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GROTTAFERRATA , a See also:village of See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Rome, from which it is 13 M. S.E. by electric See also:tramway, and 24m. S. of See also:Frascati, to8o ft. above See also:sea-level, in the See also:Alban Hills. Pop. (1901) 2645. It is noticeable for the See also:Greek monastery of Basilians founded by S. Nilus in 1002 under the See also:Emperor See also:Otho III., and which occupies the site of a large See also:Roman See also:villa, possibly that of See also:Cicero. It was fortified at the end of the 15th See also:century by See also:Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (afterwards See also:Pope See also:Julius II.), whose arms may be seen about it. The massive towers added by him give it a picturesque See also:appearance. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church belongs to the 12th century, and the See also:original portal, with a See also:mosaic over it, is still preserved; the interior was restored in 1574 and in 1754, but there are some remains of frescoes of the 13th century. The See also:chapel of S. Nilus contains frescoes by Domenico Zampieri (See also:Domenichino) of 161o, illustrating the See also:life of the See also:saint, which are among his most important See also:works. The See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot's See also:palace has a See also:fine See also:Renaissance See also:portico, and contains an interesting museum of See also:local antiquities. The library contains valuable See also:MSS., among them one from the See also:hand of S. Nilus (965); and a palaeographical school, for the copying of MSS. in the See also:ancient See also:style, is maintained. An omophorion of the Ltth or 12th century, with scenes from the See also:Gospel in See also:needlework, and a See also:chalice of the 15th century with enamels, given by Cardinal See also:Bessarion, the predecessor of Giuliano della Rovere as commendatory of the See also:abbey, are among its treasures. An important See also:exhibition of Italo-See also:Byzantine See also:art was held here in 1905-1906.
See A. Rocchi, La Badia di Grottaferrata (Rome, 1884) ; A. Munoz, L'Art byzantin a l'exposition de Grottaferrata (Rome, 1905); T. See also:Ashby in Papers of the See also:British School at Rome, iv. (1907). (T.
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