Search results for "Order of St. John"
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Making Bishops in the Malta of the Knights, 1530-1798
2015
During the early modern age the appointment of Maltese bishops involved conflicts in the management of ecclesiastical patronage, jurisdictional issues and international diplomacy. The procedure for appointment, established by Charles v in 1530 when he granted Malta to the Order of St John, was the result of a compromise: safeguarding rights of royal patronage without undermining the independence of an international military order. It is important, however, to underline the reforming activity conducted by bishops appointed in such political ways, especially through the application of some institutions provided by the Council of Trent, such as diocesan synods.
«Tiene per altro il cappellano nella sua galera sempre dinanzi un campo grande di messe». L’assistenza religiosa nell’Ordine di Malta in un’istruzion…
2018
The article analyses unpublished instructions written by a vice-prior of the Order of St. John in the late seventeenth century. They were directed at the conventual chaplains providing religious support to knights, soldiers and crew (including slave rowers) during the naval campaigns of the Order galleys, the so-called “caravane”. On one hand the work was inspired by literature on the “Christian soldier” (whose authors were often Jesuits), on the other it brought together the spiritual care issues directly experienced by the same chaplains on board. What emerged is their lack of preparation in fully accomplishing their pastoral duties in the cramped and mixed space of the galley, where the …
COSTRUIRE LA FRONTIERA : l’architettura a Malta fra XVI e XVII secolo
2021
L’architettura di età moderna a Malta è il prodotto di una comunità di frontiera, continuamente animata da un flusso ininterrotto di tecnici, religiosi e diplomatici. Dall’ultima stagione del gotico all’esordio dell’età barocca, il cantiere maltese si è alimentato di stimoli e riferimenti spiccatamente eterogenei, a partire dai quali si delinea un orizzonte culturale di portata europea. Tra XVI e XVII secolo l’arcipelago maltese ospita quindi un sorprendente laboratorio di sperimentazione e contaminazione, di linguaggi e tecnologie che trovano massima espressione nella costruzione in pietra da taglio.
Partiti, clientele, diplomazia: la nomina dei vescovi di Malta dalla donazione di Carlo V alla fine del viceregno spagnolo (1530-1713)
2011
La donazione di Malta da parte di Carlo V all’Ordine di S. Giovanni nel 1530 stabilì anche le modalità di nomina del vescovo dell’isola, la cui sede episcopale era soggetta fin dai tempi della conquista normanna al regio patronato e dunque al diritto di presentazione da parte del re di Sicilia: proposta da parte del gran maestro al sovrano spagnolo, tramite il viceré di Sicilia, di una terna graduata di candidati, previamente votata dal Consiglio dell’Ordine, appartenenti al grado di cappellano conventuale e di cui almeno uno siciliano. Da quel momento e sino alla fine del viceregno spagnolo di Sicilia (1713), dieci vescovi si alternarono sulla sede episcopale maltese. In questi quasi due s…
Oltre le mura della Valletta: architettura religiosa a malta nella prima metà del seicento
2020
Between the end of the sixteenth century and the first half of the Seventeenth Century, the intense building activity that affected the Maltese archipelago favored the diffusion of the innovations introduced in the projects for Valletta. The construction of new parish churches offered numerous opportunities for the experimentation of Renaissance architectural language, through the use of new decorative repertoires and the models offered by Italian treatises.
When the Past Makes Saints: The Knights of Malta from Sinners to Martyrs in "Il glorioso trionfo della sacrosanta religion militare di S. Giovanni Gi…
2022
After the fall of Rhodes (1522), the Order of St. John needed to recover its reputation as militia Christi and to redraft its chivalrous ideals within the context of the Catholic Renewal. However, this so-called Religion met this challenge partially and late, although it represented its glorious past as a gallery of saints and martyrs, even if they were not always officially recognised by the Church. This past, since its origin in the Holy Land, casted a shadow of sanctity into the present, confirming this Religion as being semper eadem. Such a representation is found in the book Il glorioso trionfo della sacrosanta religion militare di S. Giovanni Gierosolimitano, published in 1619 in Ital…
Making bishops in the Malta of the knights (1530-1798). An international game of parties, patronage and diplomacy
2011
Charles V’s donation of Malta to the Order of St. John in 1530 also established the procedure for appointment of the bishop of the island, whose episcopal seat since the time of the Norman conquest was subject to royal patronage, and thus to the King of Sicily’s right of presentation: the Grand Master would propose to the Spanish king, through the viceroy of Sicily, a ranking of three candidates, previously approved by the Council of the Order, belonging to the rank of convent chaplain and which contained at least one Sicilian. From that time until the expulsion of the knights from the island after the French occupation (1798), 15 bishops were chosen for the Maltese episcopal see. In these …