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Commemorative plaque for the restoration of the church of Saint Vincent martyr (1656)



The text on eleven lines is engraved on a large rectangular marble slab, within a typical seventeenth century table, as in the epitaph of Francesco Castelvì in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Cagliari:
 

D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo)./Illustre Capitulum Arboren quotannis perpetuis fucturistemporibus pro solemnitate S.Vincentii Martyris tenetur/ primas vesperas in vigilia et Missam in die festo {pro}/processionaliter solemniteq(ue) cum ipsius reliquia in hoc/templo celebrare, egregio Micaele Pira Auristani Cive/huius item templi pene collapsi instauratore elemùosinamq(ue)/ centum numos aureos, Divino Praeumate [leggi Pneumate] flante, elargitore./Extat paradigma in deplomatibus civitatis per Augustinum/Correli pub(licum) notarium.Exaratum anno MDCLVI Aurist(anei) XI kal(endas)/ Ianuarias.



The inscription attests that the Capitolo Arborense, every year on the occasion of St. Vincent Martyr feast, had to celebrate the vespers on the eve and the mass with a solemn procession with the relics of the Saint.
 
A citizen from Oristano, Michele Pira (who founded the first public schools of the city) gave 100 golden coins after St. Vincent church restoration. His donation was registered by the notary Agostino Correli in City Archives and the commemorative inscription was engraved in December 1656. 
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