The wealthiest of the pilgrims followed, including two portraits, carried by servants, of a merchant of Anagni and her fourth husband. They’d yearned to tend to their immortal souls, apparently, but a bit less than they yearned to tend to business, so they’d bought dispensation to send likenesses in their place. The Saviour had said one could not buy one’s way into heaven, but most agreed that was just a negotiating tactic on her part.
