Who is Santa Rosalia. Santa Rosalia is the patron saint of Palermo. Venerated for over three centuries, is the one who freed my city by the plague in 1625.
At the time of his miraculous intervention they knew little of its history. Over time, many devotees have been fascinated by the purity and sanctity of his life style so that every year thousands of pilgrims come from all parts of Sicily on Mount Pellegrino to pray and ask for thanks to Santuzza.
Rosalia Scalia lived between 1130 and 1170. Founded by the noble family of nell'agrigentino Sinibaldi, spent his youth in the court of Palermo Queen Margherita, wife of King William I said "Malo" .
betrothed to a young local squire, it is said that shortly before the wedding, he had vision in front of the mirror Jesus Crucified, who asked to retire to a life of contemplation and spiritual.
Rosalie answered the call immediately and lived in solitude and prayer in various places including Sicily and woods, and Santo Stefano di Quisquina Bivona, emulating the practice in use at the time ascetics.
His pilgrimage ended in Palermo on Mount Pellegrino, where, according to tradition, she wanted to be buried alive.
In the place where his remains were found today is a sumptuous sanctuary carved into the rock.
worship. The people of Palermo is very devoted to the saint who did not abandon the city in time of greatest need. fever, in fact, in 1624 was ravaging the capital of Sicily.
The story handed down verbally told that one day a ship arrived from Tunis to Palermo and take with him on board the plague.
The scourge quickly spread throughout the city, claiming numerous victims. Among the victims, however, spread tales of miracle cures for works of a saint still unknown.
Two major incidents and documented.
The first is the testimony of a woman, such a Girolama
The second is the tale of saponaro Vincenzo Bonelli who had lost his wife to the plague. Decided to commit suicide, he went up on Mount Pellegrino, where he appeared Rosalia. The saint pointed to the place where his remains were buried and asked him to bring to the streets because they would have done great miracles.
The poor man then went to the bishop that Doria, fascinated by the story, started investigations and discovered that the bones found belonged to a young woman in Santa Rosalia.
The bishop ordered that you did a procession. The passage of the bones, the whole town was cured from the disease fatal.
The Party ... "U fistinu. From the first procession of June 9, 1625 to date, Palermo remained faithful to the saint. For this reason, every year, in summer, we organize the "party", a series of touring shows in honor of the miraculous saint.
The Party (for us in Palermo "fistinu U") begins July 10 and ends July 15. In those days the city is in a fervor. All look forward to staging the story of the miracle. And together we live a great moment of collective identity.
The people of Palermo, united by tradition, paraded in a procession behind the "Triumphal Chariot" the holy place every year from major local and foreign artists who put their talents to the city.
The iconography of the chariot is repeated over time: a vessel, that carrying the plague, a mountain, Monte Pellegrino, and on the mountain, overlooking Santa Rosalia, which saves the city.
wagon through the streets of the old town and its past, people leaning out balconies shouting the name of the holy and throwing rose petals. From Cassaro the Navy throughout Palermo is close to the saint with whom he still wants dialogue. To the four quarters, the heart of the old city, the mayor salt on the bandwagon and shouting a phrase that has now passed into history: "Viva Palermo Santa Rosalia.
The procession ends at the Marina, where a fireworks show takes people with head toward the sky to contemplate the time of many colors.
On July 15, all culminating in a religious procession behind the bones of the saint who, as far back as June 9, 1625, through the city attracting the attention of all men of faith or not.
At midnight the bones are found in the cathedral and has already started thinking about how will be the next long-awaited feast.
I propose a series of links to see excerpts of the feasts of the past years. These are fragments of the play staged during the festivities. Over the years, many important actors, such as Remo Girone, wanted to participate in the shows. In the first scene you'll see some of the feast of 2004, according to a Sicilian dance very beautiful.
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