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RARE VINTAGE The Holy Crucifix
Large / Heavy Bronze with Crucifix Castano Primo
Measures in cm : 8 (diameter)weight in gr : 213
Note :A crucifix arrived who knows how in the locality of Castano Primo, we are in the extreme north-west of the metropolitan city of Milan, close to the Ticino river and on the border with Piedmont, and surrounded by mysterious legends that take us back to the time of the Crusades. Or maybe even earlier, but apparently also to miracles.
The wooden sculpture is exhibited behind the main altar of the parish church of San Zenone and is known as the Crucifix of miracles.
The experts who have carried out in-depth studies on the wood of which this crucifix is made, estimate that it would be the work of the sixteenth century, a period in which there was a strong rise in devotion to the Holy Cross in the Milanese area. All this would be proved by a document dated 1556 which describes the Church of San Zenone di Castano Primo and mentions the presence in front of the main altar of a “large crucifix”.
But this crucifix also seems to be miraculous. And various testimonies from 1600 would prove it. A century later, however, the area was hit by a terrible drought. In 1714 the rural world was brought to its knees by the lack of rainfall. The farmers saw the harvest increasingly compromised every day and no longer knew which saint to turn to. One of the city priests had the intuition to turn with confidence to the Crucifix and, according to the legend, “before night fell the sky darkened and was covered with clouds. Then it began to rain. The water flooded the countryside and filled the city wells, putting an end to the drought ”.
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