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A large number of works by
Paolo Saverio Di Zinno are preserved in the churches of the Molise.
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Campobasso
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The
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mention needs to be made of the statues of the Virgin Mary Immaculate
and the Madonna of Mount Carmel with the Angels, in the Church of the
Convent of Sant’Alfonso dei Liguori at Colletorto, the San
Francesco Saverio in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta at Campochiaro,
the San Vincenzo Ferreri in Santa Maria della Libera at Cercemaggiore,
the San Francesco in the Church of Sant'Antonio Abate at Campobasso.
Again the San Rocco in the church of the same name at Civitanova del
Sannio, the Madonna delle Grazie in the Church of Santa Maria
delle Rose at Bonefro, the San Liberato in the parish Church
of San Giacomo at Roccamandolfi, the Saint Anthony in the Church
of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli at San Felice del Molise.
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Campobasso
- The Mysteries
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However, the work which has made Di Zinno immortal in the history of the
art of the Molise and South Italy is that complex and ingenious system
of the living pictures, the Mysteries, devised in 1740. On
machines made from a mysterious metal alloy, they portray scenes from
the lives of some Saints from the Old and New Testaments, with the parts
being acted out by children and people of the city of Campobasso. Each
year, the machines, 13 in number, still parade through the streets of
Campobasso, in the following order: S. Isidor, Mary Magdalene, S.
Antonio Abate, the Immaculate Conception, S. Leonard, S. Rocco, S.
Michael, S. Nicholas, S. Crispin, S. Gennaro, Abraham, The Assumption,
Sacred Heart of Jesus).
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