In Aragon, a business leader who financed the restoration of a church appears alongside apostles on the ceiling of the narthex.
He began by offering his services generously. A faithful member of the parish, head of a small construction company, who fixes the roof, repairs the bell tower, automates the carillon, all at his own expense and with the agreement of the priest, how can we refuse? The bishopric of Jaca, in Aragon, in the north of Spain, owner of the place, was only too happy that Eduardo Lacasta put his Christian charity and his knowledge of masonry at the service of the church of Caldearenas. « He did a good job »recognizes on the phone the delegate of the diocese for heritage, Domingo Jesus Lizalde.
Until the villagers discover on a ceiling of the « slice »exterior vestibule or narthex previously devoid of any ornament, paintings of figures venerated in the parish: Saint Rose, Saint Michael or the apostles… and, in the middle, a Saint Matthew resembling the patron! White hair with a contemporary cut, side parting and right eye…
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