{"id":5815,"date":"2026-10-11T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caeremonialeromanum.com\/?page_id=5815"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:31:51","slug":"commentaria-de-liturgia-pontificia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caeremonialeromanum.com\/en\/commentaria-de-liturgia-pontificia\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentaria de Liturgia Pontificia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selected commentaries on specific liturgical books, primarily the Caeremoniale Romanum<\/em>, the Caeremoniale Episcoporum<\/em>, and the Pontificale Romanum<\/em>, can prove invaluable for the study of papal liturgy and the ceremonial of the Apostolic See. Not all such publications contain information relevant to the traditions and customs of the Roman Curia; we present here those that offer significant and interesting insights into papal traditions and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I. Opera omnia<\/em> of the papal sacristan Angelo Rocca, or Thesaurus pontificiarum sacrarumque antiquitatum, necnon rituum, praxium ac caeremoniarum<\/em> [1745]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A voluminous work by the Italian Augustinian Angelo Rocca (1545-1620), Titular Bishop of Tagaste, Papal Sacristan, and a distinguished scholar of ancient ecclesiastical traditions. This publication is a posthumous collection of his writings dedicated, as the title suggests, to papal and sacred antiquities, rites, liturgical practices, and the ceremonies of the Roman Church. Through his work in the Roman Curia, his familiarity with papal institutions, and his historical-liturgical interests, Rocca left behind a valuable record of knowledge regarding the traditions, offices, and practices of the Roman Church at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first edition of the collection appeared in Rome in 1719 under the title F. Angeli Rocca Camertis (\u2026) Opera omnia tempore ejusdem auctoris, scilicet, impressa, necnon autographa, & Romae in Angelica bibliotheca originaliter asservata<\/em>. A second Roman edition from 1745, published by Faustus Amidei at the Bernab\u00f2 and Lazzarini printing house, was released under an altered title: Thesaurus pontificiarum sacrarumque antiquitatum, necnon rituum, praxium ac c\u00e6rimoniarum (\u2026)<\/em>. This two-volume edition featured numerous copperplate illustrations. The expanded title also lists topics related to the Vatican Library, its prefects, librarians, and custodians, as well as additional treatises and essays concerning specific biblical and ecclesiastical-historical issues. The work serves as a valuable source for research into the history of the liturgy, papal ceremonial, ecclesiastical antiquities, and the organization of the institutions of the Holy See.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of particular value to researchers of papal liturgy are treatises devoted to the Pope receiving Holy Communion at the throne, the manner in which the Eucharist was carried before the Pope during solemn processions, the papal tiara, and the practices and rites associated with the canonization of saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n