Daily Rome Shot 1030: Video – Solemn Mass in Rome

Today the World’s Best Sacristan™ sent some video glimpses of the Solemn Mass for the patronal feast of the parish, Sunday of the Most Holy Trinity. I put them together in a brief video.

The resolution isn’t that high.  It was what I was sent.

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In chessy news, a 12 year old Turkish boy has broken the 35 year old record of under 13 with the highest rating, which had been held by Judit Polgar (2555), the best woman player in history. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2645) has already earned his grandmaster norms, but titles are only officially approved every few months. These kids are terrifying. Engines have changed everything.

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White to move and mate in 2.

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UPDATE:

I almost forgot!   Here is the targa mondezzaro for 26 May 1717!  This is found in the via di Sant’Eustachio, sort of an open area where there is a wall with two ancient columns visible and some spectacular “ivy” (really Virginia Creeper).  If you are facing the Church of Sant’ Eustachio, you go around the the right side into the street.

SI PROIBISCE ESPRESSAMENTE A TVTTE E
SINGOLE PERSONE DI QVALSIVOGLIA STATO
E CONDITIONE DI FARE IN MONDEZZARO
NELLA PIAZZETTA AVANTI QVESTA PORTICELLA
DI SˆEVSTACHIO SOTTO PENA DI SCVDI
DIECI MONETA ET ALTRE PENE IN CONFORMITÀ
DELL’EDITTO DI MONSIGˆILLˆE RMO PRESIDENTE
DELLE STRADE PVBLICATO IL DI XXVI
MAGGIO MDCCXVII PER GLˆATTI DELLˆ
ORSINI NOTARO DEL TRIBVNALE DELLE STRADE

The granite columns were found in 1934 under the piazza in front of San Luigi dei Francesi (not too far), the French national church with the Saint Matthew paintings by Caravaggio.  They are from the baths built by Nero in 62 AD and restored by Alexander Severus, and are therefore known as the Terme Neroniane Alessandrine, between the piazza in front of the Pantheon stretching to the Corso del Rinascimento along the modern Via di S. Giovanna d’Arco.  The Palazzo Madama or Senate sits pretty much on top.  A couple of other columns were found in 1666 and were inserted into the pronaos of the Pantheon to replace two that were missing.  Also from those baths is the enormous granite basin in the V. degli Staderari, across the way from the famous coffee shop of Sant’Eustachio.  It was found in 1985, weighs 25 tons and is 5.3 meters across.