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The hymn to honesty of San Giacometto

The apse of San Giacometto seen from Naranzaria: above the shop roofs, in the brick basin, the marble cross and the inscribed band can be made out
The apse of San Giacometto seen from Naranzaria: above the shop roofs, in the brick basin, the marble cross and the inscribed band can be made out Photo: Didier Descouens (Archaeodontosaurus), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

On the outer wall of the apse of San Giacometto, overlooking the narrow calle of Naranzaria, there are two Latin inscriptions that have been in dialogue for centuries: one enclosed in a marble cross, the other spread over a band of stone. The first looks to the soul: ’Sit crux tua vera salus huic Christe loco’, may your cross, O Christ, be the true salvation of this place.

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