2013-01-31 17:04:50

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni: a Bernini masterpiece...


(Vatican Radio) Hidden away in the Roman Church of 'San Francesco a Ripa' is a Bernini masterpiece depicting the ecstasy of Blessed Ludovica Albertoni. A saintly woman whom the Church remembers on February 1st.

Join our Professor of Fine Arts Breda Ennis there as she comments on how Bernini is: "... using the marble like it was wax in his hands so he was able to have a spiritual moment flow into his fingers ..."

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