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An audio prayer with Patti Smith at the Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth

Video. Quiet please: Patti Smith and the Holy See pavilion at Venice

Updated: 03/06/2026 - 7:26 GMT+2

Patti Smith performed texts and hymns by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun, at the official opening of the Holy See's Vatican Pavilion.

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