18 September 2016

Elephants never forget

Is it really true that Archbishop Bugnini's baptismal name was Hannibal? Is it really permitted to baptise with a name that perpetuates the memory of the old Semitic fertility god Ba'al? Wouldn't such a name imply that its holder was destined to be a promoter of idolatry? Or that he was philoprogenitive?


Is the name Annibale common among Italian Freemasons?

5 comments:

  1. I wonder if like the Carthaginian, his father made him swear an oath to never be a friend of Rome, or at least its Rite.

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  2. I think you need to look at St. Annibale Maria di Francia, founder of a chain of orphanages and several religious orders. June 1 is his day.

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  3. Annibale, an Italian given name equivalent to Hannibal, may refer to:

    Annibale Albani (1682–1751), Italian cardinal
    Annibale I Bentivoglio, (died 1445), ruler of Bologna from 1443
    Annibale II Bentivoglio (died 1540), lord of Bologna in 1511–1512
    Annibale Bergonzoli (1884–1973), Italian lieutenant general
    Annibale Bugnini (c.1912–1982), Roman Catholic prelate
    Annibale Caccavello (1515–1595), Italian sculptor
    Annibale Caro (1507–1566), Italian poet
    Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian painter
    Annibale Ciarniello (1900–2007), one of the last surviving Italian veterans of the First World War
    Annibale de Gasparis (1819–1892), Italian astronomer
    Annibale della Genga (1760–1829), Pope Leo XII from 1823 to 1829
    Annibale di Ceccano (c.1282–1350), Italian cardinal
    Annibale Fontana (1540–1587), Italian sculptor, medalist and crystal-worker
    Annibale Frossi (1911–1999), footballer
    Annibale Maggi (or Annibale Bassano), fifteenth-century Italian architect
    Annibale Maria di Francia (1851–1927), founder of the Congregation of the Rogationists and of the Daughters of Divine Zeal
    Annibale Padovano (1527–1575), Italian composer and organist
    Annibale Riccò (1844–1919), Italian astronomer
    Annibale Santorre di Rossi de Pomarolo, Count of Santarosa (1783–1825), Italian insurgent and leader in the revival (Risorgimento) of Italy
    Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Italian composer of the Renaissance
    Annibale Zoilo (c.1537–1592), Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance Roman School

    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale)

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  4. And let us not forget our favourite shop in the Via Santa Chiara - Annibale Gammarelli.

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  5. I have taken to calling liturgical destruction Hannibalization.

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