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The Theodelinda Chapel and the Iron Crown of Monza
It is 22 January 627. The Lombard queen Theodelinda has just passed away. Her body is buried in the Basilica of Saint John in Monza, a city she held very dear, beside the tomb of her husband Agilulf. It was here that, between 595 and 600, the queen had a first church built, dedicated to…