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Encyclopedia > Vercelli
Comune di Vercelli
Coat of arms of Comune di Vercelli
Municipal coat of arms
Country Italy Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Province of Vercelli (VC)
Mayor Andrea Corsaro (since 2004-06-27)
Elevation 130 m
Area 79 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2004-12-04) 44,967
 - Density 569/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 45°19′N 8°25′E
Gentilic Vercellesi
Dialing code 0161
Postal code 13100
Patron Eusebius of Vercelli
 - Day August 1
Website: www.comune.vercelli.it

Vercelli (Varséj in Piedmontese; Vercellae in Latin) is a commune and city of about 46,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 B.C. Image File history File links Vercelli-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Vercelli (It. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th on leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelle (modern Vercelli, Piemonte) (Sardinia c. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Vercelli (It. ...


The town is situated in the Pianura Padana, between Milan and Turin. It is an important centre for the cultivation of rice, and is surrounded by paddy fields, which are flooded in summer. The Po (Latin: Padus) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city as well as a business and cultural center in northwest Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice is two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. (The term wild rice can refer to wild species... A paddy field in Japan A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. ...


In Vercelli the world's first University funded by public money was established in 1228. Today Vercelli has a University of Literature and Philosophy as a part of the Università del Piemonte Orientale (or East Piedmont University) and a satellite campus of the Politecnico di Torino. The Polytechnic University of Turin (Italian: Politecnico di Torino) is a Engineering University based in Turin. ...

Piazza Cavour and the Torre dell’Angelo.
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Piazza Cavour and the Torre dell’Angelo.

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History

Vercellae (Vercelum) was a city of the Libici or Lebecili, a Ligurian tribe; it became an important municipium, near which Gaius Marius defeated the Cimbri and the Teutones in the Battle of Vercellae nearby in 101 BCE. A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia. ... Gaius Marius Gaius Marius (Latin: C·MARIVS·C·F·C·N)[1] (157 BC — January 13, 86 BC) was a Roman general and politician elected Consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Cimbrian War. ... This entry is about the Teutonic people, not to be confused with the Teutonic Knights. ... Combatants Cimbri Roman Republic Commanders King Boiorix † Marius Lutatius Catulus Sulla Strength 160,000 - over 200,000 50,000 (8 legions with cavalry and auxillaries) Casualties 100,000 - 140,000 killed 60,000 captured Insignificant, probably under 1,000 The Battle of Vercellae, also called The Battle of the Raudine... boobs Births Herodes Atticus, Greek rhetoritician Ptolemy, Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer. ... The Common Era (CE), is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 on the Gregorian calendar. ...


Imperial magister militum Flavius Stilicho annihilated the Goths there 500 years later. It was half ruined in St. Jerome's time. After the Lombard invasion it belonged to the Duchy of Ivrea. From 885 it was under the jurisdiction of the prince-bishop, who was a count of the empire. Magister militum (Latin for Master of the Soldiers) was a top-level command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine. ... Flavius Stilicho (c. ... For other uses see: Jerome (disambiguation) Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ... The Lombards or Longobards or Langobards were the Germanic tribe who gave their name to Lombardy, an administrative entity in Northern Italy. ... Country Italy Region Piedmont Province Turin (TO) Mayor Fiorenzo Grijuela (from May 23, 2003) Elevation 253 m Area 30,19 km² Population  - Total (as of May 31, 2005) 24,095  - Density 798/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Eporediesi Dialing code 0125 Postal code 10015 Frazioni Torre Balfredo... Prince-Bishop was the title given bishops who held secular powers, beside their inherent clerical power. ...


It became an independent commune in 1120, and joined the first and second Lombard leagues. Its statutes are among the most interesting of those of the medieval republics. In 1197 they abolished the servitude of the glebe. In 1228 the University of Pavia was transferred to Vercelli, where it remained till the fourteenth century, but without gaining much prominence; only a university school of law has been maintained. In the Roman Catholic and Anglican church traditions, a glebe was an area of land belonging to a parish, the revenues from which were intended to help support the parish. ... The University of Pavia is a university in Pavia, Italy. ...


During the troubles of the thirteenth century it fell into the power of the Della Torre of Milan (1263), of the Marquesses of Monferrato (1277), who appointed Matteo Visconti captain (1290-9). The Tizzoni (Ghibellines ) and Avogadri (Guelphs, the other party during the Investitures Strife) disputed the city from 1301 to 1334, the latter party being expelled several times, thus enabling the Marquess of Monferrato to take Vercelli (1328), which voluntarily placed itself under the Viscount of Milan in 1334. In 1373 Bishop Giovanni Fieschi expelled the Visconti, but Matteo reconquered the city. Facino Cane (1402), profiting by the strife between Giovani Maria and Filippo Maria Visconti, took Vercelli, but was driven out by Teodoro di Monferrato (1404), from whom the city passed to the dukes of Savoy (1427). Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato) is part of the province of Asti in Italy. ... The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in Italy during the 12th century and 13th century. ... The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in Italy during the 12th century and 13th century. ... The Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy (a small region between Piedmont, Italy, and France). ...


In 1499 and 1553 it was captured by the French, and in 1616 and 1678 by the Spaniards. In 1704 it sustained an energetic siege by the French, who failed to destroy the fortress; after this it shared the fortunes of Savoy. In 1821 Vercelli rose in favour of the Constitution.


Ecclesiastical history

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vercelli (in Latin, Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is one of the two archdioceses which form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. The dioceses suffragan to Vercelli are: Alessandria (della Paglia), Biella, Casale Monferrato and Novara. This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vercelli (in Latin, Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is one of the two archdioceses which form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. ... Alessandria (Lisandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. ... Biella (Latin: Bugella) is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census. ... Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. ... Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ...


According to an ancient lectionary the Gospel was first preached in Vercelli in the second half of the third century by Saints Sabinianus and Martialis, bishops from Gaul, when they were returning to their dioceses. The episcopal see was not established till after the Peace of Constantine. The first bishop was St. Eusebius, a Sardinian, a lector of the Roman Church and a strenuous opponent of Arianism. From Vercelli the Gospel spread through the valley of the Po and its environs; towards the end of the fourth century, perhaps even during the episcopate of St. Eusebius, new dioceses were erected. From Eusebius to Nottingo (830) there were forty bishops, whose images were preserved in the Eusebian basilica (or Basilica Cattedrale S. Eusebio), so called because St. Eusebius, who dedicated it to the martyr St. Theonestus, was interred in it. He introduced the common and monastic life among his clergy, from whom bishops for the surrounding territory were often selected. An ornately decorated Lectionary A Lectionary is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings for Christian worship. ... Peace of the Church is a designation usually applied to the condition of the Church after the publication of the Edict of Milan in 313 by the two Augusti, Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and his eastern colleague Licinius, an edict of toleration by which the Christians were accorded complete... This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... St. ...


Among his successors were: St. Simenus (370), who baptized and consecrated St. Ambrose; St. Honoratus (396), who administered the Viaticum to St. Ambrose; St. Justinianus (living in 451); St. AEmilianus (about 500) built an aqueduct for the city at his own expense; St. Flavianus (541); St. Celsus (665); Norgaudus (844) restored common life among the canons; Liutuardus (880), who had been archchancellor of Charles the Fat (deposed later) and was slain during the invasion of the Huns (899), like Regenbertus (904- 24); Atto of Vercelli, (d. 960), reformer of ecclesiastical discipline; Petrus (978), imprisoned in the Holy Land by the Egyptian Muslims; Leo (999), chancellor of Holy Roman Emperors Otto III and Henry II; Gisulfus (1133) re-established common life among the canons in 1144; St. Albertus (1185-1204), founder of the chair of theology, later Patriarch of Jerusalem; Renerio Avogadro (1296) opposed the partisans of the heretic Fra Dolcino; Guglielmo Didier (1437), an elector of the antipope Felix V; Giuliano della Rovere (1502), later Pope Julius II (1503); Cardinal Guido Ferrerio (1562), founder of the seminary, embellished the cathedral and introduced the Tridentine reform; Gianfrancesco Bonomo (1572) continued the reform and replaced (1573) the Eusebian Rite by the Roman. In 1817 the Diocese of Vercelli, then suffragan of the archbishopric of Turin (but previously of the archbishopric of Milan) was made an archdiocese, the first archbishop being Giuseppe di Grimaldi. Viaticum, a Latin word originally meaning travelling provisions, is used in Roman Catholicism for the Eucharist (the consecrated host and wine) administered to a dying person. ... Saint Ambrose, Latin Sanctus Ambrosius, Italian SantAmbrogio (circa 340 - April 4, 397), bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent fathers of the Christian church in the 4th century. ... Pont du Gard, France, a Roman aqueduct built circa 19 BC. It is one of Frances top tourist attractions and a World Heritage Site. ... // History (Latin Archicancellarius) Effective An archichancellor is the highest chancellor of a major chancery See also Grand chancellor Honorary In the Holy Roman empire, the style Erzkanzler (literally archchancellor) was one of the Erzamter awarded as high profile sinecures to the Prince-Electors, and the only one with multiple incidence... Romantic portrait of Charles. ... The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian tribes who appeared in Europe in the 4th century, the most famous person being Attila. ... Atto (924 or 925 — 960 or 961), was a French monk, learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century, made bishop of Vercelli, Italy before the year 945. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Otto III in a medieval manuscript Otto III (980 – January 23, 1002, Paterno, Italy) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... Saint Henry II of Germany (972 – 13 July 1024), was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... The term Patriarch of Jerusalem can refer to the holders of one of three offices: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who is one of the Roman Catholic patriarchs of the east The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, who is one of nine highest-ranking Eastern Orthodox bishops, called patriarchs The Armenian... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Amadeus VIII (1383 - November 7, 1451), surnamed the Peaceful was the Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and the Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ... The Council of Trent is the Nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. ... A bishop is an ordained person who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ...


In the early 20th century the Catholic Encyclopedia reported that the archdiocese contained 136 parishes; 250,000 inhabitants; 447 secular and 33 regular priests; 7 houses of religious (men) and 4 of nuns; 4 educational institutes for boys and 8 for girls. The religious periodicals were "L'unione" (weekly) and "La santa infanzia" (monthly).


Main sights

There are many relics of the Roman period, e.g. an amphitheatre, hippodrome, sarcophagi, many important inscriptions, some of which are Christian.


There are two noteworthy towers in the town: the Torre dell’Angelo which rears up over the old market square and the Torre di Città in Via Gioberti.

St. Andrew’s Basilica.
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St. Andrew’s Basilica.

The Cathedral, formerly adorned with precious pillars and mosaics, was erected and enlarged by St Eusebius of Vercelli, to whom it was dedicated after his death. It was remodelled in the ninth century, and radically changed in the sixteenth by Count Alfieri. Like the other churches in the city it contains valuable paintings, especially those of Gaudenzio Ferrari, Giovenone and Lanino, who were natives of Vercelli. The cathedral library holds the famous Vercelli Book—an Old English manuscript which includes the celebrated alliterative poem The Dream of the Rood, the 8th century Laws of the Lombards and other early manuscripts. Image File history File links Vercelli-Santandrea. ... Image File history File links Vercelli-Santandrea. ... Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelle (modern Vercelli, Piemonte) (Sardinia c. ... Glory of Angels, in Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno. ... The Vercelli Book (Vercelli, Cathedral Library, MS CXVII) is a late 10th century Old English manuscript. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Dream of the Rood is a famous Old English poem found in the Vercelli Book of the 10th century. ...


The Basilica di Sant’Andrea was erected by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri in 1219: together with the old Cistercian monastery, it is one of the most beautiful and best preserved Romanesque monuments in Italy. The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Romanesque St. ...


Among other noteworthy churches is Santa Maria Maggiore.


There is an Institute of the Beaux-Arts, containing paintings by Vercellese artists.


There are old charitable institutions, like the hospital founded by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri (11224), which has an annual revenue of more than 600,000 lire ($117,000); the hospices for orphan girls (1553) and for boys (1542) and mendicant homes.


The archives of the metropolitan chapter contain valuable manuscripts including an evangelarium of the fourth century, the "Novels" of Justinian, the "Leges Langobardorum", the "Capitulare regum Francorum", also hagiographical manuscripts, not all of which have been critically examined, and a very old copy of the "Imitation of Christ", which is relied upon as an argument for attributing the authorship of the work to John Gersen. The civil archives are not less important, and contain documents dating from 882. The extensive seminary contains a large library. Justinian may refer to: Justinian I, a Roman Emperor; Justinian II, a Byzantine Emperor; Justinian, a storeship sent to the convict settlement at New South Wales in 1790. ... Jean Charlier de Gerson (December 14, 1363 – July 12, 1429), French scholar and divine, chancellor of the university of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance, was born at the village of Gerson, in the bishopric of...


Museums

The Museo Borgogna has an important collection of paintings, including examples of the work of Titian and Jan Brueghel the Elder as well as that of Piedmontese painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Titians self-portrait, 1566. ... Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. ...


The Museo Camillo Leone holds a rich collection of objects of archaeological and historic interest and of decorative art.


Natives of Vercelli

William of Montevergine or William of Vercelli ( ) ( ) (1085 – 25 June 1142) was a Christian hermit and the founder of the Congregation of Montevergine, or “Williamites”. // Life He was born into a noble family of Vercelli in north-west Italy and brought up by a relation after the death of his... (1525) Oil on canvas, 206 x 154 cm Galleria Palatina , Florence Il Sodoma (1477 - February 14, 1549?) was the name given to the Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (also wrongly spelled Razzi). ... Mannerism is the term used to describe the artistic style that arose in mid-16th century. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Angelo Gilardino (born 1941 in Vercelli) is an Italian composer, guitarist and musicologist. ...

Culinary matters

The typical dish is rice with beans, called panissa. The typical wine is Gattinara DOCG, a classic red wine of Piedmont made principally from the nebbiolo grape (known locally as spanna) from the comune of Gattinara, where there is archaeological evidence of vines being grown in Roman times. Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian quality ensurance label for food products and especially wines (an appellation). ... Nebbiolo is the most important wine grape variety of Italys Piedmont region. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Country Italy Region Piedmont Province Province of Vercelli (VC) Mayor Elevation 265 m Area 33. ...


Sport

Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli was one of the most successful football clubs in Italy in earlier times, winning the national championship seven times between 1908 and 1922. Today it competes in the Serie C2. Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli is one of the most successful football club in Italy with 7 National Leagues won (1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Serie C is the name of the third and fourth highest football leagues in Italy. ...


See also

Bianze, a quiet town about 10 kilometers south of Cavaglia and the A4 highway. ...

Further reading

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  • vercelli.net has a range of articles, in Italian, on the history, architecture, gastronomy, etc, of Vercelli.
  • Vercelli is a short article in English on the history and archaeology of the town from archeovercelli.it, the site of the Gruppo Archeologico Vercellese.
  • dumsinandi.com the Divine Comedy in three languages: Vercellese,English and Italian

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Vercelli (821 words)
The cathedral, erected and enlarged by St. Eusebius, formerly adorned with precious pillars and mosaics, was remodelled in the ninth century, and radically changed in the sixteenth by Count Alfieri.
In 1499 and 1553 it was captured by the French, and in 1616 and 1678 by the Spaniards.
From Vercelli the Gospel spread through the valley of the Po and its environs; towards the end of the fourth century, perhaps even during the episcopate of St. Eusebius, new dioceses were erected.
Vercelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1265 words)
Vercelli (Varséj in Piedmontese; Vercellae in Latin) is a commune and city of about 46,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Italy.
From Vercelli the Gospel spread through the valley of the Po and its environs; towards the end of the fourth century, perhaps even during the episcopate of St. Eusebius, new dioceses were erected.
In 1817 the Diocese of Vercelli, then suffragan of the archbishopric of Turin (but previously of the archbishopric of Milan) was made an archdiocese, the first archbishop being Giuseppe di Grimaldi.
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