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The
Institution
of the National Committee
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To celebrate the occasion,
the Minister for Arts and Culture, – General Management for
book goods and Cultural Institutes – on behalf of the proposal
of the University of Tor Vergata, the National Association of the
benefits of the South of Italy and the commune of Grottaferrata
– has established with ministerial decree on February 19th,
2002, the National Committee for the Millennium celebration of the
foundation of St. Nilo Abbey in Grottaferrata.
The Committee has promoted a series of cultural initiatives, the
most important of which is the cataloguing of the Greek manuscripts
produced in the South of Italy (Calabria, Sicilia, Basilicata, Puglia,
Campania, Lazio).
Other significant initiatives are the publication of monographs,
catalogues, critical essays and the mounting of an exhibition relevant
to the Abbey, to St. Nilo and to the Italian Byzantine culture.
The program seeks to illustrate moments, aspects and problems in
the history of Greek phone populations through literary, historical-artistic
and archival testimonies: and this is not only to the restricted
circle of the scientific community.
| President
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Roberto Pretagostini
Professor of the University of Rome - Tor Vergata |
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Emeritus President
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Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli
Accademico dei Lincei |
| Vice-presidents |
Claudio Palomba
Commissario Prefettizzio of Grottaferrata |
Emiliano Fabbricatore
Archimandrite exarch of Grottaferrata |
Secretary Treasurer
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Gianfranco Proietti |
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