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CORTONA

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Cortona: translation

Cortona

• Immediately subject to the Holy See

Catholic Encyclopedia.Kevin Knight.2006.

Cortona

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DIOCESE OF CORTONA (CORTONENSIS)

Immediately subject to the Holy See. Cortona is a small city in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Central Italy, situated on a commanding hill, and overlooking the Lake of Perugia. Its cyclopean walls, still in great part preserved, are said to be 3000 years old. It is certainly very ancient, was one of the twelve cities of Etruria, and in its neighbourhood many ruins and Etruscan tombs are still to be found. Cortona took part in all the wars against Rome, until 310 B.C., when Fabius Rullianus defeated the Etruscans and took Perugia which, thereupon, with other cities, made peace with Rome. Later it was destroyed by the Lombards but was soon rebuilt. In the fourteenth century it was governed by the Casali, and became afterwards part of the great Duchy of Tuscany. Many famous men were born or lived in Cortona: Brother Elias (Elia Coppi), the famous companion of St.Francis of Assisi, and later Vicar-General of the Franciscan Order; Cardinals Egidio Boni and Silvio Passerini; the painter Luca Signorelli; the architect and painter Pietro Berrettini (Pietro da Cortona). One of the glories of the city is St. Margaret of Cortona (1248-97). She was born at Laviano (Alviano) in the Diocese of Chiusi, and formed an evil relation with a nobleman of the vicinity. On discovering his body after he had met a violent death, she repented suddenly, and after a public penance, retired to Cortona, where she took the habit of a Tertiary of St. Francis and devoted her life to works of penance and charity. There still exist at Cortona religious works due to her zeal. Leo X permitted her veneration at Cortona, and Urban VIII extended the privilege to the Franciscan Order. Benedict XIII canonized her in 1728. Her body rests in a beautiful sarcophagus in the church dedicated to her at Cortona. It is not known whether Cortona was an episcopal see previous to its destruction by the Lombards. From that time until 1325 it belonged to the Diocese of Arezzo. In that year, at the request of Guglielmo Casali, John XXII raised Cortona to episcopal rank, as a reward for the fidelity of its Guelph populace, Arezzo remaining Ghibelline. The first bishop was Rainerio Ubertini. Other bishops were Luca Grazio, who was a distinguished member of the Council of Florence (1438); Matteo Concini (1560) and Gerolamo Gaddi (1562) were present at the Council of Trent. The cathedral and the other churches of Cortona possess numerous works of art, especially paintings of the school of Luca Signorelli and of Fra Angelico. The diocese has 50 parishes, 60 churches and oratories, 85 secular and 36 regular priests, 30,200 inhabitants, 6 religious houses of men, and 6 of women.

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Transcribed by Gerald M. Knight

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company.Nihil Obstat.1910.

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Cortona: übersetzung

Cortona,

Stadt in der Provinz Arezzo, in der Toskana, Italien, 494 m über dem Meeresspiegel, auf einem Bergsporn am Ostrand der Val di Chiana, 22 500 Einwohner; Bischofssitz; Handelsmesse antiker Möbel.

Stadtbild:

Funde im Museo dell' Accademia Etrusca (u.a. sechzehnflammiger Bronzeleuchter, 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.). In der Umgebung mehrere große etruskische Tumulusgräber. Die Stadtmauer des Mittelalters (2,6 km) fußt zum Teil auf etruskischen und römischen Mauerzügen (ab 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.). - Dom Santa Maria (ursprünglich romanisch; im Stil der Hochrenaissance 1456-1502 erneuert); San Domenico (15. Jahrhundert); San Francesco (1245 begonnen), bei der Fortezza das im 19. Jahrhundert errichtete Santuario di Santa Margherita (mit Grabmal der heiligen Margarete, 1362); rd. 6 km südlich Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio (1484/85 ff.); Rathaus (Palazzo Comunale, 13. Jahrhundert; Turm 1509); Diözesanmuseum.

Geschichte:

Cortona, eine der ältesten und bedeutendsten etruskischen Städte, einer der Stadtstaaten des Zwölfstädtebundes, stand seit 310 v. Chr. im Bündnis mit Rom und erhielt im Bundesgenossenkrieg zwischen Rom und den italischen Städten (91-88 und 82 v. Chr.) das Bürgerrecht.

Cortona,

Pietro da, italienischer Maler und Baumeister, Pietro da Cortona.

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CORTONA: translation

This important Archaic settlement is located overlooking the Chiana Valley. Major evidence is visible in the walls, which enclose an area of 62 hectares that must be considerably larger than the size of the inhabited settlement (as indeed of the modern settlement) itself; the inhabited settlement was probably more in the order of 30 hectares. A Final Bronze Age winged axe suggests a Bronze Age presence in the area. Relatively recent finds of a Villanovan period hut in Via Vagnotti have confirmed the presence (previously only known from lost material) of Iron Age occupation in the area, perhaps amounting to a small village rather than a substantial nucleation. Thus, the seventh-century tombs (meloni) at nearby Camucia and Sodo probably predate the nucleation of the city itself. The Camucia tomb appears to have been in continuous use between the seventh century and the fourth century BC.

Recent excavations (1988 to 1992) at the second of the Sodo tumuli have contributed important new information. First, the use of these tumuli has been confirmed to be concentrated in the sixth and fourth to third centuries BC; in particular, the new excavations found a new chamber used in the later period. Second, a monumental staircase to an altar was found on the east side of the tumulus, and figurative representations show a struggle between a man and a mythical beast. There are also important Hellenistic tombs (from the second century BC), including the so-called Tanella di Pitagora. A cult to the goddess Uni appears to have been influencial. A significant 40-line inscription was found here in 1992.