Today's topic forces us to onea Greek lesson.
The word Acheropita literally means "not made by human hands". What?? Who did it then?
The story tells Mary and the disciples asked a paint to the future Saint Luca , a Jesus's image, their master. Luca could not begin, legend says the Angels finisged the work during the night.
Are you satisfied by the mystery? But that is not all!!!
The image was preserved in Jerusalem, and according to tradition, the Patriarch Germano was forced to flee, the pursuers were almost able to capture him and he decided to throw the picture into the sea, the painting does not fall on the bottom of the sea but it was transported by marine currents in Rome. It manages to climb the Tiber and arrives in the hands of St. Gregory II, he had dreamed it.
The Popes used the image as an instrument of persuasion. The believers were convinced that the painting prevented war and stopped famine.
You can admire the relic in the basement of San Giovanni in Laterano.
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Redeemers' image - Photo by Reliquiosamente Web Site |
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