The Terra Sancta Museum is a network of museums managed by the Custody of the Holy Land and located in the Old City of Jerusalem . It originated from the first "Museum of the Franciscan Fathers" opened in 1902 to exhibit the results of archaeological excavations conducted in the Holy Land by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum . Today it includes the Terra Sancta Museum - Archaeology situated at the Church of the Flagellation and the Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History located at the Monastery of Saint Saviour .
6-570: As the successor to the original museum established in Jerusalem in 1902 by Custos Frediano Giannini , this museum displays the history of the Holy Land and the origins of Christianity through the exhibition of finds from excavations conducted by Franciscan archaeologists of the SBF , as well as objects donated to the museum. The museum's collections are displayed in three wings : This museum
12-567: Is currently under construction at the Monastery of Saint Saviour located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The launch of this project was officially announced on March 10, 2013, by Pierbattista Pizzaballa , the Custos of the Holy Land at that time. The museum's construction work began in 2018, with an opening to the public anticipated in 2027. The Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History will display
18-657: The First World War, Giannini, along with his colleague Angelo Dolci , Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, disputed Ottoman attempts to confiscate Church properties as if they were French-owned and contended that the Holy See was the owner of the properties in the care of the Custody of the Holy Land. On 12 February 1936, Pope Pius XI named him Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church . On 30 May he
24-550: The Franciscan guardianship of shrines in the Holy Land, the priory known as the Custody of the Holy Land . On 20 January 1905, Pope Pius XI appointed him titular archbishop of Serrae , Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo , and Apostolic Delegate to Syria . He received his episcopal consecration on 5 March 1905 from Archbishop Aurelio Briante , Apostolic Delegate to Egypt . With the changing political jurisdictions occurring during
30-936: The artistic and cultural heritage preserved by the Custody of the Holy Land from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. These collections have been showcased to audiences worldwide during several exhibitions while awaiting the museum's opening, notably in France at the Palace of Versailles in 2013, and in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in 2023. The museum's collections will be displayed in three sections : 31°46′50″N 35°14′02″E / 31.78054°N 35.23398°E / 31.78054; 35.23398 Frediano Giannini Frediano Giannini OFM (16 June 1861 – 25 October 1939)
36-709: Was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Syria from 1936 to 1947. Frediano Giannini was born on 16 June 1861 in Bozzano, a town in Massarosa , Italy. He joined the Franciscans on 8 August 1876, took his final vows on 22 November 1881, and was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor on 21 December 1883. From March 1900 to February 1995, he headed
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