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'''Saint Fina''' (1238–1253), or '''Saint Serafina''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Christians|Christian]] girl who is venerated in the Tuscan town of [[San Gimignano]]. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where [[Saint Gregory the Great]] allegedly appeared to her to predict her death. Miraculous healings were later attributed to her remains.
'''Fina''' ('''Serafina''') (1238–1253) was an Italian Christian [[virgin (title)|virgin]] who is especially venerated in the Tuscan town of [[San Gimignano]]. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where, according to legends, [[Saint Gregory the Great]] appeared to her to predict her death.

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Saint Fina is celebrated in San Gimignano on both March 12, the anniversary of her death, and the first Sunday in August. Her relics are kept in a chapel in the [[Collegiata di San Gimignano]]. A hospital in San Gimignano was formerly named in her honor and several paintings of her can be found in the town.



==Life==
==Life==
[[Image:SFinadish.jpg|thumb|Representation of Saint Fina on a ceramic dish]]
[[Image:SFinadish.jpg|thumb|Representation of Saint Fina on a ceramic dish]]


Fina{{ref|1}}dei Ciardi was born in San Gimignano in 1238. The Daughter of Cambio Ciardi and Imperiera, a declined noble family, she lived all her existence in a humble house located in the historic centre of the famous “city of beautiful towers” (today the small road on which her house stands takes her name). There is little record of the first ten years of her life, and what information available comes from legends narrated after her death. Some accounts note Fina's strong devotion to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]], and that she went out only to hear [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. She was also said to be extraordinarily kind.
Fina dei Ciardi was born in San Gimignano in 1238.<ref name=faithnd>[https://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&calcid=53508&calpgid=61&pgid=13748&crid=0 "St. Seraphina", FaithND]</ref> The daughter of Cambio and Imperiera Ciardi, a declined noble family, she lived in a humble house located in the historic centre of the famous “city of beautiful towers” (today the small road on which her house stands takes her name). There is little record of the first ten years of her life, and what information available comes from legends narrated after her death. She learned to sew and spin, spending most of her time at home.<ref>[https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/st-seraphina-5813 Stevens, Clifford. ''The One Year Book of Saints'', Huntington, Indiana, OSV Publishing]</ref> Some accounts note Fina's strong devotion to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]], and that she went out only to hear [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]].


In 1248, Fina’s life was changed by a serious illness, which began, progressively, to paralyse her (probably a form of [[tuberculosis|tuberculous]] [[osteomyelitis]]). Her deep faith relieved her pain. She refused a bed and chose instead to lie on a wooden pallet. According to her legend, during her long sickness her body became attached to the wood of the table, with worms and rats feeding on her rotting flesh. During her illness, she lost her father and later her mother died after a fall. In spite of her misfortune and poverty, she thanked God and expressed a desire that her soul might separate from the body in order to meet [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]].
In 1248, Fina contracted a serious illness which progressively left her paralysed. Instead of a bed, she chose to lie on a wooden pallet. Eventually, she developed painful [[Pressure ulcer|pressure sores]]. During her illness, she lost her father and later her mother died after a fall. Despite these trials she never complained, but kept a joyful countenance and gave thanks to God.<ref>[https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-fina/ Ghezzi, Bert. ''Voices of the Saints''] Loyola Press, {{ISBN|9780829428063}}</ref>


Fina's immense devotion was an example to all the citizens of San Gimignano, who frequently visited her. Visitors were surprised to receive words of encouragement from a desperately ill young girl who was resigned to the will of God. On March 4, 1253, after five years of sickness and pain, her nurses Beldia and Bonaventura were waiting for her to die. Suddenly, [[Saint Gregory the Great]] allegedly appeared in Fina’s room and predicted that she would die on the 12th of March. Fina died on the predicted date at the age of 15.
Fina's immense devotion was an example to all the citizens of San Gimignano, who frequently visited her. Visitors were surprised to receive words of encouragement from a desperately ill young girl who was resigned to the will of God. Fina had a particular devotion to [[Saint Gregory the Great]].<ref name=faithnd/> On March 4, 1253, after five years of sickness and pain, she allegedly experienced a vision of St. Gregory, wherein he foretold her death. Fina died as predicted on March 12 at the age of 15.


==Legends==
==Miracles and veneration==
[[Image:Announcementofdeathtostfina.jpg|thumb|''Announcement of Death to Saint Fina by [[Saint Gregory the Great]]'', by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]].]]
[[Image:Announcementofdeathtostfina.jpg|thumb|''Announcement of Death to Saint Fina by [[Saint Gregory the Great]]'', by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]].]]


Miracles attributed to Fina are mentioned in stories, paintings, poems and in notary documents. The most important miracle of Fina's life is her vision of Saint Gregory, also because she died on Saint Gregory's feast day (12 March) as he predicted.
Miracles attributed to Fina are mentioned in stories, paintings, poems and in notary documents. Legends say that, at the exact moment of Fina's passing away, all the bells of San Gimignano rang without anyone touching them.<ref name=festa>[https://viafrancigena.visittuscany.com/site/en/points-of-interest/festa-di-santa-fina/ "Festa di Santa Fina", Fondazione Sisterna Toscana]</ref>


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One legend tells that during a walk with two of her friends she heard a young girl, Smeralda, crying. Smeralda had broken a pitcher that her mother had given her in order to fill with water from the public well. While she was entertained by other children, she forgot the pitcher on the ground which unfortunately rolled down and broke. Fina told her to arrange the pieces and put them under the water: the pitcher became whole and full of water.
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When Fina’s body was removed from the pallet that was her deathbed, onlookers saw white violets bloom from the wood, and smelt a fresh, floral [[odour of sanctity|fragrance]] throughout her house. The violets grew on the walls of San Gimignano and still grow there today. For this reason, the townspeople call them “The Saint Fina violets.” The young girl’s body was brought to the Pieve Prepositura{{ref|2}} and during the transfer, the crowd proclaimed “The Saint is dead!”


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When Fina's body was removed from the pallet that was her deathbed, onlookers saw white violets bloom from the wood,<ref name=faithnd/> and smelt a fresh, floral [[odour of sanctity|fragrance]] throughout her house. Violets grow on the walls of San Gimignano. For this reason, the townspeople call them “The Saint Fina violets.”
For several days, pilgrims went to the Pieve to see Fina’s remains and in the same period there were many evidences of her curative power. One was her nurse Beldia. The woman had a paralysed hand for the labour in supporting Fina’s head during her sickness. While she was near the body, the dead young girl cured Beldia’s hand. Legends say that, at the exact moment of Fina’s passing away, all the bells of San Gimignano rang without anyone touching them.


For several days, pilgrims went to the Pieve to see Fina's remains and during that time there were reports of a number of cures. One concerned her nurse Beldia, whose hand was healed. Many sick people who visited her grave during the following years were said to have experienced cures and some of these became some of Fina's most fervent devotees.
Many sick people who visited her grave during the following years were cured and some of these became some of Fina's most fervent devotees. The decision of Fina to lie down on a wood table is still a mystery. Some documents tell about her sympathy for a soldier: before her sickness she received an orange from him as a love token. After the disappointment of her parents for Fina having accepted the present she might have chosen the pain.


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Another anecdote about Fina's miracles is the one of the Ciardi family's neighbor. Once on the anniversary of Fina's death, when the townsfolk had declared a holiday in her honor, a neighbor, Cambio di Rustico, went to cut wood and hurt his leg. He asked Fina's pardon and was very sorry for not having respected her memorial. His cut then miraculously disappeared.
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Another legend tells that during a walk with two of her friends she heard another young girl, Smeralda, crying. Smeralda had broken a pitcher that her mother had given her in order to fill with water from Fonti.{{ref|3}} While she was entertained by other children, she forgot the pitcher on the ground which unfortunately rolled down and broke. Fina told her to arrange the pieces and put them under the water: the pitcher became whole and full of water.


==Veneration==
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Another anecdote about Fina’s miracles is the one of Cambio di Rustico, the Ciardi family’s neighbor. On one anniversary of Fina's death, when the townsfolk had stopped working to remember her, Cambio went to cut wood and hurt his leg. Suffering, he asked forgiveness of Saint Fina and was very sorry for not having respected her memorial. His cut then miraculously disappeared.
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Miraculous healings were attributed to Fina's intercession. Her feast is celebrated in San Gimignano on both 12 March, the anniversary of her death, and on the first Sunday in August. Her [[relics]] are kept in a chapel in the [[Collegiata di San Gimignano]]. A hospital in San Gimignano was formerly named in her honor<ref name=festa/> and several paintings of her can be found in the town.


A [[papal bull]] issued by [[Pope Sixtus IV]] on October 1481,<ref name=Mansfield>{{cite book|title=Fra Giovanni Coppo&nbsp;— The Legend of the Holy Fina, Virgin of Santo Gemignano |first=Mildred |last=Mansfield |url=https://archive.org/details/legendholyfinav00mansgoog|year=1908|publisher=Duffield & Co|location=New York|page=xxxix|orig-year=1598}}</ref> confirmed by [[Pope Paul III]] in 1538,<ref>Mansfield 1908, p. 124</ref> permitted the public cult and veneration of Saint Fina. Her feast on 12 March has been a statutory holiday in the town since 1481. The second feast on the first Sunday of August commemorates her stopping two plagues that ravaged the town in 1479 and 1631. On both days, her relics are carried in [[procession]] in order to bless the town.
==Commemoration==
Saint Fina is celebrated in San Gimignano on two separated days. Her first feast is on March 12 – the anniversary of her death – which has been a statutory holiday in the town since 1481. The second feast on the first Sunday of August commemorates her stopping two plagues that ravaged the town in 1479 and 1631.


Fina is considered a patroness and protector of the town along with [[Geminianus|Saint Gimignano]].<ref name=festa/>
On both days, her relics are carried in [[procession]] in order to bless the town. Her example of devotion has been handed down by the people of San Gimignano through her veneration, despite not being formally canonised by the Church. So, as written in some paintings dedicated to her, it would be correct to call her Blessed Fina. In fact, the official patron saint of her town is still Saint Gimignano.{{ref|4}}


==The hospital==
==Legacy==
The most important thing “produced” in the memory of Saint Fina is the “spedale” (hospital),{{ref|5}} which took her name and was built in 1255 thanks to donations given at her tomb. The hospital gave hospitality to old and poor people and pilgrims too. It became in the following century one of the best in Tuscany. The building changed its name{{specify}} in 1816 and remained in function until the end of the 20th century. In the hospital’s chapel, the original oak wood table where Saint Fina lay down for five years is preserved.
A hospital was built in 1255 thanks to donations given at her tomb and named after her. It became in the following century one of the best in Tuscany, giving hospitality to the old and poor people and pilgrims. The building remained in function until the end of the 20th century. In the hospital's chapel, the original oak wood table where Saint Fina lay down for five years is preserved.


==Iconography and biographies==
==Iconography and biographies==
The most important monument dedicated to Saint Fina is [[Saint Fina Chapel|her chapel]] (designed by Giuliano da Maiano in 1468 and consecrated in 1488) located inside the [[Collegiata di San Gimignano]] where, inside the altar (built by the brother Benedetto da Maiano), the bones are kept. On the left and right walls of the Chapel there are two frescoes painted by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]]: one shows the vision of Saint Gregory; the other shows the funeral where the violets in blossom on the towers are represented. We also see an angel ringing the bells, Beldia’s cured hand and the self-portrait of the painter and his brother-in-law Mainardi, who painted the Chapel’s ceiling. On the altar there is a bust with Saint Fina’s relics inside.
The most important monument dedicated to Saint Fina is [[Saint Fina Chapel|her chapel]] in the Collegiata, designed by [[Giuliano da Maiano]] in 1468<ref name=Mansfield/> and consecrated in 1488. Her relics are located inside the altar built by Giuliano's brother [[Benedetto da Maiano]]. On the left and right walls of the Chapel there are two frescoes painted by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]]: one shows the vision of Saint Gregory; the other shows the funeral where the violets in blossom on the towers are represented.<ref>[http://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/DetailsPage.aspx?Feminae_ID=30921 "Obsequies of St. Fina", ''Feminae'', University of Iowa]</ref> Also depicted is an angel ringing the bells, Beldia's cured hand and the self-portrait of the painter and his brother-in-law Mainardi, who painted the chapel's ceiling.


Inside the Civic Museum of San Gimignano there is a wood tabernacle (by [[Lorenzo di Niccolò]] 1402) depicting Saint Fina with the town on her lap, an icon of St Gregory and some of her anecdotes. Another image of Fina is in the nearby Sant'Agostino Church, painted by [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. Other artists depicting the Saint’s life were [[Piero del Pollaiolo]] and [[Pier Francesco Fiorentino]]. In others small churches in the countryside other painting about Saint Fina were discovered.
Inside the Civic Museum of San Gimignano there is a wood tabernacle painted by [[Lorenzo di Niccolò]] in 1402 depicting Saint Fina holding a model of San Gimignano along with eight scenes of her life and miracles. Another image of Fina is in the nearby church of [[Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano|Sant'Agostino]], painted by [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. Other artists depicting the saint's life include [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]] and [[Pier Francesco Fiorentino]].


The most credited hagiography of Saint Fina is the one of Fra’ [[Giovanni del Coppo]] (“Historia vita et morte di Sancta Fina da San Gimignano”, written on 14th century and translated from Latin by [[Jacopo Manducci]] in 1575), who lived closest in time to Saint Fina. Many others have tried to tell Saint Fina’s life (Enrico Castaldi, Giovanni Bollando, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Teodoro Ferroni, Ignazio Malenotti, Luigi Pecori, Ugo Nomi Veronesi Pesciolini, and Enrico Fiumi).
Fra Giovanni del Coppo wrote the earliest hagiography of Saint Fina<ref name=festa/> (“Historia vita et morte di Sancta Fina da San Gimignano”, written on 14th century and translated from Latin by Jacopo Manducci in 1575). Many others have tried to tell Saint Fina's life (Enrico Castaldi, Giovanni Bollando, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Teodoro Ferroni, Ignazio Malenotti, Luigi Pecori, Ugo Nomi Veronesi Pesciolini, and Enrico Fiumi).

The best and most updated book is “Fina dei Ciardi”, written by Profesoressa Iole Imberciadori Vichi in 1979: a deep research of all documents and biography existing in San Gimignano archives.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Santa Fina Chapel]]
* [[Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/March 12|Saint Fina, patron saint archive]]
* [[Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/March 12|Saint Fina, patron saint archive]]


==Notes==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
#{{note|1}}Likely a diminutive of Serafina; possibly of Iosefina.
#{{note|2}}Today is the Collegiata of San Gimignano (the main church).
#{{note|3}}The public natural springs in S. Gimignano.
#{{note|4}}[[Bishop of Modena]], died in 387. In legend, saved the citizens of the little town from the onslaughts of the Barbarian hordes in the 6th century.
#{{note|5}}The old Italian name was “Lo spedale”, the modern name is “L’ ospedale”.


==Sources==
==Sources==
Iole Vichi Imberciadori – ''Fina dei Ciardi'' (1979)
* Vichi, Iole Imberciadori. ''Fina dei Ciardi'' (1979)


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=184 St. Fina]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060813145420/http://www.stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/id626.htm St. Serafina]
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/ghirland/domenico/2s_fina/index.html Announcement of Death to St Fina]
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/ghirland/domenico/2s_fina/index.html Announcement of Death to St Fina]
*[http://www.abcgallery.com/G/ghirlandao/ghirlandaio16.html The Funeral of St. Fina by Domenico Ghirlandaio]
*[http://www.abcgallery.com/G/ghirlandao/ghirlandaio16.html The Funeral of St. Fina by Domenico Ghirlandaio]
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Saint

Fina
Fresco of Fina painted by Benozzo Gozzoli
Virgin
Born1238
San Gimignano, Florentine Republic
Died12 March [O.S. 5 March] 1253
San Gimignano, Florentine Republic
Venerated inSan Gimignano, Italy
FeastMarch 12 and 1st Sunday of August
Attributesviolets, with Saint Gregory the Great, or lying on her wooden board

Fina (Serafina) (1238–1253) was an Italian Christian virgin who is especially venerated in the Tuscan town of San Gimignano. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where, according to legends, Saint Gregory the Great appeared to her to predict her death.

Life

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Representation of Saint Fina on a ceramic dish

Fina dei Ciardi was born in San Gimignano in 1238.[1] The daughter of Cambio and Imperiera Ciardi, a declined noble family, she lived in a humble house located in the historic centre of the famous “city of beautiful towers” (today the small road on which her house stands takes her name). There is little record of the first ten years of her life, and what information available comes from legends narrated after her death. She learned to sew and spin, spending most of her time at home.[2] Some accounts note Fina's strong devotion to the Virgin Mary, and that she went out only to hear Mass.

In 1248, Fina contracted a serious illness which progressively left her paralysed. Instead of a bed, she chose to lie on a wooden pallet. Eventually, she developed painful pressure sores. During her illness, she lost her father and later her mother died after a fall. Despite these trials she never complained, but kept a joyful countenance and gave thanks to God.[3]

Fina's immense devotion was an example to all the citizens of San Gimignano, who frequently visited her. Visitors were surprised to receive words of encouragement from a desperately ill young girl who was resigned to the will of God. Fina had a particular devotion to Saint Gregory the Great.[1] On March 4, 1253, after five years of sickness and pain, she allegedly experienced a vision of St. Gregory, wherein he foretold her death. Fina died as predicted on March 12 at the age of 15.

Legends

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Announcement of Death to Saint Fina by Saint Gregory the Great, by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Miracles attributed to Fina are mentioned in stories, paintings, poems and in notary documents. Legends say that, at the exact moment of Fina's passing away, all the bells of San Gimignano rang without anyone touching them.[4]

One legend tells that during a walk with two of her friends she heard a young girl, Smeralda, crying. Smeralda had broken a pitcher that her mother had given her in order to fill with water from the public well. While she was entertained by other children, she forgot the pitcher on the ground which unfortunately rolled down and broke. Fina told her to arrange the pieces and put them under the water: the pitcher became whole and full of water.

When Fina's body was removed from the pallet that was her deathbed, onlookers saw white violets bloom from the wood,[1] and smelt a fresh, floral fragrance throughout her house. Violets grow on the walls of San Gimignano. For this reason, the townspeople call them “The Saint Fina violets.”

For several days, pilgrims went to the Pieve to see Fina's remains and during that time there were reports of a number of cures. One concerned her nurse Beldia, whose hand was healed. Many sick people who visited her grave during the following years were said to have experienced cures and some of these became some of Fina's most fervent devotees.

Another anecdote about Fina's miracles is the one of the Ciardi family's neighbor. Once on the anniversary of Fina's death, when the townsfolk had declared a holiday in her honor, a neighbor, Cambio di Rustico, went to cut wood and hurt his leg. He asked Fina's pardon and was very sorry for not having respected her memorial. His cut then miraculously disappeared.

Veneration

[edit]

Miraculous healings were attributed to Fina's intercession. Her feast is celebrated in San Gimignano on both 12 March, the anniversary of her death, and on the first Sunday in August. Her relics are kept in a chapel in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. A hospital in San Gimignano was formerly named in her honor[4] and several paintings of her can be found in the town.

A papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus IV on October 1481,[5] confirmed by Pope Paul III in 1538,[6] permitted the public cult and veneration of Saint Fina. Her feast on 12 March has been a statutory holiday in the town since 1481. The second feast on the first Sunday of August commemorates her stopping two plagues that ravaged the town in 1479 and 1631. On both days, her relics are carried in procession in order to bless the town.

Fina is considered a patroness and protector of the town along with Saint Gimignano.[4]

Legacy

[edit]

A hospital was built in 1255 thanks to donations given at her tomb and named after her. It became in the following century one of the best in Tuscany, giving hospitality to the old and poor people and pilgrims. The building remained in function until the end of the 20th century. In the hospital's chapel, the original oak wood table where Saint Fina lay down for five years is preserved.

Iconography and biographies

[edit]

The most important monument dedicated to Saint Fina is her chapel in the Collegiata, designed by Giuliano da Maiano in 1468[5] and consecrated in 1488. Her relics are located inside the altar built by Giuliano's brother Benedetto da Maiano. On the left and right walls of the Chapel there are two frescoes painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio: one shows the vision of Saint Gregory; the other shows the funeral where the violets in blossom on the towers are represented.[7] Also depicted is an angel ringing the bells, Beldia's cured hand and the self-portrait of the painter and his brother-in-law Mainardi, who painted the chapel's ceiling.

Inside the Civic Museum of San Gimignano there is a wood tabernacle painted by Lorenzo di Niccolò in 1402 depicting Saint Fina holding a model of San Gimignano along with eight scenes of her life and miracles. Another image of Fina is in the nearby church of Sant'Agostino, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli. Other artists depicting the saint's life include Piero del Pollaiuolo and Pier Francesco Fiorentino.

Fra Giovanni del Coppo wrote the earliest hagiography of Saint Fina[4] (“Historia vita et morte di Sancta Fina da San Gimignano”, written on 14th century and translated from Latin by Jacopo Manducci in 1575). Many others have tried to tell Saint Fina's life (Enrico Castaldi, Giovanni Bollando, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Teodoro Ferroni, Ignazio Malenotti, Luigi Pecori, Ugo Nomi Veronesi Pesciolini, and Enrico Fiumi).

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "St. Seraphina", FaithND
  2. ^ Stevens, Clifford. The One Year Book of Saints, Huntington, Indiana, OSV Publishing
  3. ^ Ghezzi, Bert. Voices of the Saints Loyola Press, ISBN 9780829428063
  4. ^ a b c d "Festa di Santa Fina", Fondazione Sisterna Toscana
  5. ^ a b Mansfield, Mildred (1908) [1598]. Fra Giovanni Coppo — The Legend of the Holy Fina, Virgin of Santo Gemignano. New York: Duffield & Co. p. xxxix.
  6. ^ Mansfield 1908, p. 124
  7. ^ "Obsequies of St. Fina", Feminae, University of Iowa

Sources

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  • Vichi, Iole Imberciadori. Fina dei Ciardi (1979)
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