On October 31, Pope Francis will take part in a historic vespers service in Lund, Sweden. This service will be the inaugural service for the year leading up to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017.
The Sistine Chapel is a large and renowed chapel of the Apostolic Palace, and is the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. The Chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus the fourth who restored it between 1477 and 1480. Originally the Sistine Chapel was known as Capella Magna and this building has great importance to catholics around the world. The Sistine Chapel functions today as the home of the Papal Conclave and is located within the walls of the Vatican City. The sistine chapel is perhaps the most famous church in the world and it is renowned for its incredible artwork. The chapel is well known for its architecture and was designed and built by Architects Michaelangelo, PietroPerugino, Sandro Botticelli, Pinturicchio and other well known artists and notable to the period. One of the most important functions the Sistine Chapel has is when a Pope passes away and a new leader is to be elected by the College of cardinals and this process is outlined below.
500th Anniversary of the Sistine Chapel Preparations in Rome
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The Sistine Chapels ceiling was painted between 1508 and 1512 by Michaelangelo and this was commissioned by Pope Julius the eleventh, the ceiling was painted during the Renaissance period and depicts the stories of Genesis and is world renowned for its attention to detail and shear beauty. The Sistine Chapel ceiling is aproximately 40 metres lond and 13 metres wide and these figures show the gravity of the task of painting such a big project and the dedication required by the painter to complete such a task. Every part of the Sistine Chapel is decorated with art or astonishing pieces of architecture. In the following youtube video we will see architerture and paintings from the Sistene Chapel on the 500th anniversary of its formation.
Webgraphy. Biography by Flavio Rurale, in Italian, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 83 (2015), Treccani; biography by James Loughlin, in English, The Catholic Encyclopedia; portrait, statue and biography, in Italian; his portrait, Scuola Romana, Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome; portrait in his deathbed, church of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome; his bust, church of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome; his statue, metropolitan cathedral, Milan, Italy; his engraving, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany; another engraving; his effigy on a coin; his engraving and arms, Araldica Vaticana; commemorative site for the 500th anniversary of his birth, melegnano.net.
October 17, 2017 will be marked as the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. As the Protestant population within the diocesan boundary is more than six times the Catholic population (606,212 vs. 97,597), this anniversary is bound to lead to conversations that trend toward the Protestant perspective on this historic event in Christianity.
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