“I Padri Scolopi di Campi Salentina have promoted since 1990 the establishment of a Museum, dictated by the need for a “visual narrative” of the History of San Pompilio (the Holy educator of the Piarist Schools who lived in Campi Salentina in the 18th century and whose sacred remains are still collected today in the Sanctuary adjacent to the Museum), a place that gathers all those personal and figurative elements that allow grasping the simple memory of the Saint, as a more evident presence among his people. The works present in the Museum are mostly identifiable as objects, furnishings, and garments of the Saint, sacred relics, paintings by famous painters representing his likeness, papier-mâché simulacra, and sculptures that, in about 245 years since his death, have increasingly portrayed Pompilio Maria Pirrotti as a reference of devotion for all the Communities of Salento. Finally, significant important procedural documents of his canonization.
Information about Museo Pompiliano
Via Pirrotta, 2
73012 Campi Salentina (Lecce)
0832791034
calasanzio2@virgilio.it
https://www.ameipuglia.it
Source: MIBACT
