Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Leaving the Sacra

We started our descent from the Sacra.  Now we just had to go back down the mountain.
Along the way, there is this little shrine to St. Michael:

Roadside shrines to saints used to exist all over Italy and France.  Some are still there, including this one.  I thought at first that the shrine had a lot of trash in it, but on closer inspection, those papers are holy cards and prayers!

It "only" took us 1 1/2 hours or so to get back down the mountain to the town of Sant' Ambroglio.
In the town, we stopped at the church, which was built in the 1700s.




It's a very small town, a village, really.  And they have this gem for their church!


Walking through the town, I noticed this little roadside shrine to Our Lady:

The Latin says "Our Lady of Sorrows, Pray for us."

 

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