "Il Monastero benedettino di Monreale. Dati storico-archeologici per una rilettura del complesso guglielmino"
In the Norman hunting park dominating the Conca d'Oro, in the second half of the XII century the monumental complex of Monreale began as a rational unitary body, consisting of the royal palace, the Duomo and the Benedictine convent which, from 1176, housed hundred Cluniac monks of Cava de 'Tirreni, called here by King William II; a wall, originally equipped with twelve towers, protected the religious community from possible external attacks. The goal of the founder was the creation of a strong instrument for the Christianization of western Sicily - still predominantly Muslim -, and at the same time of a prestigious dynastic mausoleum, in the explicit intent to rival all previous sacred impe…
Understanding Factors Associated With Psychomotor Subtypes of Delirium in Older Inpatients With Dementia
Objectives Few studies have analyzed factors associated with delirium subtypes. In this study, we investigate factors associated with subtypes of delirium only in patients with dementia to provide insights on the possible prevention and treatments. Design This is a cross-sectional study nested in the "Delirium Day" study, a nationwide Italian point-prevalence study. Setting and participants Older patients admitted to 205 acute and 92 rehabilitation hospital wards. Measures Delirium was evaluated with the 4-AT and the motor subtypes with the Delirium Motor Subtype Scale. Dementia was defined by the presence of a documented diagnosis in the medical records and/or prescription of acetylcholine…
Premessa al volume: Il cubicolo X13 nella catacomba di Villagrazia di Carini. Indagini preliminari e interventi di consolidamento 2016-2019
This book is dedicated to the archaeological excavations and to the consolidation of the structures of cubicle X13 in the catacomb of Villagrazia di Carini (PA). In 2015 the interesting funerary chamber was seriously damaged by the collapse of the ceiling; from 2016 to 2019, the realization of the recovery and restoration project by the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra has been the occasion for the study of the rock-cut architectures and of the structural characteristics of the cubicle, one of the most remarkable private funerary spaces in the Early Christian and byzantine cemetery of Carini.
L’analisi strutturale e le fasi
The X13-X13.1 is one of the most considerable cubicles in the catacomb. It consists of a quadrangular funerary chamber preceded by a short dromos placed along the gallery X. The tombs are several and of different types: arcosolia for adults and children, lithic sarcophagi, pavimental graves ("formae"), and very interesting areas for ritual "refrigerium" The archaeological investigations and the structural date indicate that the duplex cubicle is the result of different phases of development, and that it was used by a numerous and wealthy family group for several generations, by the end of the fourth/beginning of the fifth to the seventh/eighth century, as it seems also indicated by the pott…
SABRATHA - La necropoli a Nord-Est del Teatro nell'insula 8 della Regio IV
Delimitato ad Ovest dal cardo che collegava il Teatro al Decumano Massimo di Sabratha, l'isolato a Nord-Ovest del Teatro romano si fa risalire al II secolo. Caduto in abbandono dopo il terremoto del 365 d.C., il quartiere viene occupato da un'area funeraria a cielo aperto, di cui ad oggi restano visibili 84 sepolture, in gran parte violate. Le tipologie funerarie censite sono quattro, fra le più peculiari dell'Africa romana nell'arco cronologico compreso fra il IV e il pieno VI secolo d.C. Questa prima analisi dell'area cimiteriale, effettuata nell'ambito del PRIN 2008, ha consentito anche di individuare alcuni criteri dell'organizzazione dello spazio funerario e dei modi dell'autorappresen…