Messina, Sicily
In the year 1446 Cardinal, Callisto III and King Alfonso of Aragon came to an agreement to start an academy for Greek studies for the clergy and the scholars of Calabria and Sicily. They established this in the Greek Gymnasium of Messina at the San Salvatore Monastery.
The first master of Greek culture and language to be summoned for this task was Andronico ( Andronio) Gallinoto of Monaco who emigrated to Constantinople (Istanbul). After that the celebrate Constantino Lascaris who escaped from Constantinople after the metropolis fell in the hands of the Turks, taught from 1462 until 1493.
The problem was that these lessons did not benefit those who it was intended for, such as the Basilica Monks and the Greeks of the region, but to the humanistic scholars of Italy who had heard of these masters came down to Messina to listen and learn.
The walls of the Monastery of Saint Salvatore had to be reconstructed and today on this site stands the National Museum of Messina.Andronico (Andronio) Gallinoto Born About 1415 and died about 1485.
In the year 1446 Cardinal, Callisto III and King Alfonso of Aragon came to an agreement to start an academy for Greek studies for the clergy and the scholars of Calabria and Sicily. They established this in the Greek Gymnasium of Messina at the San Salvatore Monastery.
The first master of Greek culture and language to be summoned for this task was Andronico ( Andronio) Gallinoto of Monaco who emigrated to Constantinople (Istanbul). After that the celebrate Constantino Lascaris who escaped from Constantinople after the metropolis fell in the hands of the Turks, taught from 1462 until 1493.
The problem was that these lessons did not benefit those who it was intended for, such as the Basilica Monks and the Greeks of the region, but to the humanistic scholars of Italy who had heard of these masters came down to Messina to listen and learn.
The walls of the Monastery of Saint Salvatore had to be reconstructed and today on this site stands the National Museum of Messina.Andronico (Andronio) Gallinoto Born About 1415 and died about 1485.
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Messina
– The Gate of Sicily, lies at bottom of mountain jails of Pelioritanii. Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, it was destroyed by Carthaginians in 397 BC. The Romans took the rebuilt city in 264 BC, precipitating the First Punic War. After the war it became a free city allied with Rome. It was taken successively by the Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards, and finally (in 1860) Italians. Messina was decimated by the plague in 1743 and suffered severe earthquakes in 1783 and 1908. Heavily bombed during World War II, it was rebuilt.
Messina nowadays is the third largest city on the island of Sicily and the capital of the province of Messina. It's population of 250,000 inhabitants in the city and almost 500,000 in the metropolitan area is still mirroring the intercultural history of this area. The University of Messina was founded in 1548 and has about 40.000 students.
2 comments:
Dear Uncle Tony and Aunt Rose, Thank you very much for doing the research on Andronico Gallinoto. I have wondered about him very much over the years tried to find info but had spelled his first name incorrectly. This is facinating. So has anyone been able to link him to us besides the unusual name Gallinoto?
thanks and love, grace
Quick Question... is Andronio from the country of MONACO or is there a city of Monaco in Italy?
hugs, grace
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