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The representation
of the sacred
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Devotional images
from the Middle Age to the 18th century
Among many iconographies, we will mention the symbols
that have penetrated deep into the catholic culture and
the local history. The importance of religious iconography
is attested also by documents like the book of Statutes
of Turin of 1360 in which, on the religious icons below,
appears the 'raging bull', secular symbol of Turin.
The «Eucharistic Miracle» refers to the legend of the pillage
happened in 1453 at a church in Exilles where a soldier
stole a Host. He loaded a sack upon a mule and he left. As it
arrived in Turin, it stumbled and fell. The Host tumbled and
ascended into the air. Finally, the bishop of Turin brought
out a chalice into which the Host descended.
The City immediately promoted the construction of
a kiosk where the miracle took place; the same place
where, later, the Church of Corpus Domini was built.
The devotion to Our Lady of Consolata has ancient roofs:
the legend concerned a portrait of the Virgin Mary that
was lost. Finally, it was found near Turin by a blind man
who regained his sight. During the siege in 1706 the
icon of Our Lady of Consolata was placed on the doors
of the houses. On September 29th, 1706, Our Lady of
Consolata was proclaimed patron saint of Turin.
This short report ends with the religious icon of the
Blessed Virgin Mary in contrast to the majesty of the
"raging bull", secular emblem.
Two opposite images which represent together the sense
of belonging to the same cultural order. ■
The devotion to Our Lady
of Consolata has ancient roots
Codice della Catena
Il codice della Catena è il volume
pergamenaceo nel quale sono
raccolti gli statuti e le franchigie
che nel 1360 il Conte Verde
(Amedeo VI di Savoia) concesse -
in cambio dell'omaggio di fedeltà -
al Comune di Torino.
leggi su
Codice della catena. I Santi
Martiri e gli stemmi dei Savoia
e del Comune, 1360. Archivio
Storico della Città di Torino.
Le rappresentazioni del sacro
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