The paper retraces the negotiations undertaken by the Olivetan monks at the beginning of the 20th century for their return to the ancient abbey of San Miniato al Monte, which they had been forced to abandon in 1552 for the construction of the ramparts to defend the city. Given its location, other religious orders wanted to settle there, such as the Vallombrosans of Santa Trinita and the Cassinesi of the Florentine Abbey, but the Olivetans claimed their rights. So on 11th July 1924 the visiting abbot Benedetto Benedetti signed the deed of delivery to his regular family. The official entrance, disclosed by the town press, took place on Sunday 26 October 1924, and the resumption of the monastic life the following year, under the guidance of Don Gaetano Romagnoli, the first abbot of the restored Olivetan community.
Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
Chapter Title
«La Basilica di S. Miniato al Monte sta a noi se si vuole». Il ritorno dei monaci olivetani nel 1924
Authors
Roberto Donghi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-295-9.16
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Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
La Basilica di San Miniato al Monte di Firenze (1018-2018)
Book Subtitle
Storia e documentazione
Editors
Francesco Salvestrini
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Number of Pages
396
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-295-9
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-294-2
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-295-9
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-296-6
Series Title
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
Series ISSN
2975-1217
Series E-ISSN
2975-1225