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Tag Archives: Bianchi
The Bianchi at Empoli
While I was doing my PhD, I came across information about a Bianchi image at Empoli. I tried as hard as I could to find more information out about it, but could only manage to find a very grainy black … Continue reading
All’ombra di San Martino
I was delighted to be invited to speak at a conference commemorating the six hundredth anniversary of the cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. I was supposed to go out and present in person, but unfortunately had to present online … Continue reading
Plague and Coronavirus: Mobilising the Community
I recently presented a paper at the Virtual Leeds IMC conference. My focus was on the role of community in dealing with crisis. I thought about this in terms of the Bianchi, but also the ways in which communities have … Continue reading
The Bianchi at Orvieto
The Bianchi passed through Orvieto, which I was delighted about, as it meant that I got to visit the town again. I first went during my year abroad, where I wrote three blog posts about it, and then proceeded to … Continue reading
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The Bianchi at Assisi
Assisi is connected to the Bianchi because of a specific miracle that happened there about halfway through the main Bianchi processions. The Virgin appeared to a small boy in an olive tree, or oliva, and told him to continue the … Continue reading
The Bianchi at Terni
Another fresco of the Bianchi origin story is on the wall of S. Maria del Monumento in Terni, which is quite near Perugia, where I spent half of my year abroad. As I made my way there on the train, … Continue reading
The Bianchi at Poggio Mirteto
One of the frescoes that I wanted to see is in the church of San Paolo in Poggio Mirteto, a small town about an hour away from Rome on the train. In fact, I ended up gong twice, as it … Continue reading
All Roads Lead to Rome
My second research trip for my PhD has taken me to Rome, where the Bianchi finished their processions. I’m here to look at a manuscript of laude, which are like hymns, as well as to visit some towns in the … Continue reading
Lucca: Bianchi Procession
As in the other towns I have described, the residents of Lucca were also caught up in the fervour of the Bianchi in 1399. Like in Pistoia, people had the option either of setting out on a nine-day itinerant procession, … Continue reading
The Bianchi at Prato
Prato was a stop off point on Bianchi processions leaving both Lucca and Pistoia, and was particularly important to the devotions because of the miraculous relic there, the cintola or girdle of the Virgin Mary. I took the train to … Continue reading
On the Trail of the Bianchi of 1399 