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Margaret was born of farming parents in Laviano, a small village nestled in the rolling hills of Castiglione del Lago, in the diocese of Chiusi, and about halfway between Montepulciano and Cortona. [1] When she was seven, Margaret's mother died and her father remarried. Margaret and her stepmother grew to dislike each other. [2]
The painting depicts a mystical event occurring to the 13th-century Franciscan tertiary, Margaret of Cortona. In the painting, she swoons while held up by two angels, while having a vision of a Christ aloft on a cloud, showing her his stigmata. Margaret narrated that in the vision, Christ called her "my beloved daughter."
The church was originally the site of a small oratory dedicated to San Basilio, and built by Camaldolese monks in the 11th century. Damaged during the 1258 siege of the town by Arezzo, the church and adjacent convent were rebuilt in 1288 by efforts led by Margherita di Cortona, herself a Franciscan tertiary, and dedicated to Saints Basil, Egidius, and Catherine of Alexandria.
Cortona (/ k ɔːr ˈ t oʊ n ə /, Italian: [korˈtoːna]) is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo .
Margaret of Cortona (Italian: Margherita da Cortona) is a 1950 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Maria Frau, Isa Pola and Galeazzo Benti. [1] It portrays the life of the thirteenth century saint Margaret of Cortona. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.
The Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia [1] was established in 1787 as an asistencia ("sub-mission") to Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, then in the Spanish Las Californias Province. Its site is near the present-day city of Santa Margarita , in San Luis Obispo County , central California.
Maria Frau (born 6 August 1930) is a retired Italian film actress. [1] She made her debut in 1950 when she played the title role in Margaret of Cortona.After appearing in eighteen films she retired from acting in 1957, following her marriage.
The painting depicts is a blunt allegory showing Margaret of Cortona, the 13th-century Franciscan tertiary, as underscored by the knotted belt of rope or cincture of the order. Margaret sits in a plain room, listening entranced to the words of an angel, whose hands finger a crown of thorns and partially obscure a skull; in her left hand, she ...