Note 73 — Chapter IV · —The “Seven Falls”
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The famous Sacro Monte of Varallo was first instituted by Blessed Bernardino Caimi, Guardian of the Franciscan Observants in 1491. He had twice resided in the Holy Land, and had been custode of the holy places in 1477 and 1487. See “Miscellanea di Storia Franciscana,” I (1886), p. 61, and Galloni, “Uomini e Fatti Celebri in Valle Sessia,” p. 84. Cf. also Motta, “Il beato Bernardino Caimi” (1891), p. 16, and S. Butler, “Ex Voto,” pp. 46-56.