The church of the Holy Child
This is a photo of Santa Maria dell'Araceli situated near the Campidoglio. After having climbed up the stairs, you can see one of the most beautiful church of Rome. Here, in particular, you can find the "Holy Child", a statue of the young Jesus strongly venereted from Romans. This statue, infact, was taken in their own house by the citizens of Rome when they were very sick, because the Holy Child made a lot of miracles. One day a "matrona" (a rich woman of Rome) took the statue in her house and she was so fascineted by this icon of Jesus that she wanted to have it just for herself. So she went to an artist: infact she wanted a perfect copy of the statue. So when she had to give back the Holy Child to the church, she gave this copy. But one day when the friars of the church where sleeping, someone knocked at the door and at the same time the bells of all Rome started to ring. So friars went at the door to find out what was happening and they saw the Holy Child standing there. If you want some more information post me a comment. Dblk
