. Heroines of Genoa and the Rivieras. ement, and to thegreat wonder of the onlookers, the head of theCrucifix quite unmistakably bowed three times !This miraculous sign was taken by all as atoken that the girls tale was true. Agostinocould not refuse such a striking vindicationof Paolinas constancy, and then and there heclasped her in his arms, and joined his prayersto hers for the assistance and blessing of story ends somewhat abruptly by saying :* they were married on the same spot within amonth.* This tale of the nodding Crucifix is stilltreasured in the minds of all Genoese girl
. Heroines of Genoa and the Rivieras. ement, and to thegreat wonder of the onlookers, the head of theCrucifix quite unmistakably bowed three times !This miraculous sign was taken by all as atoken that the girls tale was true. Agostinocould not refuse such a striking vindicationof Paolinas constancy, and then and there heclasped her in his arms, and joined his prayersto hers for the assistance and blessing of story ends somewhat abruptly by saying :* they were married on the same spot within amonth.* This tale of the nodding Crucifix is stilltreasured in the minds of all Genoese girls andwomen. Should anyone be slighted by herlover she goes at once and kneels before theHoly Figure, tells her trouble, and looks for aconsolatory nod. Whether any maiden cris-crossed in love has had Paolina Pinellis fortun-ate experience no one has recorded. Some eighty years after this scene in SantaMaria di Castello on 25th March—Ladyday—1626, splendid ceremonies were performed inevery church in Genoa. At San Lorenzo, Car- 222. YOUTH AND BEAUTY AT PLAY IN A VILLA GARDEN. AFTER A STIPPLE ENGRAVING. T. Stothard, —Augusto Fox. Villas and Villa Gardens dinal Giovanni Domenico Spinola celebratedPontifical High Mass in the presence of theDoge, Francesco Brignole, and all the qualityof Genoa. Among them was a Brignole bride,Signorina Caterina, the Doges niece, whomarried Prince Onorio III. of Monaco. Atthe conclusion of the sacred function his Serenityhumbly approached the Cardinal, and offeredhim, upon a golden salver, for dedication, a goldand jewelled sceptre, a Royal crown of goldand gems, and two magnificent golden precious objects were deposited upon thealtar, above which stood a very beautifullychiselled and painted statue of the Mother ofChrist, most gorgeously apparelled in cloth-of-gold and covered with jewels. At the sametime, the Chancellor of the State proclaimedto the great mass of citizens, gathered in frontof the cathedral, that Saint Mary the V
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