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San Rufino is venerated in Assisi as the first bishop and principal patron of the city.
The existence of a "parva basilica", a small church dating ba ... More
San Rufino is venerated in Assisi as the first bishop and principal patron of the city.
The existence of a "parva basilica", a small church dating back to the eighth century, allows us to document the cult of the saint in the territory of Assisi at least since the time of the Lombard invasions, when his body was transferred within the city walls from the place of martyrdom.
According to the story of the Passio Sancti Rufini -which is reported by various codices, the oldest of which is a Passionary of the Cathedral of Perugia dating back to the eleventh century- Rufinus and his son, the priest Cesidio, would be originally from the city of Amasia. From Pontus, after having converted even the proconsul Andrew, they would have left for our peninsula to continue their work of evangelization and would have arrived in Thrasacco, a town in Marsyas, in which Cesidio remained and would later find martyrdom.
Bishop Rufinus moved instead to Assisi, where he was captured by the proconsul Aspasio, who interrogated him, had him beaten with the plumbs, had his mouth beaten and had him thrown into a fiery furnace, but the saint was freed from the fire by an angel.
The emperor himself then commanded that Aspasio throw Rufinus into the deep water with a stone around his neck: the saint died on August 11, 238 in the river Chiascio, near the village of Costano. In this place where once there was also a church dedicated to him already mentioned in an archival document of 1038.
Since 1997 the feast of San Rufino in Assisi and within the diocese has been postponed from 11 to 12 August, to avoid overlapping with the celebrations in honor of Santa Chiara.
The oldest depictions of San Rufino show the patron saint of Assisi with mantle, miter and pastoral, to emphasize his role as the first bishop of the city. Starting from the period of the Counter-Reformation, however, the iconographic attributes of the saint become clearer and more immediate and Rufinus is represented with the millstone of his martyrdom.
The Museum of the Cathedral of San Rufino was inaugurated in 1941 but the first project for its establishment dates back to sixteen years earlier, when Canon Sigismondo Spagnoli proposed to the Chapter to arrange the archive and to establish an art collection in which to bring together some works and sacred furnishings from the Cathedral church and from the oratories of the city brotherhoods.
This first museum – strongly desired also by the bishop of the time, Monsignor Giuseppe Placido Nicolini – occupied some rooms adjacent to the church and, as well as the adjoining Historical Archive, for a long time was accessible to the public and scholars only on request.
It was not until 1995 that the collection was finally opened to the public constantly in the months from April to October, while it was only in 2003 that the possibility of accessing the museum became annual.
After the demanding recovery and restoration of the basement of the Palazzo dei Canonici and the cloister of the eleventh century, the Diocesan Museum reopened to visitors on April 15, 2006, with a new layout and a new location.
The current museum is not a simple extension of the old one: it was built not only to enhance the material preserved in the previous structure, but also to accommodate new works from donations, host the heritage at risk scattered throughout the territory of the Diocese and set up temporary exhibitions.
For the climb to the bell tower today it is accessed from a door in Piazza San Rufino (near the chapel in memory of the birthplace of Santa Chiara) or from a small door in Via del Turrione. After the ticket office, going up to the first level, you can see one of the so-called "attics of San Rufino" above the vaults built on a project by Alessi in the sixteenth century, with the left rose window of the church seen from the inside, while on the second level is located the clock mechanism with a spear of the tower.
It is called the Leaning Tower or the Tower of Pisa but actually it was never used for defending the city; it is part of the religious complex in the ... More
It is called the Leaning Tower or the Tower of Pisa but actually it was never used for defending the city; it is part of the religious complex in the Duomo Square and acts as its bell tower. It played an active role in both human and divine timekeeping with its seven bells – one for each musical note – the largest of which, cast in 1655, weighs a full three and a half tonnes! It is known throughout the world for the beauty of its architecture, for its extraordinary tilt, which makes it an authentic miracle of statics, and for the fact that it stands in the universally renowned Piazza dei Miracoli, of which it is certainly the prize jewel. And this is why it is one of the 7 Wonders of the World.
It takes 25min. on foot from Pisa Centrale station
or you can take the bus no.4 to Piazza Manin(10min.)
Firenze -> Pisa(Pisa Centrale station) : an hour
Roma -> Pisa(Pisa Centrale station) : 2 hours and an half
Milano ->Pisa(Pisa Centrale station) : 4 hours
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