As Florence and I were walking back from the Piazza today, we came across Don Riccardo -- who looked even more cheerful than usual. Slung across his shoulders was a linen tote bag with a gilded base emerging...whatever he was carrying was bigger than the lightweight bag he had it in.
"Hey, guys! Check out what I just found hidden in San Fortunato!"
He drew back the flap of the bag, saying, "This is a scapular that Saint Clare made for Saint Francis!"; sure enough, the back and the front labels said (in old writing -- 1700s maybe?) exactly that.
This is a 600-year-old relic of two of our most famous saints that he is casually moving from one church to another, because he figured it would be better off at the Duomo! Amazing.
Love,
Alexandra
Hello! Loved reading this - as I do all your posts. Just thought I would chime in to say hello and much appreciated. Such wonder. Living vicariously through you all. -Eileen
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