Museo Mons. Giuseppe Perniciaro
Museum of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, named after its first eparch, with Byzantine sacred art and the eparchial library and archive.
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About the museum
The museum is named after Monsignor Giuseppe Perniciaro (1907–1981), born in Mezzojuso and the first eparch of Piana degli Albanesi, who promoted the Byzantine liturgical traditions and the cultural identity of the Albanian communities of Sicily. A plaque at the entrance names him together with the eparchial library and archive.
According to the sources consulted, the museum corresponds to the Museo eparchiale, housed in the complex of the Italo-Albanian Seminary, which began as an exhibition of Byzantine sacred art on the occasion of the Settimana pro Oriente Cristiano in 1957. The collection offers a key to understanding the religious and cultural identity of the Italo-Albanian community. Among the objects preserved are the vestments and the crozier that Saint Nicholas wears in a 19th-century painting.
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Highlights
- Byzantine sacred art of the Italo-Albanian community
- Vestments and crozier of Saint Nicholas
- Eparchial library and archive
- Named after the first eparch of Piana degli Albanesi
- Operated by
- Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi
- Visitors per year
- approx. 10
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