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Facade Inscription

De Celo

Respice Svper Domv Hanc

Qva Edificavimvs

AD GLORIAM NOMINIS TVI

1729

7BRIS

From the heaven

look on this house

that we have built

TO THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME

1729

SEPTEMBER.

The marble plaque that is near the main entrance to the church (on the right as you enter)

recalls the Crowning of the Icon of the Madonna di Pia.

Translation

Shine over time the eighth day of September 1920, in which the most distinguished image depicted of the Divine Infante with his Mother Pia was, by decree of the Vatican Chapter, surrounded by a golden crown, from the hands of the Most Eminent Cardinal of Santa Romana Church Alfonso Mistrangelo, archbishop of Florence, Legate of the Supreme Pontiff, in the presence of several Bishops and Benedictine Abbots, with a great participation of Clergy and people, also coming from distant parishes.

The marble stone which is near the main entrance of the Church (to the left of the entrance)

remember the Dedication to the divine Worship of our church.

Translation

+ To the perpetual memory of the event +

On 5 June, in the year 1910 the Bishop Giuseppe Scatti

with a solemn rite, consecrated together with the high altar
this temple in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed into Heaven,

between the chants of the monks and in the presence of the clergy and of the people

of Finale and the bordering areas.

Plaque commemorating an ancient naval bombardment

Two large bowls are walled in the left wall,
in front of the balustrade of the third altar on the right 
(San Benedetto)
The tombstone says:

To the Mother of God
Tutor of the Marquisate Finalese
Among the more than 209 incendiary iron bullets that on
September 29, 1745 an English fleet fired to damage the population and the houses, this Cenobio
 - for peculiar preserved gift - offers a couple to the Mother of God, 
protector of the Marquisate Finalese, to perpetual testimony of thanks.
D.D.D. = Dedit Dedicavit Donavit
He gave. He devoted. He Gifted.
In the corridor that leads from the adjacent altar to the sacristy there is a similar plaque, altough less showy

WASHBASINFrom the sacristy you can access the sink,
the place where priests can wash their hands before the celebrations.
The ancient characters of the Latin inscription that we find there
make it difficult to read.

Give, Lord,
to my hands the strength
to eliminate any stain
so that without contamination of mind and body
can serve you validly).

A CAPTAIN OF THE XVII CENTURY

In the corridor that opens in front of the sink there is

a plaque dated 12 August 1638 written in Spanish

The damage suffered over the centuries does not allow

reconstruct the final part of the text well.

(Translation)
Captain Don Lorenzo della Montagna
he died on the beach of the Finale
12 August 1638
and his corpse was deposed
in this church of Our Lady of Pia
at the foot of the San Carlo altar
by order of the Mar [chese] of Monte Allegro his ...
(Here, against the wall, in 1600 there was an altar
dedicated to San Carlo Borromeo. Cardinal of Milan).