Music

A life lived in dignity and absolute austerity.

A central figure of musical Romanticism.

"The aim of the poet is wonder: whoever cannot astonish, let him take up the currycomb!"

Bucchi’s life and work resist easy classification.

Virgili responded to the post–Vatican II liturgical reforms with clarity and pastoral balance.

Transforming music into a sacred play.

"Not suitable for liturgical functions."

A gesture of gratitude “for the great humanitarian efforts made by His Holiness to save a large number of Jews during the Second World War."

Pius XI spearheaded the creation of a Missionary Museum in the Lateran Palace.