ISLE OF CAPRI
LIGHTNING DESTROYS OLD CHURCH. Lightning has destroyed the ancient church on the peak of the island of Capri, near Naples. The music of a modern song has impressed something of the magic en-
shrined in this Italian island on the I hearts of old and young, so that presumably the islanders will have little ' difficulty in raising the £lOOO needed 'for the reconstruction. This church was built centuries ago ; on Mount Tiberius, named after tile ' [Roman emperor who was spending Iris last years here when Our Lord was walking in Galilee. Tiberius has come down through
history as a monster in human form, a tyrant whose last years here were filled with gloom and terror, and perhaps with some remorse for his many murders. It is said that this stricken church was built to cleanse Capri from the stain of the emperor's misdeeds.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 April 1938, Page 2
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