The Girdle of Thomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian, is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile...

During the 14th century the cathedral acquired an important relic, the Sacra Cintola or Belt of the Holy Virgin. This brought about the enlargement of the...

down to him as she was taken up to heaven. The supposed girdle itself (Sacra Cintola) is a relic of Prato Cathedral, and its veneration was regarded as especially...

[ˈpraːθo] are more common. On 8 September each year, to pay homage to the Sacra Cintola, on the day of the birth of the Madonna, there is the Corteggio Storico...

design by Giuliano da Sangallo), from the sacristy of the Chapel of the Cintola; monstrance (early 18th century), by Bernardo Holzmann, commissioned by...

Florence, were when the city's famous relic, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola), thought to be the belt the Virgin Mary dropped to Thomas the Apostle...

regular public displays of their famous relic, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola). Though Donatello is the more well-known of the two, "it would be a...

which was probably soon after it was painted. The Girdle of Thomas or Sacra Cintola, supposed the belt of the Virgin Mary, paraded round the city of Prato...

Miracle of the Holy Belt Greek: Θαύμα της Aγίας Ζώνης, Italian: La Sacra Cintola Artist Theodore Poulakis Year c. 1642–1692 Medium tempera on wood Movement...

1490, frescoes (Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello). Madonna della Cintola, circa 1492–95, fresco (Florence, Santa Croce, Baroncelli chapel). Frescoes...