|
|||||
|
The Norman invasion in the 11th century renewed and invigorated the Catholic Church: the Latin Liturgy was restablished and the ecclesiastical hierarchies, previously under the Byzantine control, passed over to Rome. Western religious orders were consolidated throughout Italy. The Benedectines built monasteries at Cetraro and Rossano, the Cistercians at Corigliano, while at Acri they built the very famous monastery of Sambucina, encouraging artistic and economic development in all the provinces. A new mysticism came to light and the word was spread by Gioacchino da Fiore who was born at Celico in 1130. He predicted the advent of a new age during which man, made aware of the real and unique spiritual values of life, could be really happy. When he was young, after undertaking a long voyage to the Holy Land, he returned full of mystical zeal and entered the Cistercian monastery of Sambucina and Corazzo where he earned a reputation as an orator appreciated for both the novelty and the originality of his arguments. People were drawn to him from all parts of the world. To welcome and house them, he built a Monastery in Sila on a hillock called "Fiore." He chose the name Giacchino and named his order "Florense". He died in 1202 in a monastery at Pietrafitta and was venerated by the people. The epitaph on his grave reads "Decus et Virtus Calabriae." |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
CONTACT US | HOMES IN ITALY | CALABRIA | SITE MAP| ITALIAN CULINARY INSTITUTE | WHO WE ARE | FAQ |
