Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transported by ship from Spain and by crane truck to the Vatican for a papal blessing, this is the new bell that will crown the parish where Pope Leo XIV is titular rector in Valencia, Spain..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The parish of St. Nicholas in Valencia has a unique tradition: its rector must always be the reigning pontiff\u2014currently, Pope Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This tradition dates back to the election of Alfonso de Borja, who became Pope Callixtus III and had previously been parish priest of St. Nicholas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FR. ANTONIO CORB\u00cd<\/strong> In 1420, he was appointed rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas, then bishop-cardinal, and later elected Pope Callixtus III. Callixtus III established that, from then on, the rector of the church would always be the Roman Pontiff and that the person in charge of the church would be the vice-rector.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The meeting between the papal rector and his deputy parish priest came about thanks to the new bell. The bell previously used in the parish had been in need of replacement\u2014and it seemed only fitting that the new bell should be blessed by the boss in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FR. ANTONIO CORB\u00cd<\/strong> The bell had to be renewed because it was broken. It was remade last year, and in the Valencian tradition bells also have a dedication. We dedicated it to Pope Leo XIV with the date of his election, May 8, and as rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas. Today we brought the bell to the Pope so he could bless it. We reminded him of that tradition, which he listened to with great pleasure and warmth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The church of St. Nicholas is called the \u201cSpanish Sistine Chapel,\u201d not only because it is beautiful, but also because it was restored by the same man who restored the real Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FR. ANTONIO CORB\u00cd<\/strong> It has a vault of 1,800 meters painted by Antonio Palomino and Dionisio Vidal, with extraordinary frescoes, which underwent an extraordinary restoration under the direction of Gianluigi Colalucci, who was the restorer of the Sistine Chapel. Today it is one of the most visited monuments in the city of Valencia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But the most difficult part remains: bringing the bell back to the parish carrying the new weight of the papal blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez Transported by ship from Spain and by crane truck to the Vatican for a papal blessing, this is the new bell that will crown the parish where Pope Leo XIV is titular rector in Valencia, Spain.. The parish of St. Nicholas in Valencia has a unique tradition: its rector must always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":90244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZEk6WxCj9tQ","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbenedizionecampanaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbenedizionecampanaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90248,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243\/revisions\/90248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Parish priest of Saint Nicholas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parish priest of Saint Nicholas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parish priest of Saint Nicholas<\/p>\n\n\n\n