The Miracle of Rain in Apulia
Sansovino’s The Miracle of Rain in Apulia depicts the fictional account of the
city of Apulia being struck with drought after refusing to celebrate St.
Mark. In response to the drought, “the
people invoked the saint and promised that they would celebrate his feast, so
Mark banished the sterility and, by sending salubrious air and need rain,
provided the people with plenty” (Rosand, The
Myth of Venice, 2, 61).
*Information from my Basilica di San Marco essay
