Antonio De Rosso
Antonio De Rosso (
He was associated with various independent noncanonical Christian jurisdictions. The main goal of his religious activity was to create a national church in Italy.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1941 in
In 1991 he founded the
In January 2009, he moved his seat to L'Aquila, and took the title Archbishop of L'Aquila, but fell ill and died on 20 February 2009.[2][3][4][5][6]
After his death, his Orthodox Church in Italy was divided between two fractions. A fraction was headed by his associate, Archbishop Basilio Grillo-Miceli, who created the Orthodox Church of Italy (Italian: Chiesa Ortodossa d'Italia). The original branch, instead, was organized as an association in memory of its deceased primate (Italian: Associazione "Metropolita Antonio"), and later joined the Nordic Catholic Church, retaining the name of the Orthodox Church in Italy.[2][3][4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gordon-Melton 2010, p. 546-547.
- ^ a b c d "Il Pontino (2009): Addio, Monsignore: Il 20 febbraio è morto l'arcivescovo ortodosso Antonio De Rosso". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ a b c d Parlato 2010, p. 496.
- ^ a b c d Giordan & Guglielmi 2018, p. 61.
- ^ a b c d "Chiesa Ortodossa d' Italia: Organizzazione". Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ a b c d Brevi cenni storici sulla Chiesa Vecchio-Cattolica in Italia
Sources
- Giordan, Giuseppe; Guglielmi, Marco (2018). "Be Fruitful and Multiply … Fast! The Spread of Orthodox Churches in Italy". Congregations in Europe. Cham: Springer. pp. 53–69. ISBN 9783319772615.
- ISBN 9781598842043.
- Parlato, Vittorio (2010). "Le chiese ortodosse in Italia, oggi". Studi Urbinati, A - Scienze giuridiche, politiche ed economiche. 61 (3): 483–501.