Curiosities - News Archive

1 April 2018

The Jesuits in Velletri: Easter, the riot and the robber Cencio Vendetta

The Easter day of 1858 marked the end of the Jesuit stay in Velletri. For the disappearance of the painting of the Madonna delle Grazie and the revolt against the… Read more

Detail of Ettore Majorana in a class photo at Jesuit college Massimo Institute in Rome - document preserved in the Historical Archives of the Jesuit Euro-Mediterranean Province in Rome

Curiosities

15 March 2018

Ettore Majorana, alumnus of Massimo Institute

From the 1915 – 1916 school year, the little Ettore Majorana, almost ten years old, began attending fourth grade at the College. On 26 March a documentary on the great… Read more

Detail of a page from the personal diary of Jesuit Fr. Lorenzo Rocci, author of the well-know Italian Dictionary of Ancient Greek - document preserved in the Historical Archives of the Jesuit Euro-Mediterranean Province in Rome

Curiosities

1 March 2018

Lorenzo Rocci, author of the Greek dictionary

How many generations of Italian classical high school students have been confronted with the Rocci Dictionary of the Greek Language? A blessing and a curse for students, but also an… Read more