The remarkable story of a Munster cleric is the subject of a new novel
Thaddeus was long forgotten about in Ireland until Italians contacted the Irish bishops to say they were petitioning Rome to have him beatified. He was made blessed in the late 1800s and this sparked interest in him here at home. The beatification took place not too long after Catholic Emancipation which had resulted in a surge of church building in Ireland and many commissioners used images of Thaddeus, the newly beatified Irishman, to adorn their new churches.
This research also gave me an opportunity to look at the buildings which house images of Thaddeus. Who would have thought that a North American chief, the Black Eagle of the North, founded St Peter & Paul’s Church in Cork? It also gave an opportunity to contrast life in both countries over the centuries and to look at contacts between the two countries.
Milan, Turin and Genoa form the industrial hub of Italy. At one time Ivrea, where Thaddeus died, was also part of this hub as it was the home of the famous Olivetti company. Olivetti believed that the wellbeing of the community was as important as making money and used the best architects to design his buildings and provide other amenities locally.
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