Identity area
Reference code
PDE_0076-02-0077
Title
Beati Martiri dell'Uganda, Pregate per noi.
Date(s)
- 1920-06-06 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
ii
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The sepia coloured image depicts the 22 martyrs of Uganda on their knees praying to the Holy Trinity, depicted in a triangle. The image has a guilded frame. Interesting to note is the stamp on the left hand side of the image, giving details of the owner of this image: Sac. Vincenzo Vella, Chaplain at the Santo Spirito Hospital in Rabat. Overleaf, one finds the story of the martyrdom of these 22 White Friars, declated Blessed by Pope Benedict XV in 1886.