L’ “Ara Pacis Nova” in un discorso tenuto dal Cardinale Arcivescovo di Milano il 26 febbraio 1937-XV

: The “Ara Pacis Nova” in a speech given by the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan on February 26, 1937-XV . This paper illustrates and comments on the speech of the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan Ildefonso Schuster delivered on February 26, 1937 at the Scuola di Mistica Fascista. In September of the same year, the Mostra Augustea della Romanità was inaugurated in Rome to celebrate the 2.000th anniversary of the birth of Augustus. In the light of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 and the proclamation of the empire in 1936, Schuster’s speech and the Mostra Augustea exemplify the fleeting – also because caused by different purposes – historical convergence between temporal power, aimed at supremacy over men, and spiritual power, aimed at the control of consciences. This parallel action takes place against the background of the classical tradition that both Fascism and the Catholic Church interpret in different ways but with the sole aim of achieving the classic values of “Romanità” and “Universality”. Cuvinte-cheie : Ildefonso Schuster, împ ă ratul Augustus, împ ă ratul Con-stantin, Ara Pacis Augustae, Biserica Catolic ă , fascism, Expozi ț ia augustan ă a ro-manit ăț ii, studii muzeale. „Ara care vizeaz ă controlul con ș tiin ț elor. Aceast ă ac ț iune paralel ă are loc pe fundalul tradi ț iei clasice pe care atât fascismul, cât ș i Biserica Catolic ă o interpreteaz ă în moduri diferite, dar cu unicul scop de a atinge valorile clasice de „Romanitate” ș i „Universalitate”.