Saints and Sinners
Corinne is in Italy for the summer and has brought some of the sounds and stories of the Tuscan city of Lucca to Enchanted. In this episode, we explore the legends of saints and devils, the portal to Hell in one of Lucca's churches, and Lucida Mansi, Lucca's most famous ghost. In a city that's existed since the third century BCE, aren't there bound to be a few mysteries?
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.
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Listen to Enchanted's season two episode, "A Desirable Disaster, " for more stories from medieval Lucca.
Music
Purple Planet - Tears of Beauty
Purple Planet - Cobwebbed
Purple Planet - Darkness
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Barsali, Isa Belli. Lucca: Guida alla città. Lucca: M. Pacini Fazzi, 1988.
Barsotti, Matteo. La coronatione della miracolosissima imagine di Maria Vergine detta del Sasso nella chiesa di S. Agostino di Lucca… Lucca, 1693.
Basilica di San Frediano. Itinerario spirituale-storico-artistico. Lucca: Editore Comunità Cristiana del Centro Storico di Lucca, 2016.
Black, Anetta. “The Incorruptible St. Zita.” Atlas Obscura.
Di Monaco, Bartolomeo. Tales Told in Lucca, translated by Helen Askham. Montauolo: Di Monaco Bartholomeo Editore, 2004.
Dow, Carola Sanford. A Legend of Lucca. Florence: Barbéra Press, 1922.
Franciotti, Cesare. Historie delle miracolose imagini, e delle vite de’ Santi, i corpi de’ quali sono nella città di Lucca. Lucca: Ottaviano Guidoboni, 1613.
Muldoon, Melissa. “The Legend of Lucida Mansi.” L’ItaloAmericano.
“The Mysterious Story of Lucida Mansi.” Toscana Inside.
Opera S.Frediano Ramo Onlus della Basilica di San Frediano. Basilica di San Frediano.
