Cuneo Civic Museum - Massimiliano Corvo's tombstone

Massimiliano Corvo's tombstone

The tombstone of Captain Massimiliano Corvo, complete with coat of arms and heraldic decorations, is dated 1623 AD and serves a dual function, sepulchral and celebratory.

Made of sculpted and engraved marble, the monument is civic property, occupies a space of 134 x 70 cm, and is inscribed in a humanistic epigraphic capital. The plaque bears the following epitaph, translated: "To God Most Great – To the prefect of the knights Massimiliano Corvo under the Most Serene Prince of Savoy in Busca, who died during his governorship at the age of 77 on January 17, entrusting himself to the safety of God, Sebastiano, no different from him, placed it in the year 1623.".

Above the inscription is a curved, crumpled shield bearing the image of a raven and surmounted by a helmet with a crest depicting a warrior, holding a sword in his right hand, surmounted by the motto: si fatta sinant. On the sides, in the scrolls: in domino confido and spes mea Deus.

The work has been returned to its original location, on the floor of the chapel of the Corvo and Rabbia families, which houses the captain's burial along the left aisle of the church, in the fourth chapel from the entrance.

Massimiliano Corvo was an active participant in the political life of Cuneo during his time. In addition to his civic duties, he participated in the occupation of Centallo in 1588, the defense of Bersezio and Le Barricate in the Stura Valley in 1590, and was appointed governor of Roccasparvera in 1591 and Busca in 1593.