The aedicula of the Madonna dell’Arringo is from medieval times and is about 2 km from the village of Fumone along the ancient road from Anagni that climbed towards Fumone, right at the crossroads with the road leading to Trivigliano.
The aedicula is square-shaped and had an image lost in time.
The present image is by the painter Mariangela Calabrese and depicts the Virgin holding in the left arm Jesus Christ and holding in her right hand a snake symbolically representing a request for protection from serpents by travellers.
The term "Arringo" seems to referred to less than to its literal meaning of exhortation, and more to prayer.
(Alessandro Potenziani)
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