Circoscrizione delle Provincie Ecclesiastiche e Diocesi nei Regni del Belgio, ed Olanda
| Reference: | MS7642 |
| Author | Girolamo PETRI |
| Year: | 1859 |
| Zone: | Belgium, Holland |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 650 x 500 mm |
€250.00
| Reference: | MS7642 |
| Author | Girolamo PETRI |
| Year: | 1859 |
| Zone: | Belgium, Holland |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 650 x 500 mm |
€250.00
Description
A very rare map showing the branches of Catholic organization, taken from "L'Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico Opera del Commendatore Girolamo Petri Officiale minutante della segreteria di Stato" published in Rome 1858/59.
Copperplate with original hand colour. Unknown to many of the repertories.
Girolamo PETRI (Onano 1806 - Roma 1871)
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Girolamo Petri (1806 - 1871) was an important figure in the administration of the Roman Catholic Church during the reign of Pius IX. He was born in Onano (Viterbo, Lazio), the son of a Vatican civil servant who subsequently became the Governor of Frascati.
Petri trained as a lawyer and took on many cases for the Church until being appointed, in 1847, to serve as a senior official in the State Secretariat, the curia body that oversaw the Church’s overseas operations. Petri was a great enthusiast of cartography, and it was only fitting that Pius IX charged him with creating the magnificent atlas, L’Orbe Cattolico.
Petri who was commissioned by Pope Pius XI thus created during a time when the Church was under siege within Europe, but, conversely, while it had major ambitions for expansion overseas, particularly in Asia and Africa. The mid-19th Century was a period of dramatic change in Rome. The atlas was no doubt part of the Vatican's last-ditch efforts to understand and control its vast influence around the world, resurrecting the popular concept of ecclesiastical provinces popularized in works by Nicholas Sanson and others during the 17th Century.
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Girolamo PETRI (Onano 1806 - Roma 1871)
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Girolamo Petri (1806 - 1871) was an important figure in the administration of the Roman Catholic Church during the reign of Pius IX. He was born in Onano (Viterbo, Lazio), the son of a Vatican civil servant who subsequently became the Governor of Frascati.
Petri trained as a lawyer and took on many cases for the Church until being appointed, in 1847, to serve as a senior official in the State Secretariat, the curia body that oversaw the Church’s overseas operations. Petri was a great enthusiast of cartography, and it was only fitting that Pius IX charged him with creating the magnificent atlas, L’Orbe Cattolico.
Petri who was commissioned by Pope Pius XI thus created during a time when the Church was under siege within Europe, but, conversely, while it had major ambitions for expansion overseas, particularly in Asia and Africa. The mid-19th Century was a period of dramatic change in Rome. The atlas was no doubt part of the Vatican's last-ditch efforts to understand and control its vast influence around the world, resurrecting the popular concept of ecclesiastical provinces popularized in works by Nicholas Sanson and others during the 17th Century.
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