![]() ![]() In 1968, at the Polytechnic Institute of Milan, a center for the Study of Armenian Medieval Architecture was established.Ī monastic complex was founded in the city of Pisa (1320), which according to the obituary has belonged to the Armenians for centuries. During 1925 to 1932 an orphanage-college for the children, survivors of the Armenian Genocide, was established in Milano by the Mekhitarist Congregation. An Armenian printing house was established next to the Ambrosian Library in Milan, where the first book of the Armenian-Latin dictionary was printed in 1621. From 1342 to 1650 the Barseghyan Congregation functioned. Jacob’s Church in Rome built in the 10th century. Other churches mentioned are the Church of the Holy Spirit in Naples, built in 1328. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan. Currently the relics are kept in the vestibule of the St. The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, transferred some of the relics to the Mother See during his visit to the Vatican (). His relics are kept in the in theĬatholic Church “San Gregorio Armeno”. Gregory the Illuminator has been operating in Naples since theġ0th century. Gregory the Illuminator, San Gregorio Armeno Catholic Church, in Naples Hospitals and guest houses operated near the Armenian churches, where Armenian merchants were cared for. The Armenian communities of Italy each had their own pastors, priests, and monks who were led by archbishops or bishops as dioceses or community states. There are references to the title “Armenian Bishop” since the 14th century. In the 13th and 14th centuries, more than 40 churches and monasteries under the Armenian Apostolic Church were mentioned in the northern, central and southern regions of Italy, particularly in Venice, Trieste, Ravenna, Genoa, Rome, and Naples. Leonardo da Vinci made drawings of Armenians living in Italy.Īrmenian churches have been built in Italy since the 12th century. In the 13th century the number of Armenians in Italy increased because of the new wave of emigrants after the invasion of Tatars and Mongols. Under Cilician Armenian king Levon II (1187–1219) (also known as King Leo II of Armenia), treaties were signed between the two parties, according to which Italian merchants had the right to open factories and to develop industrial activities in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and Armenian merchants could do the same in Italian towns. ![]() They were the descendants of Paulicians chased from Armenia by the Emperor Constantine.Īrmenian communities, were formed in Italy in the 12th-13th centuries when active trade was flourishing between Cilician Armenia and Italian big city-republics as Genoa, Venice and Pisa. Later, in the 9th-10th centuries, a numbers of Armenians moved to Italy from Thrace and Macedonia. Justinian’s Armenian general Narses, after successfully annexing most of Italy to the Byzantine Empire, was appointed governor of Italy in 555. ![]() Armenians in Italy have had a presence since ancient Roman. ![]()
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