tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post8136087149041724210..comments2023-11-14T23:15:05.189-08:00Comments on ORBIS CATHOLICVS: WWII: when the Vatican was bombed...John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-34398758819338738212008-06-06T00:30:00.000-07:002008-06-06T00:30:00.000-07:00"Jane Scrivner" notes many of the bombings of Rome..."Jane Scrivner" notes many of the bombings of Rome in her diary, e.g.<BR/> March 8, 1944...this morning a time bomb went off in a lorry..near the church of SS.John and Paul...Tuesday 14 March ...we had the most terrible air raid...waves of heavy bombers... the Tiburtina, Prenestino and San Lorenzo station..Wednesday March 15...yesterday's bombing the Blue Nun's hospital next to S.Stepano Rotondo...Friday March 17th.During an air alarm this morning, at about 7.3o, a shell from an anti-aircraft gun fell in the Vatican City close to the offices of the Osservatore Romano, causing a good deal of damage and wounding two workmen seriously. Was that shell aimed consciously at the Vatican City? It is not improbable...."<BR/><BR/>From "The Day of Batttle" vol 2 Rick Atkinson... A single thousand pound bomb struck the Basilica of San Lorenzo, first built in the 4th century and considered among Rome's finest churches...(IMHO His books are excellent.)<BR/><BR/>There's lots of very interesting info out there!<BR/><BR/>Oh, I forgot to mention that Jane Scrivner was an American nun - born Jessica Lynch, her religious name was Mother Mary Saint Luke. She worked for the Vatican Information Bureau and lived in a convent just off Via Veneto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-41943633027411691842008-06-05T21:37:00.000-07:002008-06-05T21:37:00.000-07:00"Thursday, March 2nd (1944)Last night, at about 8 ..."Thursday, March 2nd (1944)<BR/>Last night, at about 8 o'clock, six bombs were dropped near Porta Cavaleggeri, close to the Vatican City by an aircraft flying low. The extraterritorial Colleges of Propaganda Fide and of the Augustian Fathers were hit, while two other bombs exploded near the Palace of the Holy Office. Considerable damage was done by splinters, even inside the Vatican City, where the Cortille San Damaso, Piazza Santa Martha and the railway station suffered."<BR/><BR/>From "Inside Rome with the Germans" by Jane Scrivener, published 1945.<BR/>J. Scrivener is the non de plume of an American living in Rome during the war. A must read!<BR/><BR/>The bombing is also mentioned in The Battle for Rome by Robert KatzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-58636688243221213492008-06-04T09:40:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:40:00.000-07:00...and in English the Italian verb "regalare" tran......and in English the Italian verb "regalare" translates very easily as <BR/><BR/>"to give"<BR/><BR/>not "to gift". <BR/><BR/>Verbing weirds the language. And if you don't think language important to the revolutionaries, ask them why they don't like to put the definite article in front of "Church". <BR/><BR/>"We are gifted with church..."<BR/><BR/>Ugh.Sperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774599212747909408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-46646565389695073182008-06-04T09:16:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:16:00.000-07:00much of what is recorded here is from events/conve...much of what is recorded here is from events/conversations exchanged in italian. in italian, there is the word regalare (cf. the latin) which means to give (as a present) and so this is the manner in which this word is translated into our (vulgar) tongue.John Paul Sonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-82786202398232632942008-06-01T12:55:00.000-07:002008-06-01T12:55:00.000-07:00Yes, this event scarcely gets a mention in the hi...Yes, this event scarcely gets a mention in the history books. Many thanks for the photos. I've never seen the damage. Fascinating !PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734936083886678494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-10078088836348721762008-06-01T08:11:00.000-07:002008-06-01T08:11:00.000-07:00"...through a free VIP tour we were given through ..."...through a free VIP tour we were given through our..."<BR/><BR/>"...who as a courtesy gave the Cistercian Abbot..."<BR/><BR/>There is no such word in the English language as the passive verb "gifted". <BR/><BR/>There is an adjective, as in "He is a gifted child". But otherwise, only new age paranuns use "gift" as a verb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com