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NEWSLETTER Subsciption
c/o Santuario di Oropa
Via Santuario di Oropa 480
13900 Oropa – Biella (Italy)
Tel. +39 015 25551200
Fax +39 015 25551219
Cell. +39 393 9116705
linda.angeli@santuariodioropa.it
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Thursday 20 May, Oropa - Conference Room of the Sanctuary of Oropa First Session: Icons and simulacra of the Black Madonna The Black Madonnas in the history of iconography Chairman of Session: Mons. Gabriele Mana, Bishop of Biella h. 9.30 Opening of the Conference and introductory speech delivered by the Authorities Mons. Gabriele Mana, Bishop of Biella Don Michele Berchi, Rector of the Sanctuary of Oropa Giancarlo Macchetto and Don Gianni Panigoni, Managing directors of the Sanctuary of Oropa Dino Gentile, Mayor of the Municipality of Biella Roberto Simonetti, President of the Province of Biella William Casoni, Regional Minister for the Parks of Piedmont h. 10.30 Introduction to the Conference
Amilcare Barbero, Paolo Sorrenti, Scientific Committee of the Documentation Centre for European Sacred Mounts, Calvaries and Devotional ComplexesPresentation of a survey of the Black Madonnas across Europe Claudio Bernardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano h. 11.15 - Coffee break h. 11.30 Wooden dark-tinged Madonnas in the Sanctuaries of Puglia and Basilicata
Maria Stella Calò Mariani, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” h. 12.10 The Colour of the Sacred: an overview of AsiaStefano Piano, Università degli Studi di Torino Second Session: History and Anthropology of the Black Madonnas A general introduction on the critical literature; the origin, development and history of the Black Madonnas, an ancient and widespread artistic phenomenon Chairman of Session: Anna Benvenuti, Università degli Studi di Firenze h. 15.00 The “Triumph” of Mary on the scene of the modern Catholic Piety
Danilo Zardin, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milanoh. 15.40 Reception, reproduction and imitation of Marian images
Guido Gentile, Scientific Committee of the Documentation Centre for European Sacred Mounts, Calvaries and Devotional Complexesh. 16.30 - Coffee break h. 16.45 Brown Madonnas between iconography and cult: certainties and doubts of a medievalistXavier Barralt i Altet, Université de Rennes II and Institute for Advanced Study-Collegium Budapest h. 17.30 - Debate and notifications h. 18.30 - Discovery of the ‘Treasures of Oropa’, visit to the exhibition on the Black Madonna of Czestochowa and presentation of the Photographic Exhibition “Women and Madonnas of the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy”, followed by the recital “Women and Madonnas” performed by the Gruppo del Cerchio of Turin h. 9.00 Black Virgins of Southern France: shapes and diffusion of the cult
Sophie Cassagnes-Brouquet, Université de Toulouse h. 9.40 The Virgin of Montserrat: image, liturgy and devotion in the Middle Ages
Concepciò Peig, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
h. 10.20 Sacra Majestas Nostre Domine Virginis Marie de Laureto (Holy Majesty Our Lady Virgin Mary of Loreto)
Padre Floriano Grimaldi, formerly archivist at the Sanctuary of Loreto h. 11.00 - Coffee break h. 11.15 The black Madonnas of Einsiedeln and Altötting: devotion, copies, pilgrimage
Irmgard Siede, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, Mannheim h. 12.00 The Cult of the Black Madonna in Europe and America: origins and Transformations across the Atlantic
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, University of Texas at San Antonio Fourth Session: Virgin, Mother, Queen. Women’s cultural revolution A perspective on the relationship between Marian devotion, female imaginary, women’s emancipation and the socio-political transformation of modernity Chairman of Session: Janusz Jadczyk, Director of the Museum of Czestochowa h. 15.00 The Eusebian Madonnas: Oropa and Crea
Don Delmo Lebole, Expert in the history of the Diocese of Biella h. 15.40 Round table “Virgin, Mother, Queen: women's cultural revolution”
Anna Benvenuti, Università degli Studi di Firenze; Lucetta Scaraffia, Università “La Sapienza” di Roma; Adriana Valerio, Università “Federico II” di Napoli; Lucilla Giagnoni, actress and playwright h. 17.00 - Coffee break h. 17.15 - Lucilla Giagnoni performs Dante Alighieri's Vergine Madre from the Divina Commedia, Canto XXXIII, Il Paradiso h. 17.30 - Debate h. 19.00 - Presentation of the guide to the “Sacri Monti del Piemonte e della Lombardia”, edited by SAGEP h. 21.15 - Play: "Maria Nera, mitografia cantata intorno alla Madonna Nera di Viggiano", written and directed by Caterina Pontrandolfo. Produced by Nuova Atlantide Teatro and recommended by the "Festival I Teatri del sacro 2009" Mons. Alceste Catella, Bishop of Casale Monferrato
Mons. Francesco Mancinelli, Rector of the Sanctuary of Crea Gianni Calvi, President of the Natural Park of the Sacred Mount of Crea Paolo Lavagno, Mayor of the Municipality of Ponzano Monferrato Giancarlo Berto, Mayor of the Municipality of Serralunga di Crea Paolo Filippi, President of the Province of Alessandria h. 10.15 Mary of Nazaret, the essential link: the closest to God therefore the closest to manProf. Don Umberto Casale, Facoltà Teologica di Torino h. 10.45 Who shall ascend your sacred mount? The meaning and forms of the Pilgrimage
Mons. Giacomo Canobbio, Facoltà Teologica di Milanoh. 11.15 Round table "A crown of stars: the Europe of marian Sanctuaries"Father Jan Pach, Director of the Marian Library of the Sanctuary of Jasna Gora (Czestochowa); Father Othmar Lustenberger, Sanctuary of Einsiedeln; Father Josep Ma. Sanromà, Rector of the Sanctuary of Montserrat; Father Ronan de Gouvello, Rector of the Sanctuary of Rocamadour; Don Angelo Corno, Rector of the Sanctuary of Varese; Don Michele Berchi, Rector of the Sanctuary of Oropa, Mons. Francesco Mancinelli, Rector of the Sanctuary of Crea; Other spiritual representatives h. 13.00 - Welcome brunch h. 14.45 ConclusionsOliviero Girardi, Special Natural Reserve of the Sacred Mount of Oropa; Claudio Bernardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano; Amilcare Barbero, Documentation Centre for European Sacred Mounts, Calvaries and Devotional Complexes h. 15.30 - Concert “Nigra sum” performed by the Cultural Association “Gli Invaghiti” from Chivasso; performed by the ensemble De Labyrintho directed by Walter Testolin
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