Talk:Roman Ghetto

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[edit] Preaching

According to the Let's Go guide, the Jews were forced to hear mass on Sundays at Sant'Angelo in Pescheria. Is it so or was it on Shabbats? --Error 02:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Why would it be on Saturdays, i.e. why would they tailor the situation to Jewish custom? I thought the idea was to convert them. I guess doing it on Saturday would have the "benefit" of preventing them from celebrating Shabbat. --Saforrest 01:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

No, it's wrong. The Jews were not forced to hear mass, but the so called "prediche coatte" (enforced sermons). This usage started with Pope Gregorio XIII (1572-1585). The sermons took place near S. Angelo and, later, near the church of San Gregorio della Divina Pietà (still existing, near Ponte Fabricio). Above the church was put a biblical inscription in Hebrew and Latin (Isaiah 65,2—3), which describes the Jewish people as stubborn and following a wrong way. It is told that the Jews during the Sermon closed their ears with wax. alex2006 05:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leo XIII, Pius IX and the Ghetto

I removed the sentence about the more liberal attitude of Leo XIII in comparison with Pius IX. This had absolutely nothing to do with the demolition of the Ghetto after 1870. As everyone knows, Italy during those years was ruled by a liberal, anticlerical political class, which was completely uninterested in the ideas of the Church about the destiny of the quarter and of the Jewish community.

alex2006 13:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)