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Herewith a link to an earlier (2010) 'Saints of the day' for 9. July (including St. Eusanius; Bl. Dominic Serra; Bl. Giovanna Scopelli; Bl. Adrian Fortescue):
http://tinyurl.com/7a29gf6
Further to Eusanius:
A revised set of links to views of the originally twelfth-century chiesa di Sant'Eusanio martire at Sant'Eusanio Forconese (AQ), starting with images from before the terrific earthquake of April 2009 in the Aquilano:
Facade of 1463:
http://tinyurl.com/nf76dy
Several expandable views of the facade and its details are here (shots of the church are in rows 3, 4, and 5):
http://www.vacanzeneiborghi.it/abruzzo/seusanio/seusanio4389.html
An illustrated, Italian-language page with exterior and interior views:
http://tinyurl.com/brjdasl
The crypt:
http://www.abruzzoandfood.it/images/roots/it002-0009.jpg
A page of views:
http://tinyurl.com/ce88z4y
The same church after the earthquake:
An aerial view with the church at top center (gives an idea of what happened to the adjacent structures):
http://versolaquila.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/20607-s-eusanio-2.jpg
Single views of the church:
http://tinyurl.com/dy5qhmd
http://tinyurl.com/ceyepvx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mocam/3561904683/lightbox/
http://tinyurl.com/ckfhtnd
http://www.pau.unirc.it/NEWS/Terremoto_aquila/L%27Aquila/IMG_5380.JPG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_76/3848119846/lightbox/
A page of views of damage to historic structures in the town (many are of this church; look in the captions for 'chiesa di Sant'Eusanio'):
http://foto.inabruzzo.it/terremoto/Sant-Eusanio-Forconese/index.html
In the same notice, the link to the two pages of views of the frescoes in the chiesa di Santa Maria ad Cryptas in Fossa (AQ) no longer functions. Use now the link given at the end of the present set of updates.
A brief video showing internal damage in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JspM0FoxGzY
An Italian-language account of the damage with an expandable view from 2011 of the frescoed interior:
http://www.inabruzzo.com/?p=71244
For those who wish to skip the Italian but see the view:
http://www.inabruzzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC_8557.jpg
Another interior view from 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/8957ubr
Whereas the church will be closed for a long time, a Web-based guided tour with very good photographs from before the earthquake is here:
http://illustrato.inabruzzo.it/monografie/AI-santa-maria-cryptas-fossa.pdf
Smaller versions of those photographs are on the two pages beginning here:
http://tinyurl.com/73laaqd
Best,
John Dillon
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