Pia Had Never Seen the Shroud
Pia had never seen the shroud. The last two showings had been in 1842, before he was born, and 1868, when he was ten. In the first instance it was displayed from a balcony of the Palazzo Madama, so named because Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy, Duchess Consort of Savoy and before her, Christine Marie de France and Regent of Savoy had used it as a royal palace. Overlooking the spacious, Piazza Castello, it could accommodate large, cheering outdoor crowds. It was all part of the great festivities in celebration of the marriage between the then crown prince Victor Emanuel (II) and Maria Adelaide, the Archduchess of Austria. In 1868, it was displayed again, this time to mark the marriage of the then crown prince Umberto, soon to be king, and his first cousin, Margherita Teresa Giovanna, titular-Princess of Savoy, today famous as the namesake of the Margherita pizza. The story is that a chef from Naples, Raffaelle Esposito, prepared a pizza for her and she was so pleased that she sent him a thank you letter.
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