Thursday, September 18
Another Hiatus
Off to Viterbo and Bagnaregio tomorrow. Both seem to be well-preserved mediaeval cities: indeed, it takes about five minutes to walk across Bagnaregio, about the ideal size for a small town. Viterbo (above) seems to have grown up a little by comparison, though I know her best as the home of St. Rose of Viterbo. This Rose (who predates her more famous namesake in Lima by about four centuries) was a splendid young firecracker of a saint who is best known for having been, at the age of 11 (while dressed in the habit of a Franciscan friar), a street preacher against the abuses of Emperor Frederick II. She, unsurprisingly, ended up as a nun and died at the tender age of eighteen in the odor of sanctity and to this day, her body remains incorrupt. Pretty cool in my book.
I know it's been a thin day for posts, mea maxima culpa. Expect more substantive commentary on mediaeval urbanism, the glories of ice-cream cones and looking at Rome from the inside out, upon my return.
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