Catholic Nun Rescues Pyx for Falling Altar in Livorno, WW II Explosions DDC 1943
Vintage illustrated full page front covers from the Domenica Del Corriere newspaper from the year 1943. Some wear and paper loss might be visible in some of the covers included. Text in Italian. Original middle fold (they will also be posted this way, to ensure there's no damage).
A Livorno, durante una barbara incursione, una suora dell'asilo Giosue Borsi, dopo aver condotto i bambini nel rifugio, mentre l'edificio, colpito, crollava, volle sottrarre anche le Ostie consacrate della Cappella alla sacrilega offesa nemica e, uscita dal ricovero sotto il bombardamento, corse all'altare, ne levo la Pisside e la porto in salvo, tra il fragore degli scoppi e il rovinio delle mura. Illustration for La Domenica Del Corriere, 11 July 1943.
In Livorno, during a barbaric raid, a nun from the Giosue Borsi kindergarten, after having led the children into the refuge, while the building was hit and collapsed, also wanted to steal the consecrated Hosts of the Chapel from the sacrilegious enemy offense and, leaving the shelter under the bombardment, he ran to the altar, I removed the Pyx and carried it to safety, amidst the roar of the explosions and the ruin of the walls. Illustration for La Domenica Del Corriere, 11 July 1943.
Dimensions: Approx. 38 x 28 cm (14.96 x 11.02 inches)
Condition: Vintage illustrated full page front covers from the Domenica Del Corriere newspaper from the year 1943. Some wear and paper loss might be visible in some of the covers included. Text in Italian. Original middle fold.
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