In Benedict left Subiaco for Cassino , where he converted the population from paganism and built the famous Montecassino Monastery. It was there that he completed the final version of the Benedictine Rule and died on March 21, The Subiaco monasteries continued to flourish in the following centuries, despite a great deal of turmoil in the area. The Sacred Cave Sacro Speco in which Benedict spent three years meditating was not one of the 13 monasteries he founded, but it quickly became a place of pilgrimage.
Some building took place at the cave in the 10th and 11th centuries, but very little survives from this period. Regular monastic life began at the Sacro Speco around , under the control and patronage of Santa Scholastica further down the hill. The two monasteries are still united under a single abbot. Most of the buildings and frescoes at San Benedetto date from the 13th and 14th centuries and are designed in the Gothic style.
Simply constructed of brown-hued stone, the Monastery of St. Benedict clings to a forested mountain cliff. In front of the entrance is a graveled platform with fine views of the monastery, its well-tended garden, and the valley below. The oldest parts of the monastery are the lowest levels.
The entrance door, decorated with a 13th-century mosaic cross, leads into a passageway formed by the rocky cliff on one side and a stone wall with large windows on the other. At the end of the passageway is another door, which has a Latin inscription on the architrave: " Sit pax intranti, sit gratia digna precanti.
Laurentius cum Jacobo filio suo fecit hoc opus. These are believed to be by the school of il Perugino from the early 16th century. Especially charming is the depiction of Matthew, whose angel symbol holds the inkpot for him. If you continue straight on, you reach an even smaller stone passageway, where you must duck under a low vault.
Look for a small fresco of a devil on the left wall, who can be viewed through a small window in the Upper Church. Taking a right from the Old Chapter Room, you emerge into in the magnificent, single-aisled Upper Church. The first half of the nave is much taller than the second. It is also older, being a 14th-century adaptation of a 13th-century structure.
All the frescoes in this section were painted by the Sienese school in the 14th century. Filling the front wall that divides the two parts is a magnificent fresco of the Crucifixion, with a crowd of lively figures at the base of the three crosses.
The buttresses of the vault are decorated with 24 angels and the arch above the Crucifixion bears portraits of prophets and weeping angels. The other frescoes of the first half of the Upper Church are laid out as follows:. The second half of the Upper Church has frescoes from the early 15th century relating to St.
On the front wall is a portrait of Benedict seated on a throne and dressed in pontifical garments, accompanied by saints and members of his family. His mother can be seen kneeling on the left and his father on the right. The frescoes on the left wall are badly damaged due to the moisture of the hillside, but on the right wall are two interesting scenes in good repair: the Attempt on the Life of St.
Benedict and the Cure of the Slothful Monk. The frescoes in the transept of the Upper Church were painted by the school of Umbria and the Marches, most of which center around the theme of virtuous death.
On the right is a cheerful scene showing St. Benedict and his sister St. Scholastica at their last meeting. Scholastica prayed for rain and her prayer was answered, forcing her brother to remain with her throughout the night. Pouring rain and a dark sky are shown at the top of the scene.
On the opposite wall, St. Benedict watches from a tower as the soul of his friend Germanus ascends to heaven. Other frescoes in the transept and its small side chapels include: the Death of St. Scholastica; the Death of St. Maurus; the Beheading of St. Paul; a lovely portrait of St. Agnes holding her lamb symbol; the Martyrdom of St. Placid by beheading including a horrifying scene of a monk having his tongue pulled out ; and the Miracle of Sts.
Peter and John near the beautiful gate of the Temple. Stairs in front of the High Altar lead down into the Lower Church , decorated with frescoes of the 13th century.
The wars against the Equi were very long and the Roman conquest was extremely difficult as hostilities only finished at the end of the Second Samnite War BC. The first mention of a "Castrum Sublaci" castle in medieval documents only dates back to the 9thth century. According to the most reliable historical data, the castle of Subiaco was built in the 9th century because of the Saracen incursions, which damaged the unprotected town.
For these reasons we believe that the castle of Subiaco was built in the late 9th and early 10th century AD, which seems very likely, since in this period the feudal movement began and because of the particular conditions of workers looking for more safety" [7]. Now, let's examine more closely the problem; in the Castle does not seem to exist as a fortified place.
The "Register of Subiaco" mentions it only as a locality. Since the castle seems solidly built" [9]. Other important historical data on the Monastery of Subiaco and its diplomatic relations with the Papacy were handed down to us by the "Italia Benedettina":.
Benedict at Subiaco, a few soon disappeared leaving no trace behind, and only later and uncertain traditions indicate the name and the site of them The history of these monasteries, until the 9th century, is shrouded in darkness. Gregory the Great , among the great writers who narrated the life of St. Benedict, also named Onorato, who at the time when he wrote AD , still governed the cell where St.
Benedict first lived. After Onorato were mentioned by chroniclers three abbots: Elias, Stephen and Sergio, without any chronology. This obscurity is due to the fact that, according to chroniclers, all the monasteries built by S. Benedict would have been destroyed twice, by the Lombards in and by the Saracens in From the time of Pope Leo IV died there is more frequent and definite historical data about the monastery, confirming that monasticism persisted at Subiaco, except perhaps for momentary interruptions From there is a document that shows the feudal rule of the Abbot of Subiaco having already started, that is a diploma with which Emperor Otto I confirmed various concessions of Emperor Charlemagne and other sovereigns, and he subtracted from all the goods of the monastery, declaring void any act of dominion made by others.
In Innocent III declared the monastery immediately subjected to the Holy See, and in Alexander IV [] confirmed to the Abbot oof Subiaco the privilege of using the pontifical insignia.
Finally, in , in a bull of pope Urban VI , the monastery was expressly defined as 'Nullius Diocesis' [belonging to any Diocese, and therefore it was placed not under the jurisdiction of any Bishop]. The present boundaries of the Abbey of Subiaco, however, date back to when, following an agreement between the Abbot commendatory Antonio Barberini and the Bishops of Tivoli, Palestrina and Anagni, the jurisdictional boundaries of the monastery were fixed and definitively confirmed by Pope Urban VIII []" [10].
In John Torquemada was appointed as commendatory Abbot; in this period there occurred an important event from the cultural point of view, namely the launch of the first printing with movable type in Italy, thanks to some German printers. Next Subiaco became a feud of the Colonna and the Barberini, respectively in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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