Convent archive

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Conventual documentary heritage

The current convent archive represents and is the result of the commitment of the community of the Servants of Mary of Monte Berico to restore continuity to the thread of memory interrupted by the devolution of the ancient collection in the early 19th century, which is now housed at the State Archive of Vicenza.

Some original documents from the first four centuries of religious presence at Monte Berico are still preserved in the convent. Among these, two papal bulls from Pope Eugene IV dated 1435 and 1443, and the public instrument of 1435, with an attached part of the seal, are noteworthy. This document granted the church and convent to the Servants of Mary by the Municipality of Vicenza.

Vicentine conventual memory

Particular interest is raised by the Vicentini collection, inventoried analytically, which includes a compilation of original ancient documents related to the Servants of Mary convents in Venice and the Veneto region, along with transcriptions.

Since 1835, the year of the community’s reconstitution after the Napoleonic suppression, the preserved documentation has been complete and amounts to approximately 700 archival units. The archive also houses documents of deceased friars from the convent who passed away before the reconstitution of the Venetian Province (1922).

50th anniversary of the solemn coronation of the venerated statue of the Madonna of Monte Berico, print, 1950.
It is the hour of Pia (Ave Maria of Lourdes) / O great Queen of Heaven / Praise Mary, O faithful tongues, handwritten sheet with verses of popular Marian songs, 20th century.
News of the election of Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto as Pope Pius X and image of the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, headline from ‘Il Berico,’ 1903.
Steps leading to Monte Berico, featuring depictions of the church and convent, drawing by Bartolomeo Munari, expert, 1673.
Basilica of Santa Maria di Monte Berico illuminated for a festival, photographic postcard, 20th century.
New bells of Monte Berico, poetic composition by Giovanni Bettin Roselli to Father Antonio Proto, 1821.
Porticos and church of Monte Berico, postcard, first half of the 20th century.
Claudio Rigon, Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, photograph, circa 1968.
Photo by Ferrini, Friars of Monte Berico in front of the Sanctuary illuminated for a festival, photograph, mid-20th century.
Photo by Vajenti, Day of the Sick at Monte Berico, photograph, 20th century.
Square of Victory with Sanctuary, Porticos, and view of the Mission Institute, postcard, circa 1930.
Vicenza gold medal for military valor for the battle of 1848, with a view of the ‘Madonna del Monte,’ postcard, 20th century.
Visit of a group to Monte Berico, photograph, first half of the 20th century
Visit to Monte Berico, with a view of the Austrian monument to the fallen of 1848 and the old convent before the construction of the modern part, photograph, first half of the 20th century.
Greetings at High Speed, postcard, early 20th century.
Closing of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of the founding of the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, photographic postcard, 1928.
Friars of the Convent of Santa Maria di Monte Berico, photograph, 1902 (in the center, Father Alfonso Novella, prior
50th anniversary of the solemn coronation of the venerated statue of the Madonna of Monte Berico, print, 1950.
It is the hour of Pia (Ave Maria of Lourdes) / O great Queen of Heaven / Praise Mary, O faithful tongues, handwritten sheet with verses of popular Marian songs, 20th century.
News of the election of Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto as Pope Pius X and image of the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, headline from ‘Il Berico,’ 1903.
Steps leading to Monte Berico, featuring depictions of the church and convent, drawing by Bartolomeo Munari, expert, 1673.
Basilica of Santa Maria di Monte Berico illuminated for a festival, photographic postcard, 20th century.
New bells of Monte Berico, poetic composition by Giovanni Bettin Roselli to Father Antonio Proto, 1821.
Porticos and church of Monte Berico, postcard, first half of the 20th century.
Claudio Rigon, Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, photograph, circa 1968.
Photo by Ferrini, Friars of Monte Berico in front of the Sanctuary illuminated for a festival, photograph, mid-20th century.
Photo by Vajenti, Day of the Sick at Monte Berico, photograph, 20th century.
Square of Victory with Sanctuary, Porticos, and view of the Mission Institute, postcard, circa 1930.
Vicenza gold medal for military valor for the battle of 1848, with a view of the ‘Madonna del Monte,’ postcard, 20th century.
Visit of a group to Monte Berico, photograph, first half of the 20th century
Visit to Monte Berico, with a view of the Austrian monument to the fallen of 1848 and the old convent before the construction of the modern part, photograph, first half of the 20th century.
Greetings at High Speed, postcard, early 20th century.
Closing of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of the founding of the Sanctuary of Monte Berico, photographic postcard, 1928.
Friars of the Convent of Santa Maria di Monte Berico, photograph, 1902 (in the center, Father Alfonso Novella, prior

Convent archive

Opening hours (every thursday, by appointment): 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM / 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Info and reservations:
+390444559450
archiviomonteberico@libero.it
The archive welcomes scholars who request access for research related to the history of the sanctuary and the convent. It also collaborates on documentary exhibitions promoted by the Servants of Mary community.
The archive participates in the CEI-Ar Project of the Italian Episcopal Conference and is progressively transferring descriptive inventories to the BeWeb portal:
https://beweb.chiesacattolica.it
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