Friday, March 11, 2005
Constantine: exhibition in Rimini, Italy
There's an interesting exhibition on Costantine taking place in Rimini, Italy, from March 13 till September 4, 2005. The exhibition will be at beautiful Castel Sismondo, a castle built in the XV century by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta.
The exhibition web site is here (in Italian only, I'm afraid). Several artifacts on loan from various important museums will be on view. So, an excellent reason to visit Rimini.
Incidentally, this fits quite neatly with my studies on early Church history; and I can't help remembering that the controversial council of Rimini took place in 359 under the auspices of Constantius II (Constantine's son), and had as its main topic the debates on arianism. Read Jerome's account in Contra Luciferianos 17-19 (this is where the famous phrase "The whole world groaned, and was astonished to find itself Arian" is).
Categories: Church_History
The exhibition web site is here (in Italian only, I'm afraid). Several artifacts on loan from various important museums will be on view. So, an excellent reason to visit Rimini.
Incidentally, this fits quite neatly with my studies on early Church history; and I can't help remembering that the controversial council of Rimini took place in 359 under the auspices of Constantius II (Constantine's son), and had as its main topic the debates on arianism. Read Jerome's account in Contra Luciferianos 17-19 (this is where the famous phrase "The whole world groaned, and was astonished to find itself Arian" is).
Categories: Church_History
