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Add to calendar 2019-04-24 2019-04-24 Europe/Rome Feast of St Francis of Paola Even more solemn and participated is the feast of S. Francesco da Paola, which is celebrated the day after the celebration of the Patron Saint. S. Francesco da Paola is the patron saint of Oriolo even if, at the end of the seventeenth century, was chosen as patron of Oriolo. For devotees of the Holy calabrese the climax is the exposure and the kiss dela relic of the Holy , kept in a silver relic of the beginning of the eighteenth century. The modalities of the feast of S. Francesco are the same as those for S. Giorgio. Concomitant to the solemn Mass, involving the two "cops", is the rod (auction) of all the gifts brought by the faithful: the household goods of various kinds, the products of the land, food. It is traditionally offers in S. Francis the lamb as a remembrance of the sheep "Martinella" saved by the Holy. The earth but shall contribute toward the expenditure necessary for the feast with cash contribution. Also the procession of the feast of Saint of Charity, announced by the campanone of 1600, winds initially for the streets of the historic center and then through the new part of the country. Brought to the shoulder on the basis golden baroque, the Saint is stopped in front of each door in order to bless the family domiciliante. At the height of the old market has launched the "ball", a ballooning of reduced dimensions on which is painted with the image of the Saint of the day. By the success of the launch you derive wishes for the crops of the following year. The procession ends late at night and culminates in the greeting to patron saints with a long applause, while the bearers of the statue turn the same several times, as if the Holy celebrated responds to the greeting of his faithful. Oriolo
Even more solemn and participated is the feast of S. Francesco da Paola, which is celebrated the day after the celebration of the Patron Saint. S. Francesco da Paola is the patron saint of Oriolo even...
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