“Per ornamento e servizio di questi Santi Luoghi”

Documented thanks to a register of the seventeenth century, the religious objects that reach the Franciscan sanctuary of the Holy Savior of Jerusalem draw from many sources, in Europe and in the world: offerings of kings, alms of simple devotees and communities, requests for the Franciscan Custody. To the secular practices of the gift are added the needs of divine worship, the welcome of pilgrims and those of the Franciscan missions in the Holy Land, emerging in the seventeenth century. All objects are transported through the network of commissions, following Mediterranean routes highlighted in the article. The cargoes delivered to the Holy Sepulchre combine liturgical objects, special offerings and everyday goods. While the orders of the Custodians and the goods of use come from Europe, only the offerings come in some cases from extra-European territories, that is to say from the Spanish and Portuguese colonies.