eremo di santa caterina del sasso (11. 651)

Driving a bit south, we a came to a late twelfth century religious complex dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria in gratitude by a wealthy cloth merchant called Albertus Bessozi after surviving a violent storm on Lake Maggiore, vowing to become a hermit afterwards and in exchange for prayers and religious support rendered (St Catherine also protected the area from a plague outbreak), the community funded the building of two additional chapels and an extension to the chapter house, presently run by brotherhood of twelve Dominican oblates.

The Blessed Albertus‘ incorrupt body is in a glass coffin in a votive chapel modeled off of the dimensions of St Catherine’s in Sinai. Del sasso means something like on the cliff-edge.  On the way back to the campground, we stopped in Laveno-Mombello and walked around the promenade at the ferry terminal looking for possibles for exploring the islands and further adventures.

 synchronoptica

one year ago: mutineers march toward Moscow (with synchronoptica), Facebook suspends newsfeeds in Canada, Fire Bird (1910) plus a confession of faith (1530)

seven years ago: Turkey removes evolution from its public school curricula, meeting one’s paranormal needs plus AI on fables

eight years ago: construction on Mars, chronotherapies, Brexit contagion plus the first satellite simulcast (1967)

nine years ago: the roots of hippie culture, the Grail in Iceland plus the Nice of the North

ten years ago: the Punitive Expedition (1916)