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A Jacobite Gazetteer - TurinBasilica di Superga |
This church contains the tombs of many members of the House of Savoy, including King Victor, his wife, Queen Maria Teresa, and their eldest daughter, Princess Marie Adelaide of Savoy. The tombs are in the crypt of the church. On the right wall of the central nave of the crypt is the monument to King Victor. Above a pediment is a small white marble urn with a crown on top. Below the pediment is a Latin inscription: 1 |
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VICTORII AMEDEI III FILIVS V. SARDINIAE REX PACATA EVROPA HAC INSVLA REDVX AN. MDCCCXIV REGNVM A KAROLO EMMANVELE IV ABDICATUM LIGVRIA ADAVCTVM PVBLICAM REM IVVATVRVS K. FELICI SEPTEM POST ANNOS TRADIDIT SPONTE NON PERITVRA IVSTITIAE MANSVETVDINIS PIETATIS CONSTANTIAE IN ADVERSIS TESTIMONIA RELINQVENS |
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MENSES VI. |
AN. XVIII |
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Below the monument to King Victor is the tomb of his wife Queen Maria Teresa, a white marble urn with a crown on top. On the front of the urn between two Ionic pilasters is a Latin inscription: |
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VXORIS. REGIS. VICTORII. EMMANVELIS MATRIS. FILIORVM. SEX. QVAE. FORMA. EGREGIA. INGENIO. SINGVLARI. PIA VIXIT ANNOS. LVII. M. IV. D. XXIX OBIIT. IANVAE. IV. KAL. APRILIS. ANNO. MDCCCXXXII |
Also in the central nave is a monument to King Charles IV (whose tomb is in the Chiesa di Sant' Andrea al Quirinale in Rome). The monument was erected sometime between 1878 and 1900 by King Umberto I of Italy; it bears the following Latin inscription: |
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VICT. AM. SAB. FILIVS REX. SARD. CYPRI. ET HIEROS. RELIGIONE. AC. DOCTRINA. PRAECLARUS N. AUG. TAURIN. VII KAL. IUNII. A. MDCCLI OBIIT. ROMAE. PRID. NON. OCT. MDCCCIX UMBERTUS I. ITAL. REX NE. HIC. QUOQVE MAIORIS SVI LAUDATISSIMI DEESSET MEMORIA P. |
Monument to King Charles IV |
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Also buried in the central nave are the parents of King Charles IV and King Victor (King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Queen Maria Antonia Ferdinanda) and their younger brother, King Charles Felix of Sardinia. In the left transept of the crypt is the tomb of the eldest daughter of King Victor, Princess Marie Adelaide of Savoy (1794-1795). It bears the following Latin inscription: |
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CLOTILDA. CAROLA VIXIT. MENS. X. TANTVM CAELO. RECEPTA. KAL. AVG. MDCCXCV CVM. PATER. EIVS. VICT. EMMANVEL. REGIS. FILIVS ESSET. SEGVSII. IN PROCINCTV |
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This page is maintained by Noel S. McFerran (noel.mcferran@rogers.com) and was last updated July 19, 2010. |