Saint / folklore
Madonna of Pompeii
The Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei is a Catholic cathedral, Marian pontifical shrine, and Pontifical minor basilica commissioned and co-founded by Bartolo Longo and his wife the Countess Mariana di Fusco, located in Pompei, Italy. It is the see of the Territorial Prelature of Pompei.
In the book
A soldier gives Lewis a scrap of tinsel torn from her mantle, promising it will render him bulletproof for a year.
Appears in 1 diary entry.
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September 11 1943HQ moves to a tranquil rural setting, but there's a creeping sense that the Fifth Army is unprepared and undefended.
tinsel from her mantle believed to grant protection/bulletproofing
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