The Collection of Ubaldian Memories, located in the convent of Sant’Ubaldo on Mount Ingino, is a permanent museum exhibition that, through objects, documents, and works of art, illustrates the life of Ubaldo, the patron saint of Gubbio who lived between 1085 and 1160, and the cult dedicated to him over the centuries, also referencing the renowned Festa dei Ceri, a city celebration that has taken place in Gubbio every 15th of May for about eight hundred years, on the eve of the saint’s death.
Among the displayed works, in addition to paintings, wooden objects, and votive items, textile artifacts discovered inside the urn where the relics of Sant’Ubaldo were preserved are also kept. Particularly notable for their importance are: a “tunic of coarse, tattered, patched, and soiled cloth with mismatched sleeves” in linen, and a cloth in yellow silk and linen with red decoration featuring a series of birds and rampant lions, alternating face to face in parallel rows and enclosed within a rigid geometric wolf-tooth structure, both dating back to the 13th century.
Information about the Collection of Ubaldian Memories
Convent of Sant’Ubaldo – V. M.Te Ingino, 5
06024 Gubbio (Perugia)
075 9273872
basilicasantubaldo@libero.it
https://www.basilicasantubaldo.it
Source: MIBACT
