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A TOUR THROUGH
LETTER XXVII.
Palermo, July 6th.
/TANY of the churches here are ex-
tremely rich and magnificent. The
cathedral (or, as they call it, Madre Chiefa)
is a venerable Gothic building, and of a
large size ; it is supported within by eighty
columns of Oriental granite, and divided
into a great number of chapels, some of
which are extremely rich, particularly that
of St. Rosolia, the patroness of Palermo, who
is held in greater veneration here, than all
the persons of the Trinity; and, which is
still much more, than even the Virgin Mary
herself. The relics of the saint are preserved
n a large box of silver, curioussy wrought
and enriched with precious stones. They
perform many miracles, and are looked
upon as the greater! treasure of the city-
They
A TOUR THROUGH
LETTER XXVII.
Palermo, July 6th.
/TANY of the churches here are ex-
tremely rich and magnificent. The
cathedral (or, as they call it, Madre Chiefa)
is a venerable Gothic building, and of a
large size ; it is supported within by eighty
columns of Oriental granite, and divided
into a great number of chapels, some of
which are extremely rich, particularly that
of St. Rosolia, the patroness of Palermo, who
is held in greater veneration here, than all
the persons of the Trinity; and, which is
still much more, than even the Virgin Mary
herself. The relics of the saint are preserved
n a large box of silver, curioussy wrought
and enriched with precious stones. They
perform many miracles, and are looked
upon as the greater! treasure of the city-
They