(Press release) -On Saturday 27th (10-12 am) in the diocesan library of Caserta (followed by Mass in the Cathedral officiated by Archbishop Pietro Lagnese) the conference on the theme: “The Holy Shroud/yesterday, today, tomorrow” will be held organized by the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem in anticipation of the Flax Festival, which occurs on May 4th. Julius II established it in 1506 by approving the public cult of the sheet that wrapped the body of Jesus. The date of May 4th was chosen because on the 3rd the discovery of the Holy Cross by Saint Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, was celebrated. The speaker will be Professor Gian Maria Zaccone, Director of the International Center for Studies on the Shroud of Turin. The Lieutenant for Southern Tyrrhenian Italy of the Knight Grand Cross Order, Professor Giovanni Battista Rossi, will conclude. The Delegate of Caserta Cavaliere Col. Andrea Sibilio, the Prior of the Cavaliere Delegation Don Vincenzo De Caprio, Parish Priest of the Cathedral, and the Principal of the Land of Work Section Prof. Marinella Tucci will introduce. The Grand Officer Lawyer Alberto Zaza d’Aulisio, President of the Terra di Lavoro Homeland History Society, the sponsoring body of the event together with the Municipality of Caserta and the Associations “Quaderni della Campania Antica” and “Costumi Campania Antica” will coordinate the event. .
