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  Archdiocese of Milan
Archbishop Guido, however, promised amendment, and accepted the conditions imposed upon him, but soon relapsed, and Arialdo, with whom the noble warrior Erlembaldo was associated, began again to agitate the people, in consequence of which he was brutally assassinated 27 June, 1066.
Archbishop Oberto was exiled by Barbarossa in 1162; and though his successor St. Galdino, was elected at Rome by the emigrated Milanese, he was able to take possession of his see in 1167; he reorganized the hospital del Broglio.
Councils were held at Milan in 343 and 347, against Photinus; in the cause of St. Athanasius, at which the Emperor Constans menaced the bishops; 390, against Jovinian; 451, against the Robber Council of Ephesus; 680, against the Monothelites; 1060, 1098, 1117, 1287, for ecclesiastical reforms.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/milan,archdiocese_of.html   (3396 words)

  
 Milan
Milan is said to have been founded by Celtic tribes, who settled along the Po river in the 7th century BC.
The archbishop of Milan takes to the air in his own private deus ex machina to recover a nail, stored near the cathedral ceiling, that was purportedly hammered into Jesus a couple of millennia ago.
Milan has long been a crossroads for travel between the Continent and the peninsula, and there are plenty option for getting in and out of town.
www.aol.com.au /site/aol/travel/destinations/milan.html   (2055 words)

  
 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.
It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia and Vigevano.
The Church in Milan was first established in the 1st century as a small diocese.
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 History of the Holy Synod of Milan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Archbishop Auxentios, together with Metropolitans Gerondios, Kallistos, and Antonios, consecrated Bishop Gabriel of Lisbon on 18th June 1978; on 17th March 1984 Archbishops Auxentios and Gabriel, together with Metropolitans Maximos, Kallinikos, and Gerasimos, consecrated Bishop Tiago (James) of Coimbra in Portugal.
On 23rd September 1996 Metropolitan Evloghios of Milan and Aquileia, together with Archbishop Michel of Paris and Lyons, Metropolitan Auxentios of Aegina in Greece, and Bishop Vladimiro of San Giulio d'Orta, consecrated Archimandrite Lorenzo as titular Bishop of Torcello.
Archbishop Michel of Paris and Bishop Jean of Arles subsequently left the Metropolia without the blessing of the Holy Synod, and were both deposed by the Milan Hierarchs.
www.onr.com /user/milan/History.htm   (882 words)

  
 history of Milan
During the Middle Ages, Milan was governed by a number of archbishops, under whom the city had a certain degree of independence.
The archbishops, however, gradually lost their temporal power to the lower feudal nobility, who transformed Milan into a prosperous commune in the 11th century.
The reign of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, 1st duke of Milan (1351-1402), was a particularly prosperous period and was regarded as a golden age.
www.milanometropoli.com /history.htm   (2030 words)

  
 History of Milan
In 1117 Milan became a municipality after a series of political difficulties and it acquitted itself of the archbishop.
From 1300 the Visconti brought a period of glory and wealth to the city and, within the space of a generation, the surrounding cities all acknowledged their rule, Bergamo and Novara in 1332, Cremona in 1334, Como and Lodi in 1335, Piacenza in 1336 and Brescia in 1337.
During the war Milan was destroyed.At the end of World War II Lombardy was instrumental in the boom that transformed Italy from a relatively backward, agricultural country to an industrial world leader.
www.aboutmilan.com /history-of-milan.html   (1498 words)

  
 Milan - Virtual Pilgrimage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Archbishop of Milan was one of the greatest prelates of the Catholic Church.
Milan was at its height in the 15th century, and at the heart of the Renaissance, and the duomo (cathedral) certainly reflects that.
Milan was also the place where Constantine issued his famous edict in 313 proclaiming toleration for Christians, thus ending the age of persecutions.
crusades.boisestate.edu /vpilgrim/italy/milan.shtml   (527 words)

  
 Titian (Tiziano Vecellio): Filippo Archinto, Archbishop of Milan (14.40.650) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Born in Milan about 1500, Filippo Archinto was trained as a lawyer in Padua.
In 1556, Archinto was appointed archbishop of Milan but, owing to local opposition, did not take possession of the diocese.
In the painting in Philadelphia, the curtain is integral to the portrait and has not been superimposed on it; it seems to refer to Archinto's abortive appointment as archbishop of Milan, since the episcopal ring on the right hand is exposed.
www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/hd/tita/hod_14.40.650.htm   (263 words)

  
 Pope Urban III
Urban III, given name Uberto Crivelli, Roman Catholic Pope from the 25th of November 1185 to the 20th of October 1187, was a Milanese, and had been made cardinal-priest of St. Lorenzo in Damaso and archbishop of Milan by Pope Lucius III, whom he succeeded.
He suspended the patriarch of Aquileia for crowning the emperor's son, Henry, king of Italy (January 1186), in violation of his own rights as Archbishop of Milan; and only the entreaties of the citizens of Verona, where he was stopping, prevented him from excommunicating Frederick.
In 1187 he exhorted the Christian kings to renewed endeavors in the Holy Land, and the fall of Jerusalem on the 2nd of October is said to have caused his death.
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 St Charles Borromeo (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But the holy archbishop feared that even to resign his church without having remedied the disorders which had taken root in it would have been to abandon it; and pressed his return to his people with such zeal that the pope, after having taken his advice for several days, dismissed him with his blessing.
The archbishop therefore went to the church in solemnity to make a canonical visitation; but was thrust from the door by the canons, and the cross which was carried before him and which in the tumult he had taken into his own hands, was shot at.
The governor of Milan wrote to Pope Pius V in the strongest terms, threatening to banish the cardinal as a traitor.
www.ewtn.com.cob-web.org:8888 /library/MARY/BORROMEO.htm   (7962 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Heribert
On 23 March, 1026, Heribert crowned Conrad II at Milan with the iron crown of Lombardy, and a year later was present at his imperial coronation, which was performed in Rome by John XIX on 26 March, 1027.
When, however, the emperor demanded that the archbishop should give an account of his actions, the latter refused to do so on the plea that he was not a subject, but the equal of the emperor.
The Milanese looked upon this act as a national insult, and, after the archbishop's escape, assisted him loyally against all the attempts of the emperor to gain possession of Milan, even after the archbishop was excommunicated by Benedict IX in March, 1038.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07264b.htm   (339 words)

  
 archbishop weakland
Archbishop Weakland told his audience he returned to finish his dissertation after so many years because he felt ``inwardly compelled'' to do so, a drive he suggested had influenced all those getting their degrees.
In the dissertation, Archbishop Weakland explained that a ``vexing question in the history of liturgical music'' was the relation of Ambrosian to Gregorian chant.
Because the earliest known manuscripts of the Ambrosian form are dated in the 12th century, a connection with St. Ambrose, archbishop of Milan in the fourth century, cannot be proved, he said.
www.catholicherald.com /articles/00articles/weakland.htm   (721 words)

  
 The Five Days of Milan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In September 1847 the police shot at a crowd that was honoring the new archbishop of Milan, Romilli, and singing hymns on behalf of Pope Pius IX, leaving one dead and sixty wounded.
News of the revolution in Vienna and the dismissal of Metternich reached Milan on March 17, generating a lot of political excitement and hopes.
The insurrection spread spontaneously throughout Milan; the insurgents erected hundreds of barricades, 1600 by the morning of March 19, in the narrow streets of Milan using carriages, pianos, and sofas, thus rendering the movement of the Austrian troops difficult.
cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/ip/milanfiv.htm   (577 words)

  
 CNN.com - Milan Insider Tips - Jun 6, 2006
Milan's Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, better known as the San Siro, is shared by two of Europe's biggest clubs, AC Milan and Internazionale (or Inter Milan), and derbies between the two are among the most explosive in world football -- and the talk of Milan for weeks before and after.
Milan Fashion Week is a twice-yearly highlight of the city's calendar, when world's best designers and most glamorous supermodels arrive in town to mix it with the local glitterati.
Once a year, the archbishop of Milan is hoisted to the ceiling aboard what can only be described as a bucket to retrieve the nail and reveal it to the masses below.
edition.cnn.com /2006/TRAVEL/05/31/milan.insidertips/index.html   (503 words)

  
 Pierre Milan ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Castella, born in Milan in 1952, uses a large format camera and digital printing technology to create urban landscapes that investigate the commonalities and differences between cities of the Western world, from Amsterdam to Naples.
Milan, a city whose origins are in an Ancient Roman fortification superimposed over a Celtic settlement, offers dense layers of evidence of dominant political factions and conquering cultures.
The evolution of his works, from the early 1990s to the present, has led him to abandon the concept of the "ideal" in abstract painting, which in the history of art is always somehow connected with a "psychological condition", in an attempt to giv...
www.wwar.com /masters/m/milan-pierre.html   (1608 words)

  
 Archbishop of Milan visits Moscow at invitation of Patriarch Alexis II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rome, September 29 (CNA) - The Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Dioniggi Tettamanzi, arrived Thursday in Moscow at the invitation of Patriarch Alexis II for a visit to the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to Vatican Radio, the visit is a confirmation of the developing relations between the Archdiocese of Milan and the Patriarchate of Moscow.
Milan has seen an increase in the numbers of Orthodox faithful in recent years, with whom the Archdiocese has established “very cordial” relations.
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 Traditional Ambrosian Rite - Milan, Italy
Ildefonse Schuster which was celebrated inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Milan, at the second most important altar of the Church, called "Altar of Our Lady of the Tree" ("Altare della Madonna dell'Albero"), being this "Tree" the huge candelabrum you can see in the photos just in front of the altar.
This powerful means to worship God and beg for His mercy, which had begun in that difficult moment for the city of Milan, begun to spread in all Catholic Countries, and was finally codified by Clemens XI (January 21st, 1705) and warmly recommended to all Catholic parish worldwide...
Ildefonso Schuster (1880-1954), Benedictine monk, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1929-1954), Patron of Una Voce-Italia.
www.unavoce.org /ambrosian_rite_milan.htm   (965 words)

  
 Lives of the Saints, November 4, Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Charles Borromeo was born in 1538 in the castle of Arona on the borders of Lake Major, fourteen miles from Milan.
As Archbishop of Milan he enforced the observance of the decrees, and thoroughly restored the discipline of his see.
Everywhere the holy Archbishop established schools of Christian doctrine, numbering in all seven hundred and forty, in which over three thousand catechists were employed, presiding over forty thousand students.
magnificat.ca /cal/engl/11-04.htm   (833 words)

  
 Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Anselm IV (also Anselm of Buis, Italian: Anselmo da Bovisio) was the Archbishop of Milan from 3 November 1097 to his death on 30 September 1101.
He was a close friend of Pope Urban II and prominent in the Crusade of 1101, whose Lombard contingent he led and on which he died.
Milan was threatening to fall into a schism again when he was elected to bring peace.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anselm_IV,_Archbishop_of_Milan   (502 words)

  
 Palmer: Origines Liturgicæ, Doc 09
In the ancient canon of Milan it appears that the second oblation of the elements, which occurs in the Roman canon after the words of institution, is wanting.
In Milan, however, the ancient prayers at this part of the liturgy have survived, having been embodied in regular collects, which were inserted in every missa.
In the time of Gregory, the church of Milan did not adopt the chief alteration made by him, which alteration in fact we know was objected to by other churches, as, for instance, by the Sicilians.
anglicanhistory.org /palmer/palmer7.html   (1878 words)

  
 Aribert, Archbishop of Milan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tomb of Aribert in the cathedral at Milan.
Aribert or Heribert (Italian Ariberto da Intimiano) (died 16 January 1045, Monza) was the archbishop of Milan from 1018, a quarrelsome warrior-bishop in an age in which such was not uncommon.
That year, he held up the carroccio as the symbol of Milan and soon it was the symbol of all the Tuscan cities as far as Rome.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aribert,_Archbishop_of_Milan   (403 words)

  
 Filippo Archinto, Archbishop Of Milan - Titian
After studying and practising as a lawyer, he entered the church and became prominent under Paul III, with whose policies and ambitions he identified him-self, and was made Archbishop of Milan.
This he did but would drink only water, whereupon the Archbishop told the German that it was no child of his, because, had he German blood in his veins, he would never drink water when wine was within reach.
Archinto died an exile in Bergamo in 1558.
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 St.Charles Borromeo
This marked him for the priesthood and he was educated with that goal in mind.
He nursed the sick and even saw that the curtains in his palace, his clothes and other possessions were turned into money for medicine for the poor.
Charles, the Archbishop of Milan was usually seen in rags.
www.stcharlesborromeo.org /AboutUs/Patron.asp   (693 words)

  
 College of Cardinals
He taught fundamental theology at the major seminary of Lower Venegono, and pastoral theology at the Priestly Institute of Mary Immaculate and at the Lombard Regional Institute of Pastoral Ministry in Milan.
On July 11, 2002, he was appointed Archbishop of Milan.
He is a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Congregation for Oriental Churches, the Council for Social Communications, and the Office of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
www.ewtn.com /holysee/Cardinals/cardinal_detail.asp?id=271   (170 words)

  
 ABC News: Cardinal: Use of Condoms a 'Lesser Evil'
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, then Archbishop of Milan, Italy, speaks after being awarded a "Scienze dell'Educazione" (Science of Education) honorary degree at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, in this Thursday, April 11, 2002 file photo.
The cardinal and one-time papal contender said in an interview published Friday April 21, 2006 that condoms were the "lesser evil" in combatting the spread of AIDS, the latest senior churchman to diverge from the Vatican's opposition to artificial contraception.
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, retired archbishop of Milan, also suggested that even single women be allowed to "adopt" frozen embryos and carry them to term if the alternative is letting them die in the freezers of fertility clinics.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1872296   (557 words)

  
 Catholic-Pages.com | Cardinals of the Catholic Church: Biography of Cardinal Tettamanzi
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop of Milan (Italy), was born on 14 March 1934 in Renate, Italy.
On 28 April 1989, the CEI called him to be president of the board of directors of the newspaper ‘Avvenire’.
On 14 March 1991 he was named Secretary General of the CEI and on 6 April of the same year he resigned from the see of Ancona-Osma.
www.catholic-pages.com /hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=130   (492 words)

  
 Catholic World News : BEATIFICATION FOR FORMER MILAN ARCHBISHOP?
VATICAN (CWN)-- Cardinal Idelfonso Schuster, who died in 1954 after serving as Archbishop of Milan, will be beatified by Pope John Paul in May, according to a report in the Italian daily newspaper Il Messagero.
If that report is accurate, the beatification may spark some controversy among those who remember Cardinal Schuster's encouraging message to the Italian troops who invaded Ethiopia in 1935 under the leadership of Mussolini.
The current Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, commented: "Schuster was a man of God, a great man of prayer; in fact he was known as 'the cardinal of prayer.' He was very close to his people, attentive to all the needs of those who suffered-- as he demonstrated during the bombings.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=119   (234 words)

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