ANGELO PASSUELLO
Angelo Passuello (Verona, 1986) is a medieval art historian specializing in the study of architectural systems, with particular expertise in roofing structures, construction processes, and material analysis in medieval Europe, especially in Northern Italy.
He is currently a Visiting Researcher at the University of Cyprus (Archaeological Research Unit), where, between 2024 and 2026, he carried out the project The Canopy of Heaven under a Microscope: Cataloguing Medieval Roofs (CaMeRoofs), funded by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, under the supervision of Prof. Michalis Olympios and Prof. Apostolos Sarris.
He earned his Master’s degree in Artistic and Archaeological Disciplines from the University of Verona (2011), followed by a Post-Graduate Specialization in Historical-Artistic Heritage at the University of Padua (2013), and a PhD in the History of Medieval Art from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2017).
His research integrates art historical analysis with interdisciplinary methodologies—including architectural survey, digital technologies, and material studies—to investigate medieval buildings as complex and stratified systems, with a particular focus on construction practices and the transmission of technical knowledge.
He has held research and teaching positions at several European institutions, including the Universities of Padua, Verona, Florence, and Barcelona, where he has contributed to and led postdoctoral research projects. From 2014 to 2018, he taught at the University of Verona. Since 2021, he has been a member of the International Scientific Committee of the journal Benedictina.
His research has received significant recognition, including the Premio Fondazione di Venezia and the Premio Città di Verona (2013), as well as the Premio Italia Medievale (2019), awarded in the publishing category for his monograph San Lorenzo in Verona: Storia e restauri.
He has presented his research widely at major international conferences across Europe, the United States, and Brazil, including the International Medieval Congress (IMC, Leeds), the International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS, Kalamazoo), and the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), and has also organized and chaired sessions at these leading venues.
He is the author of several monographs and edited volumes, and of numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings published in international journals and with major academic publishers.
Alongside his academic activity, he is actively engaged in public dissemination, collaborating with cultural institutions and participating in media and television programs.
In 2021, he was awarded the title of Citizen of the Year by the Mayor of Verona, in recognition of his contribution to the study and promotion of medieval Veronese heritage at both national and international levels.
- Architectural History
- Architectural Heritage Conservation
- Byzantine Art and Architecture
- Christianity
- Early Christianity
- Construction Techniques
- Early Medieval Art and Architecture
- Early Medieval Sculpture
- Medieval Art and Architecture
- Medieval Archaeology
- Medieval Construction Sites
- Medieval Liturgy
- Medieval Painting
- Medieval Sculpture
- 3D Architectural Survey
Books
- Passuello, A. (2025). Le Arche Scaligere di Verona–The Arche Scaligere of Verona. Sommacampagna (VR): Cierre Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-5520-272-5
- Passuello, A. (2023). Il sacello delle Sante Teuteria e Tosca: Le prime testimonianze dell’alto medioevo cristiano a Verona (F. Salvestrini, Preface). Sommacampagna (VR): Cierre Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-5520-194-0
- Passuello, A. (2020). Il monastero di Villanova a San Bonifacio: Storia, arte, architettura (P. Parolin, Presentation). Sommacampagna (VR): Cierre Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-5520-035-6
- Passuello, A. (2018). San Lorenzo in Verona: Storia e restauri (X. Barral i Altet, Preface). Sommacampagna (VR): Cierre Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-8314-923-8
Edited Volumes
- Passuello, A., & Olympios, M. (Eds.). (2026). Behind the scenes of medieval roofs: An overview of the roofing systems of Italian churches. Roma–Bristol: «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891334329 — ISBN 978-88-913-3430-5
- Passuello, A., & Salvestrini, F. (Eds.). (2024). La Santissima Trinità in Monte Oliveto: Storia, architettura e arte di un monastero vallombrosano nella Verona medievale. Roma–Bristol: «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891327147 — ISBN 978-88-913-2711-6
- Passuello, A., Segala, F., & Spinelli, G. (Eds.). (n.d.). Monasticon Italiae: Repertorio topo-bibliografico dei monasteri italiani (Vol. IV, Tre Venezie, 3: Diocesi di Verona). Cesena: Editrice Pliniana. ISBN 978-88-98104-16-1
Articles in peer-review journals
- Passuello, A., Becherini, P., Bertocci, S., & Salvestrini, F. (2026). Multidisciplinary approaches and digital technologies in the study of early Christian architecture: The sacellum of SS. Teuteria and Tosca in Verona (mid-5th–early-6th century). Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 40, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2026.e00521
- Passuello, A. (2024). A critical reconsideration of a protagonist in Romanesque Europe: The Vallombrosan monk Atto da Pistoia (abbot and bishop) and his architectural commissions (1125–1153). Revue Bénédictine, 134(2), 341–366. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.RB.5.143663
- Passuello, A. (2021). A new chronological proposal for the early medieval liturgical installations of the church of San Lorenzo in Verona. Hortus Artium Medievalium, 27, 194–203. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.HAM.5.131671
- Passuello, A. (2021). Deux monuments romans inconnus de la ville de Vérone: L'église de S. Giovanni in Foro et l’ancien monastère bénédictin de S. Silvestro. Benedictina, 68(1), 57–70.
- Passuello, A. (2020). La rilettura di un cantiere medievale pluristratificato: Una nuova restituzione della chiesa di S. Lorenzo a Verona in epoca romanica (secc. XI–XII). Archeologia dell’Architettura, 25, 223–242. https://doi.org/10.36153/aa25.2020.14
- Passuello, A. (2020). Le fonti di luce nelle chiese veronesi (secoli XI e XII): Disposizione e conformazione. ABside, 2, 49–75. https://doi.org/10.13125/abside/4089
- Passuello, A. (2019). L’abbazia benedettina di S. Pietro a Villanova presso San Bonifacio nelle sue fasi romaniche (sec. XII). Benedictina, 66(2), 169–210.
- Passuello, A. (2017). Per la scultura tardogotica veneta: Due opere di Antonio da Mestre in diocesi vicentina. Arte Cristiana, 105(898), 19–28.
- Passuello, A. (2015). Problemi d’iconografia: Cenni su un enigmatico trittico medievale del Museo Correr a Venezia. Arte Cristiana, 103(889), 243–252.
- Passuello, A. (2014). Il monastero benedettino di S. Giorgio in Braida a Verona: Nuove prospettive di ricerca sulla rifabbrica romanica (sec. XII). Benedictina, 61(2), 319–337.
- Passuello, A. (2014). La chiesa della Santissima Trinità in Monte Oliveto a Verona: Analisi storico-architettonica della fabbrica vallombrosana (XI–XIV secolo). Arte Cristiana, 102(884), 323–330.
- Passuello, A. (2013). L’abbazia di S. Pietro Apostolo a Villanova presso San Bonifacio (VR) in periodo olivetano (1562–1771). Benedictina, 60(1), 107–135.
Book chapters
- Passuello, A. (2026). L’immagine di San Francesco d’Assisi tra memoria storica e costruzione iconografica (XIII secolo). In G. Moriani (Ed.), La natura di San Francesco: Il Cantico delle creature tra scienza, etica e cura del mondo (pp. 167–187). Sommacampagna (VR): Cierre Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-5520-361-6
- Passuello, A. (2026). Recent contributions to the study of medieval roofing systems in Italy: Status quaestionis and new research perspectives. In A. Passuello & M. Olympios (Eds.), Behind the scenes of medieval roofs (pp. 9–22). Roma–Bristol: «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891334329.01
- Passuello, A. (2026). The roofing systems of Verona Cathedral (twelfth–sixteenth centuries): Construction phases, restorations, dendrochronology, and architectural framework. In A. Passuello & M. Olympios (Eds.), Behind the scenes of medieval roofs (pp. 79–99). Roma–Bristol: «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891334329.05
- Passuello, A. (2024). Il cantiere medievale della Santissima Trinità: Fasi costruttive, tecniche murarie e contesto architettonico (secoli XI–XIV). In A. Passuello & F. Salvestrini (Eds.), La Santissima Trinità in Monte Oliveto (pp. 109–145). Roma: «L’Erma» di Bretschneider. https://doi.org/10.48255/9788891327147.07
- Passuello, A. (2024). Le committenze architettoniche di Atto nella Toscana del XII secolo: Uno sguardo d’insieme. In F. Salvestrini (Ed.), Atto abate vallombrosano e vescovo di Pistoia (pp. 249–281). Firenze: Firenze University Press. https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0335-7.12 — ISBN 979-12-215-0334-0
- Passuello, A. (2023). Un Vesperbild poco noto della bottega di Aegidius Gutenstein von Wiener Neustadt (XV secolo). In L. Giarella (Ed.), Arte medievale nelle Alpi (pp. 295–302). Tricase (LE): Youcanprint. ISBN 979-12-21491-66-1
- Passuello, A. (2022). Un grande cantiere gotico incompiuto fra la fine del XIV e l’inizio del XV secolo: San Giacomo al Grigliano a Vago di Lavagno (VR). In C. Tosco (Ed.), Architettura medievale: Il Trecento (pp. 268–277). Firenze: All’Insegna del Giglio. https://doi.org/10.36153/ARCHIMED-2-0b13 — ISBN 978-88-9285-143-6
- Passuello, A. (2022). Everyday men in the building site of medieval churches: Some examples from the 12th century. In A. Aguiar Andrade & G. Melo da Silva (Eds.), A vida quotidiana da cidade na Europa medieval (pp. 321–348). Lisboa: IEM. https://doi.org/10.34619/b7lr-f8v5 — ISBN 978-989-53585-7-1
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Passuello, A. (2015). Diffusione e sviluppo di un particolare annesso architettonico: Protiri pensili a Verona e nel suo territorio fra i secoli XI e XIV. In A. Luongo (Ed.), Medioevo in formazione (pp. 112–121). Livorno: Debatte. ISBN 978-88-6297-202-4
Conference proceedings
- Passuello, A. (2025). Mixing methodologies in the study of medieval roofing systems: The case of the Veneto region within the European project CaMeRoofs. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Culture and Computer Science (KUI ’25) (pp. 1–6). New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3769526.3769662 — ISBN 979-8-4007-1478-8
- Passuello, A. (2025). Approcci multidisciplinari per lo studio dei sistemi di copertura medievali: Il progetto europeo CaMeRoofs (2024–2026). In X Congresso Nazionale di Archeologia Medievale (Vol. 2, pp. 410–414). Firenze: All’Insegna del Giglio. ISBN 978-88-9285-394-2
- Passuello, A. (2024). The Franciscan reconstruction of the church of S. Fermo in Verona in the architectural context of the Venetian Gothic (13th–14th centuries). In S. Bertocci & F. Cioli (Eds.), Franciscan landscapes (pp. 77–88). Firenze: Didapress. ISBN 978-88-3338-222-7
- Passuello, A. (2023). Ravenna models in medieval architecture of the Veneto hinterland (Padua, Verona and Vicenza): Three case studies (6th–12th centuries). In M. B. Panov (Ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Byzantine and Medieval Studies “Days of Justinian I” (pp. 220–231). Bitola–Skopje: Grafoprom. ISBN 978-608-4981-86-2
- Passuello, A. (2021). Committenti e maestranze nel romanico veronese (XII sec.). In VII Ciclo di Studi Medievali (pp. 203–208). Lesmo (MB): EBS Print. ISBN 979-12-5968-187-4
- Passuello, A. (2018). Maestranze alloctone nell’Umbria romanica? Il caso di Sant’Eufemia a Spoleto e i suoi possibili rapporti con Verona. In IV Ciclo di Studi Medievali (pp. 425–432). Arcore (MB): EBS Print. ISBN 978-88-9349-371-0
- Passuello, A. (2017). Le fabbriche romaniche con gallerie nel continente europeo: Articolazioni spaziali e possibili funzioni dei cosiddetti “matronei” fra i secoli XI e XII. In III Ciclo di Studi Medievali (pp. 408–426). Arcore (MB): EBS Print. ISBN 978-88-9349-228-7
- Passuello, A. (2016). L’eredità matildica: Alberto di San Bonifacio e l’architettura romanica nell’Est veronese. In P. Golinelli (Ed.), Matilde nel Veneto (pp. 175–190). Bologna: Pàtron. ISBN 978-88-555-3350-8
- Passuello, A. (2015). La “riscoperta” di un patrimonio romanico: Il restauro ottocentesco della chiesa di S. Lorenzo a Verona. In L. Fabian & M. Marzo (Eds.), La ricerca che cambia (pp. 486–501). Siracusa: LetteraVentidue. ISBN 978-88-6242-163-8