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Oratory of Divine Love

Type Object Region Italy Time c. 1497–1527

A Catholic spiritual reform movement founded in Genoa in the late 15th century and formed in Rome's Trastevere around 1514–1517, composed of clerics …

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  1. c. 1497–1530Rome · LazioThe movement originated in Genoa (Ettore Vernazza and others, late 15th century). The Roman Oratory met around 1514–1517 near the church of Saints Silvester and Dorotea in Trastevere, its rule approved by Leo X, engaged in almsgiving, visiting the sick, and internal reform — not at the church of St. Thomas.
  2. 1517–1527Rome · LazioMembers of the Roman Oratory included reformist clerics such as Gaetano, Carafa, and Contarini. The Roman Oratory dissolved after the Sack of Rome in 1527; similar groups in Genoa and other Italian cities continued to operate, but its spirit mainly passed into the new religious order.
  3. 1524Rome · LazioIn 1524, core members Gaetano da Thiene and Carafa (later Pope Paul IV) founded the Theatines; the history of the original Roman 'Oratory of Divine Love' as an informal group ended with the Sack of Rome in 1527.

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