I-Madonna dell'Arco nesijeziso asinikeza owesifazane owacasula isithombe sakhe
La UMadonna we-Arch iyihlelo lenkolo elidumile elaqhamuka kumasipala waseSant'Anastasia, esifundazweni saseNaples. Ngokusho kwenganekwane, leli hlelo lihlehlela emuva ku-1452, lapho owesifazane okuthiwa uVincenza Pagano ebuyela ekhaya evela ensimini nomthwalo wewayini.
Ethwele ibhokisi elisindayo, vincenza wakhubeka wawa, walishaya ibhodlela. Kusenjalo, kwavela isithombe seNkosazana Yethu esibhakabhakeni, siveza ubukhona bakhe futhi simvikela.
UVincenza nomakhelwane bakhe babe sebephefumulelwa ukuba bakhe i-cappela ngokuhlonipha i-Madonna dell'Arco endaweni lapho isibalo sivele khona. Emakhulwini eminyaka alandela, isonto lanwetshwa futhi laba isikhungo esibalulekile sokuhambela amakholwa angamaKhatholika. Isithombe sikaMadonna manje sihlala eSontweni Lendawo engcwele yaseSanta Maria dell'Arco, eyakhiwe 1582.
UMadonna ujezisa u-Aurelia del Greco
Aurelia del Prete wayengowesifazane owayehlala budebuduze nesonto elizinikele kuMadonna. Ngelinye ilanga ecanda izinkuni walimala onyaweni. Ngaleso sikhathi wenza isifungo kuNkosazana Yethu. Wamtshela ukuthi uma engamphilisa uzomnika izinyawo ezimbili ku-wax. Ekuseni ngoMsombuluko wePhasika ngo-1589, waya esontweni ephethe ingulube encane esandleni sakhe, ayehlose ukuyithengisa emakethe. Kodwa ingulube encane ayizange ifike lapho yayiya khona.
U-Aurelia, ecabanga ukuthi ulahlekelwe nguye, waqala ukwenza kanjalo inhlamba phambi kwesithombe esingcwele sikaMadonna. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wathola ingulube engekude.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, into engachazeki malattia ezinyaweni lashaya owesifazane futhi naphezu kokwelashwa, phakathi kweSonto lePhasika noMsombuluko, izinyawo zakhe banqamula nakanjani kusukela emilenzeni.
Owesifazane ngosuku eya ngalo emakethe, wehlulekile i-rispetto emfanekisweni ongcwele futhi wawucasula ngokuphihliza ubuso be-wax ayeyinike uMadonna ukuze aphulukise umyeni wakhe ngokuyisimangaliso. Ukugula kwakhe kube ngumvuzo ofanelekile wokuntula ukubonga ngakho konke okuhle okwenziwe yi-Madonna dell'Arco.