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The Display of Royal Ecclesiastical Power: The Palatine Chapel of Palermo (1586–1713)
2021
Any study of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo should take into account the two contexts of Spanish Caesaropapism in Sicily, namely a Church established by Habsburg rulers with the monarch at its head, and international relationships between the Spanish Monarchy, France, and the Holy See. This chapel, situated right at the heart of the Royal Palace – seat of both the Viceroy and the tribunals of the Kingdom – was actually a sort of miniature cathedral for the Spanish king-pope (as ecclesiastical patron and papal legate), and the fact that it was dedicated to Saint Peter clearly evoked the papal Basilica of the same name in Rome. The Palatine Chapel was indeed one of the main issues associated …
Sicilia ecclesiastica tra Madrid e Roma (secoli XVI-XVII): né splendido, né misero isolamento
2019
L'articolo sintetizza la complessa articolazione della Chiesa siciliana nei primi due secoli dell’età moderna, quando essa è stata all’origine di continue controversie, caratterizzate dalla pluralità tanto degli attori coinvolti quanto dei livelli di conflitto. Conflitti innanzi tutto su scala locale, tra le giurisdizioni ecclesiastiche operanti nell’isola: il Patronato regio, la Legazia apostolica, l’Inquisizione spagnola, il Tribunale della Crociata, le Corti giudiziarie vescovili. The article summarises the complex articulation of the Sicilian Church during the first two centuries of the Modern age, when this articulation was at the origin of continuous controversies, characterised by th…