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Tuscany : Prato’s Display of the Virgin’s Girdle

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Prato’s Display of the Virgin’s Girdle

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  • When the Virgin was assumed, body and soul, to Heaven, Doubting Thomas was sceptical, so she handed him down her girdle as proof of her ascent. A Prato Crusader brought the belt back as the dowry of a Thomas descendant, it was encased in a glass and gold reliquary, and locked in the Duomo. Five times a year the bishop shows it to crowds thronging the piazza and church, and lets a line-up of the faithful kiss the case. A procession is then led by musicians dressed in Renaissance-style costumes.

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Duomo, Prato Easter, 1 May, 15 Aug, 8 Sep, 25 Dec
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