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Images of old Pavia photographed by Father Costantino Ruggeri in the mid-twentieth century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhw5Ztcrsjk Back to video

Brother Costantino, my flowers.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007) is a master of sacred art.The colors and light of creation are also to be shared through the beauty of art.The artist’s task is to foster this process of mediation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52E-M9Em0w Back to video

Brother Costantino Sparks of God.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):Everyone is given the opportunity to enjoy beauty, because God has imprinted sparks of his beauty and harmony in the heart of every man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_zsTVBZke8 Back to video

Brother Costantino, my soul.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):My works are my soul, they are the expression of the sacred concept of life that I live within me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePgiQXFBTlM Back to video

Brother Costantino, ever-new beauty.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):The beauty of God is ancient and ever-new, just as the beauty of the world God created is always new, though ancient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUxGy_OCQ20 Back to video

Fra Costantino Maestro di Luce, Convent of Canepanova-Pavia, 2002.A master of sacred art, in his churches in Italy and abroad, he reconstructed the beauty of creation, the world imbued with light, assigned by God to humanity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TC-B23ukY Back to video

Brother Costantino, Guardian of Beauty.Brother Costantino Ruggeri’s (1925-2007) nourishment was nature, the beauty of the created world.Paul told you that the world needs artists as mediators between heaven and earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-JabQGv5c Back to video

Brother Costantino, the dreamer.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):Man never stops dreaming as time passes and his experiences increase. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKbUVunRAwI Back to video

Brother Costantino, the stained glass windows.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):The stained glass windows are my best work, because it’s not the glass itself that’s beautiful, but the light that shines through it and tells of God’s light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkFVdh0sBxc Back to video

Brother Costantino, starry sky.Brother Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007):I’ve had many moments of God, ever since I was a child.Being far from God is like living in a night without songs or stars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GpcJfMFf8 Back to video

Fra Costantino Green Sky.The main inspiration for the art of Fra Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007) was Giorgio de Chirico with his Green Sky; the magazine’s ‘frontispiece’ features contributions by Bargellini, Giulietti, Campigli, Sironi, Papini, Modigliani, … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyjzK8bKBw Back to video