The Black Madonna of Tindari, sporting the incsription NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA. Tindari Madonna Bruna: restoration work in the 1990s found a medieval statue with later additions. Nigra sum sed formosa , meaning "I am black but beautiful" (from the Song of Songs, 1:5), is inscribed round a newer base.
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Patti, Provinz Messina, Sizilien, Tindari, die schwarze Madonna in der Wallfahrtskirche