A man caused minimal damage to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican after jumping on the main altar and hitting nineteenth -century chandeliers, valued at thousands of dollars.
A video published in the X shows the individual rising to the altar, which is used for large liturgical celebrations presided by Pope Francis.
He was seen pulling the altar cloth before being stopped by security in front of tourists.
The altar is located just below the famous stone of Basilica, designed by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and was recently restored.
The suspect is from Romania and the chandelier he knocked down are worth about 180 thousand reais, said the Italian news agency Ansa.
A Vatican spokesman told the agency that the incident involved a person with a serious mental deficiency, which was arrested by the Vatican police and then made available to the Italian authorities. ” THE CNN He asked the Vatican to comment on the case.
The incident occurs during the year of the Jubilee of the Catholic Church, with 32 million pilgrims expected to come to Rome in 2025.
The Basilica has been preparing for a flow of visitors, as it is an important destination for those who come to Rome to the Jubilee.
The Basilica placed a new protective glass in front of Michelangelo’s Pietá sculpture, which was attacked with a hammer in 1972, while a similar incident from a man knocking down Candelabros from the main altar occurred in 2019.
This content was originally published in a man rises at the altar of the Basilica of St. Peter and is detained at the Vatican on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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