Florence 2023 – Palazzo Pitti – Galleria Palatina – Vision of Count Hugh

Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany

“He went hunting both alone and in company wandering through the woods of Mugello. Legend has it that, during a hunt, he was surprised by a strong thunderstorm and forced to find refuge in a cave. Inside he saw a terrifying and unimaginable spectacle: there were damned people tormented by devils who beat them with big hammers and tortured them, between swearing and moaning.

Hugh, shaken by such an apparition, knelt down and beg Our Lady to save him, promising to change his life. After the fervent prayer, the horrendous vision disappeared, the storm calmed down, he was able to get out of the cave and returned to Florence.

Mindful of the promise made to the Madonna he changed completely, he stopped the dissolute life until then practiced, continued to govern Tuscany, he dedicated himself to practicing works of charity, expanded the Abbey Fiorentina and founded other Abbeys”

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