The Diocesan Museum of Reggio Calabria is located on the ground floor of the late eighteenth-century wing of the Archbishop’s Palace, built over the ruins of a pre-existing building and erected next to the Cathedral at the end of the sixteenth century. The works, displayed in chronological order and within specific sections, are numerous, mostly silver pieces, many of which can be traced back to workshops in Messina and Naples, but also to local artists. It is worth mentioning the famous Radiant Monstrance by Francesco Jerace, created in 1928 on the occasion of the Regional Eucharistic Congress held in Reggio Calabria; the collection also includes a substantial group of liturgical textiles of various manufacture and periods; a room with paintings, including the Resurrection of Lazarus attributed to Francesco De Mura (third decade of the 18th century); eighteenth-century stone fragments from the altars of the ancient Cathedral of the Most Holy Mary of the Assumption, such as a pair of Angels from 1728 holding the Instruments of the Passion.
Information about Mons. Aurelio Sorrentino Diocesan Museum
Via Tommaso Campanella, 63
Reggio di Calabria (Reggio di Calabria)
0965385510 / 3387554386
museo.diocesano@reggiocalabria.chiesacattolica.it; lucialojacono@hotmail.com
https://www.cattedralereggiocalabria.it/arcidiocesi/museo-diocesano
Source: MIBACT
