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Campo Verano

Cemetery in Rome, Italy

Campo Verano
Summary

Cemetery in Rome, Italy

FieldValue
nameCampo Verano
Cimitero del Verano
imageRoma-verano01.jpg
captionColonnade with funeral monuments at the Campo Verano.
establishedearly 19th century
countryItaly
locationRome
typePublic
size83 ha
coordinates
website

Cimitero del Verano The Campo Verano () is a cemetery in Rome, Italy, founded in the early 19th century. The monumental cemetery covers a surface area of 83 hectares which is currently divided into several sections: the main Catholic cemetery, the Jewish cemetery established in 1895, a Protestant section with its own entrance and a military section with monument to the victims of World War I.

History and description

Entrance to the catacombs of St. Ciriaca through Verano cemetery with the inscription ''Coemeterium Cyriacae''

The Verano (officially the "Communal Monumental Cemetery of Campo Verano") is located in the quartiere Tiburtino of Rome, near the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le mura. The name Verano refers to the ancient Roman Campo dei Verani that was located here. As evidenced by the existence of an earlier Roman necropolis dedicated to St. Ciriaca, the cemetery ground has been a burial place for at least twenty centuries. A modern cemetery was not established until the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy during 1807–1812, when the architect Giuseppe Valadier was commissioned for designs after the required burials to take place outside of the city walls. Although the cemetery was consecrated in 1835, the works continued during the pontificates of Gregory XVI and Pius IX, under the direction of Virginio Vespignani who also built the cemetery church of Santa Maria della Misericordia (consecrated in 1860), along with the monumental entrance gate. The vast burial ground in an open-air museum setting is located on an undulating slope, dotted with majestic tombs in different styles, varying from Neoclassical architecture to Art Nouveau. Enamel funerary portraits of the deceased painted on lava by Filippo Severati are worth seeing. The papal authorities still have some control over the administration. Pope Francis celebrated All Saints Day Mass here on a papal visit to the cemetery on 1 November 2014.

Notable burials

Main article: Burials at Campo Verano

Memorial including [[Sarina Nathan]] (1845–1921), British Italian nationalist (and family)

Note that plots are not necessarily perpetual concessions, and if the grant is not renewed, graves are recycled and remains are moved to an ossuary or somewhere else.

19th century

  • Włodzimierz Czacki, (1834–1888), Cardinal, (1879–1882) Apostolic nuncio to France Remains moved to Santa Pudenziana
  • Marià Fortuny (1838–1874), Catalan painter Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 49
  • Stanisław Klicki (1775–1847), Polish military commander
  • Giovanni Simeoni (1816-1892), Italian Cardinal, (1878–1892) prefect for Propagation of the Faith Lot: Sacello di Propaganda Fide
  • Silvio Spaventa (1822–1893), patriot and politician Lot: Quadriportico lato destro, arcata XXIII

20th century

  • Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1907–1991), Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1965–1983) Remains moved to Church of the Gesù
  • Walter Audisio (1909-1973), politician, partisan, and executioner of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 142, cappella F, fila 3, loculo n. 7
  • Ennio Balbo (1922–1989), film actor Lot: Zona ampliamento, gruppo 1 monumentale, cappella 34, piano uno, fila 1, loculo n. 2
  • Gunhild Bergh (1888–1961), Swedish writer, journalist, literary historian
  • Alessandro Blasetti (1900–1987), film director Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 16, tomba n. 107
  • Mario Brega, (1923–1994), film actor Lot: Nuovo reparto, gruppo 15, riquadro 58, fronte cappella Cantusci Paradisi
  • Bruno Corbucci (1931–1996), film director and screenwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, tomba a terra n. 92
  • Sergio Corbucci (1926–1990), film director and screenwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, tomba a terra n. 92
  • Elio de Angelis (1958–1986), F1 racing driver Lot: Altopiano Pincetto, riquadro 38, tomba n. 10
  • Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984), stage and film actor Lot: Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24
  • Peppino De Filippo (1903–1980), stage and film actor Lot: Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24
  • Fr. , S.J. (1904–2000), French Jesuit and eminent Thomist philosopher
  • Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974), film actor, director and screenwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 143, tomba a terra n. 61
  • Gioacchino Ersoch (1815–1902), Italian architect active in Rome Lot: Altopiano Pincetto, riquadro 38, tomba n. 10
  • Aldo Fabrizi (1905–1990), film actor Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, cappella 8
  • Ronald Firbank (1886–1926), English novelist Lot: Tomba a terra, Ex Evangelici, riquadro 38
  • Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949) ‒ Spanish fashion designer, lighting engineer, and painter Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 49
  • Rino Gaetano (1950–1981), singer and songwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 119, cappella 5, piano terra, fila 2, loculo n. 10
  • Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901), Polish painter
  • Nilde Iotti (1920–1999), politician and partisan, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1979–1992) Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto, riquadro 8 distinti (ingresso Portonaccio
  • Luciano Lama (1921–1996), politician and trade unionist Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto, riquadro 8 distinti
  • Franco Latini (1927–1991), actor and voice actor Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 60, piano terra superiore, passaggio C, gruppo 1, fila 1, loculo n. 1
  • Ugo La Malfa (1903–1979), politician and partisan Lot: Arciconfraternita dei Trapassati, lotto 2, tomba 46
  • Tullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941), Italian mathematician, Lot: zona "il Monte" (Altoripiano Vecchio Reparto), riquadro 23, tomba 40/97
  • Nanni Loy, (1925–1995), film director and screenwriter Lot: Ex Civili, riquadro 18, tomba 7
  • Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927), Prime minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911. Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 16
  • Marcello Mastroianni, OMRI (1924–1996), film actor Lot: Zona ampliamento, gruppo 1º monumentale, tomba a terra n. 71
  • Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (1889–1930), Scottish translator of the Marcel Proust novel Remembrance of Things Past
  • Alberto Moravia (1907–1990), novelist and journalist Lot: Altopiano vecchio, reparto Monte, riquadro 23, tomba n. 5
  • Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), last surviving castrato at the time of his death Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 31 bis
  • Claudia Muzio (1889–1936), soprano Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 34
  • Ernesto Nathan (1845–1921), politician, Mayor of Rome (1907–1913) Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 47
  • Pietro Nenni (1891–1980), politician and partisan Lot: Pincetto vecchio, nuova scogliera, rango 2, fila 1, loculo n. 13
  • Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953), politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1919–20) Lot: Monte Portonaccio, 20 gradone, numero 2, 97ª fila
  • Francis J. Parater (1897–1920), American seminarian
  • Giuseppe Paratore (1876–1967), politician, President of the Italian Senate (1952–1953)
  • Clara Petacci (1912–1945), mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini Lot: Ex Evangelici, riquadro 89
  • Liberius Pieterse (1905–1973), Dutch Capuchin Franciscan friar
  • Antonio Pietrangeli, (1919–1968), film director and screenwriter Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 88, tomba a terra n. 29
  • Camilla Ravera (1889–1988), politician and partisan Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto, riquadro 8 distinti
  • Adelaide Ristori (1822–1906), stage actress Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 11
  • George Santayana (1863–1952), American/Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist Lot: Pantheon de la Obra Pía española
  • Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988), politician, President of Italy (1964–1971) Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 147, cappella n. 8
  • Henricus Smeulders, O.Cist. Apostolic Delegate to Canada
  • Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908), politician, Mayor of Palermo (1863–1866) and Prime Minister of Italy (1891–1892, 1896–1898) Lot: Altopiano Pincetto, v.le delle cappelle, riquadro 58
  • Fidelis von Stotzingen O.S.B. (1871–1947), German Abbot Primate, (1913–1947)
  • Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964), politician and partisan Lot: Nuovo reparto, Famedio del PCI, riquadro 8 distinti
  • Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997), Russian-born American historian and genealogist of Armenian-Georgian descent Lot: cappella dei Cavalieri di Malta
  • Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970), modernist poet, journalist, essayist Lot: Arciconfraternita, scalinata fronte riquadro 145, lotto 3, gradone 3, loculo n. 59
  • Luigi Zampa, (1905–1991), film director and screenwriter Lot: Rampa Caracciolo, fila IV, n. 50
  • Riccardo Zanella (1875–1959), Fiuman politician, President of the Free State of Fiume (1921–1924) Lot: Gruppo I monumentale, cappella R, fila 5, loculo n. 4
  • Israel Zolli (1881–1956), Jewish convert to Catholicism, professor, author Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 45, primo piano, galleria XIII

21st century

  • Ferruccio Amendola, (1930–2001), film actor and voice actor Lot: Bassopiano Pincetto, scaglione Tiburtino fila XI loculo A sotto gallerie 10/11
  • Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1972–1973, 1976–1979, 1989–1992) Lot: Arciconfraternita 2, riquadro 149, tomba n. 35
  • Clio Maria Bittoni (1934-2024), Companion of the President of Italy (2006-2015)
  • Armando Cossutta (1926–2015), politician and partisan Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto
  • Ivan Dias (1936–2017), Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay Lot: Sacello di Propaganda Fide
  • Ciccio Ingrassia, (1922–2003), film actor Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 18, muro esterno fronte riquadro 19, fila 2, loculo n. 59
  • Laura Latini (1969–2012), voice actress Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 60, piano terra superiore, passaggio C, gruppo 1, fila 1, loculo n. 1
  • Oreste Lionello, (1927–2009), film actor and voice actor Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 85, cappella 3, piano terra, fila 1, loculo 19
  • Carlo Lizzani, (1922–2013), film director and screenwriter Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 33, fila 97, tomba a terra n. 337
  • Luigi Magni, (1928–2013), film director and screenwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 132, tomba a terra n. 122
  • Siniša Mihajlović (1969–2022), Serbian footballer and manager Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 119, galleria 2, fila 2, loculo n. 6
  • Gillo Pontecorvo, (1919–2006), film director and screenwriter Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 132, tomba n. 124
  • Alfredo Reichlin (1925–2017), politician and partisan Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto
  • Alberto Sordi, OMRI (1920–2003), film actor and director Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 145, cappella 2
  • Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli, 1929–2016), film actor, Olympic swimmer and water polo player*.
  • Bruno Trentin (1926–2007), politician and trade unionist Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto
  • Alida Valli (1921–2006), film actress Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 85, cappella 3, piano terra, fila 1, loculo n. 20

References

References

  1. "Jewish section of Verano cemetery".
  2. "Map of the cemetery".
  3. "Catacomb of St. Lorenzo (or Ciriaca)".
  4. [[Touring Club Italiano]], Collana ''Guida d'Italia'', ''Roma'', Ottava edizione, 1993, p. 740. {{ISBN. 88-365-0508-2.
  5. "History of Verano Monumental Cemetery (in Italian)".
  6. Extracted from Italian Wikipedia entry
  7. "Celebrazione della Santa Messa al Cimitero del Verano".
  8. "Cemetery regulations in Rome".
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