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  • He must think he's a rocket ship.

  • The people look scared of him.

  • Scared of him?

  • No, in fact, it's called "The Blessed Ranieri, Freeing the Poor from a Prison in Florence" by Sussetta, 1437.

  • Oh, he was a Renaissance superhero?

  • Yeah, he looks like he's got a turbo rocket, you know where.

  • Oh, I get it.

  • He's a saint.

  • How do you know that?

  • Look, he's coming out of a cloud.

  • And also, there's a halo around his head.

  • The poor wrote to Ranieri, asking for his help.

  • So, then a saint dug the tunnel so they could escape.

  • And the sky, is it golden because of the saint?

  • That's right.

  • The sky is where God lives.

  • And clouds of gold.

  • God must be really rich.

  • No, no, the gold in all that is symbolic.

  • In the 15th century, they used gold for lots of religious paintings.

  • Maybe it means that God is capable of performing miracles.

  • Can he make me a super turbo hero, huh?

  • Write to him and ask him. "The Blessed Ranieri, Freeing the Poor from a Prison in Florence." The Louvre Museum, Paris.

He must think he's a rocket ship.

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