Object Description
49 PIUS V Ghislieri, Pope 1566-72
Obv. Bust to left, wearing cope and tiara with right hand raised in blessing. Around, . PIVS . V . GHISLERIVS . BOSCHEN . PONT . M .
Rev. The Madonna and Child enthroned in clouds, flanked by two saints with four saints below. Around, . S . DOMIN . S . CAT . ERIN . S . THOM . AQ . | . S . HIACIN . S . RAIMVN . ; in exergue, . B . MARG . SAVO | IA
Bronze, struck, 41 mm.
The Blessed Margaret of Savoy was a Dominican nun who died in 1464. The population of Alba gave her a cult immediately. It was first officially recognized by Pius V (who had been prior of the convent of Alba and vicar of the monastery) in 1566 and finally confirmed by Clement X in 1670.
Bibl.: Arm. 3, p. 264 FFF; Tresor Papes, pl. 14,2; Venuti, p. 132, no. 32 (variant insc.); Bonnani, p. 309, no. 26 (variant insc.); Martinori, fasc. xi, p. 26.