Abruzzo News: 22 August 2001

22 August/agosto 2001
MESSAGGERO - Land of Popes / Terra dei papi, by Andrea Lombardinillo
Abruzzo was the land of three Popes, described in a new Treaccani encyclopaedia: Celestino V, born Pietro Angeleri in the province of Isernia, one of the most interesting Popes in history, buried in Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila; Bonifacio IV from Marsica, elected in 608 AD, buried in St Peter's, Rome; Innocenzo VII, 1404 to 1406, born in Sulmona, also buried in St Peter's.

22 August/agosto 2001
IL CENTRO - - Pescina - 23 years after Silone's death / Ignazio Silone a 23 anni dalla morte
A congress today at 16.30 in the monastery of San Francesco, with professors Vittoriano Esposito and Umberto Russo, presentation of an essay by Mira Cancelli and a commemorative performance near Silone's tomb.