According to the chemical analysis of the artifact, it most likely still belongs to the right period of time, and is not a fake, as some believed.
The legend surrounding the sword is that it was the weapon of Galgano Guidotti, a ruthless knight born in 1148 who later became a Catholic saint. According to a story that has much to do with the canonization process that took place shortly after his death, Galgano’s father died in Galgano’s early childhood.
A rebellious
child, Galgano fell into bad company. In today’s terms, this could mean
that people use drugs, but at the time it meant participating “very
zealously in internal wars, led by local lords Gherardeschi, Pannokkiski
and others, shedding the blood of their neighbors.”...<<<Read More>>>...
