question: La passione di Gesù Cristo was written by a composer who spent his career as a subject of what monarchy?
answer: Habsburg Monarchy
context: Title: La passione di Gesù Cristo
  Passage: La Passione di Gesù Cristo is the title of a libretto by Metastasio which was repeatedly set as an "azione sacra" or oratorio by many composers of the late baroque, Rococo and early classical period.
  Title: Church of the Gesù, Palermo
  Passage: The Church of the Gesù ("chiesa del Gesù"), Church of Saint Mary of Gesu ("chiesa di Santa Maria di Gesù") or Casa Professa is one of the most important Baroque churches in the Italian city of Palermo and in all of Sicily.
  Title: Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (Rome)
  Passage: Risurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo ("Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ") is a church in Rome, on via di San Sebastianello in the Campo Marzio district.  It is a subsidiary church in the parish of San Giacomo in Augusta and is regarded as Poland's subsidiary national church in Rome.
  Title: Antonio Salieri
  Passage: Antonio Salieri (] ; 18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher.  He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy.
  Title: Ravenna Cathedral
  Passage: The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ ("cattedrale metropolitana della Risurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo") is the main church in the city of Ravenna and episcopal seat of the bishop of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.
  Title: Benigno Zerafa
  Passage: He studied first under the "maestro di capella" at St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina, Pietro Gristi, then and then by Girolamo Abos at the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo in Naples from 1738.  He himself was appointed "maestro di capella" at Mdina Cathedral in 1744 till 1787 when he retired the position being succeeded by his assistant Francesco Azopardi.  83 substantial sacred compositions, survive at Mdina Cathedral.
  Title: Church of the Gesù
  Passage: The Church of the Gesù (Italian: "Chiesa del Gesù" ; ] ) is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order.  Officially named "Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina " (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina" ), its facade is "the first truly baroque façade", introducing the baroque style into architecture.  The church served as model for innumerable Jesuit churches all over the world, especially in the Americas.  The Church of the Gesù is located in the Piazza del Gesù in Rome.
  Title: 'Disco' La Passione
  Passage: "Disco La Passione" is a 1996 song by Chris Rea.  The song was written for the film "La Passione", a semi-autobiography by Rea.  Shirley Bassey made her feature film debut here, but the film was a disappointment at the box office.  A single was issued, produced by Rea and, unusual for Bassey, credited as co-performer.  The track also appears on the soundtrack album "La Passione".  The single sold well in Europe, making the Top 40 of the Dutch and Belgian charts, but just missed being a Top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart, charting at #41.
  Title: Militia of Jesus Christ
  Passage: The Militia of Jesus Christ (Italian: "Milizia di Gesù Cristo" ) was a military order in Lombardy during the High Middle Ages.  It was founded at Parma by Bartholomew, Bishop of Vicenza, a Dominican, in 1233 and approved by Pope Gregory IX, who gave it a rule in 1234 and placed under the jurisdiction of the Dominicans.  Its chief purpose was to combat heresy, like Catharism and Waldensianism, and to strengthen the bond between the Roman Church and the local nobility.  In imitation of the Order of Santiago, members of the Militia did not take a vow of chastity, nor did they live communally or in poverty.
  Title: La passione di Gesù Cristo (Salieri)
  Passage: La passione di Gesù Cristo is an oratorio by composer Antonio Salieri that uses a libretto by Metastasio.  While many composer's set music to this libretto, Metastasio is recorded to have said before Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor that Salieri's setting "was the most expressive of any written on this poem."  The work premiered in Vienna, Austria during the advent season of 1776.
citations: La passione di Gesù Cristo (Salieri) Antonio Salieri