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Middle Ages was a Cathar place, they even wanted to burn

the whole city to eliminate heresy. Still today in Faenza there

is a Commandery (a civil honour, superior to a knighthood)

dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Also, in Faenza, a

tombstone would have been decoded from the 1600, coming

from the Cathedral of the city (the discovery of a sketch on

a notebook, would trace its construction back to Leonardo. I

remind you that Leonardo wrote from left to right that is on

the reverse as to the way that they write Arabic).

The plaque seems to conceal a secret message, referring to

Rennes: "On Mount Bezu in Rennes, the Church of Christ

hides the arch in the Mountains", writing which is also found

in the Pala Bertone, painted by an unknown author, owned by

the Pinacoteca Faentina. In Faenza, we also find Felice Giani,

who painted three works here with the words: "Et in Arcadia

Ego" (also I was part of the Arcadia) an enigmatic inscription

reported in some important seventeenth century paintings,

including one of Guercino, and two of the French painter

Nicolas Poussin. There is then the diffusion of devotion to

the most precious blood, a congregation founded by St.

Gaspar, which is found both in Bologna and in Romagna, and in

the Rennes area. Another reference is the oratory of S.

Maria Maddalena at Villa Salta, located in Predappio, which

would have symbolic references to the church located in

Rennes. The construction of the oratory, around 1450, is due

to Nicolò, founder of the Raineri of Salto, an illustrious

character, very sensitive to the spiritual and religious side.

Another reference to The Magdalene can be found in St.

Camillus, founder of the "Company of Ministers of the Sick".

The Camillians wear the black robe with the Red Cross of

cloth on their chests, dedicating themselves to the care of