The initiative, organized with the patronage of local and regional institutions and with the participation of the Delegations of Rome and Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Molise, Puglia, and Sicily, represented an important moment of historical remembrance, reflection and spiritual recollection.

The program began on Saturday, February 14th, with the official welcome from the Mayor of Gaeta, Dott. Cristian Leccese, to the Delegates of the Delegations of the former Kingdom and to the public at the Diocesan Museum. There, the participants had the opportunity to admire the Banner of the Battle of Lepanto and the historical artifacts of the Duchy of Gaeta, guided by the Museum’s Director, Don Gennaro Petruccelli.

The first day concluded with a conference held in the Conference Hall of Palazzo De Vio, opened with institutional greetings and followed by a lectio magistralis delivered by Prof. Roberto de Mattei on the topic “Francis II and the End of a Kingdom.”

On Sunday, February 15th, the most solemn moment of the celebrations took place with the Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity at the Montagna Spaccata, presided over by H.E. the Most Rev. Mons. Luigi Vari, Archbishop of Gaeta and Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace. The Mass was offered in suffrage for the fallen of the Siege of Gaeta (1860–61) and for the last Sovereigns of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Francis II of the Two Sicilies and Maria Sofia.

Afterwards, the Rector of the Sanctuary, Father Daniele Belussi, accompanied the participants to the summit of the cliff of the Montagna Spaccata, at the site where the Transylvania Battery once stood and exploded on February 13th, 1861. The commemorative ceremony included institutional addresses, the casting of a wreath into the sea in honor of the Fallen, the raising of the flag with historical reenactors in period uniforms, and salutes fired with blank ammunition, performed by the “1st King’s Regiment.”

The celebrations were attended by numerous civil, military, and religious authorities, as well as representatives of the Order from various Italian regions, together with members of the local institutions and the associative community. Among the official addresses were those delivered by the Mayor of Gaeta and Egidio D’Addio, President of the Lazio Section of the National Association of Former Nunziatella Students.

The initiative reinforced the historical, cultural, and identity-related significance of the memory of the Siege of Gaeta, a symbol of the end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The substantial participation of the local community highlighted the deep connection of the territory with its history and its commitment to the preservation of collective memory.

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On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the Symposium “The Holy Orders in the Life of the Church” was held at Palazzo de Nardis in L’Aquila. The event featured the presentation of the “Miscellanea ex Operibus of His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke on the 25th Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination (January 6, 2020)”. Among the ecclesiastical personalities present: Their Eminences Cardinals Raymond Leo Burke and Giuseppe Petrocchi, His Excellency Most Reverend Monsignor Antonio D’Angelo, Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila, and His Excellency Most Reverend Monsignor Orlando Antonini, Apostolic Nuncio

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On the 25^th of January, at Palazzo Ruspoli, on the initiative of the Delegation of Abruzzo and the Vexillum Foundation, the Symposium “The Emblem of the Vexillum Foundation in the footstep of Constantine the Great” was held, with the presentation of the volume “Miscellanea in memoria di Sforza Marescotto Ruspoli nel II anniversario della scomparsa”.

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Friday, December 8th 2023, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., Augusta Patroness of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the H. Mass of the Delegation of Abruzzo was celebrated at the Church of St. Anthony of Padua of Knights of Nardis in L’ Aquila.
The Delegate Francesco Saverio dei Baroni de Nardis, Patrizio di Aquila, and Vice Prior Bruno Lima were present. At the end of the celebration, the Knights and the Dames gathered took part in a reception for the exchange of Christmas greetings.

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The aforementioned Delegates may be contacted respectively at the institutional email addresses delegato.molise@ordine-costantiniano.it e delegato.molise@ordine-costantiniano.it

H.R.H. the Duke of Castro would also like to thank Prof. Lawyer Franco Ciufo for his precious commitment in the last six years as Delegate.

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