The works featured in the exhibition date from 1865 to 1959 and are
from the collection of Professor Leonard Norman Primiano of Cabrini
College. Within Catholicism, ex-votos are votive objects offered in
thanks for heavenly intercession with a misfortune such as an accident
or illness. Historically, objects in Italy included metal ex-votos
that took the shape of persons (e.g., a soldier, a swaddled infant),
afflicted body parts, or hearts representing the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. In addition, painted narrative tablets (tavolette), usually on