Santa Rosalia outside the walls

Property included in the Register of Intangible Heritage of Sicily (REIS)

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Technical sheet prepared by: Region of Sicily - Department of cultural heritage and Sicilian identity - CRicd: Regional center for inventory, cataloging and documentation and Sicilian regional film library

Intangible Heritage Register

N. Prog. 65

Well: Santa Rosalia outside the walls

Approval date: 26-01-2007

Local denomination: Acchianata

Chronological News

The celebration of the feast in honor of the patron saint of the city of Palermo, Rosalia, dates back to 1624, the year in which the city was miraculously saved from the grip of the plague that had been raging for almost a year and which had caused almost 10.000 deaths. The biographical information on Santuzza had been dispersed from the 15th century and were recovered, mixing reality and invention, following the salvific event. Her proclamation as Patron Saint of the city, undermining the previous Santa Cristina and Ninfa, is linked to the miraculous discovery of the bones on July 1624, XNUMX on Monte Pellegrino. The Saint had appeared in a dream to the soapmaker Vincenzo Bonelli indicating the place where the holy relics would subsequently be found, asking him to carry them in procession. From that moment the Pellegrino cave became a Sanctuary, where devotees still go today to pay homage to the Saint for the graces received.

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fragrance

opportunity

Birth day of the Saint (Dies Natalis)

Actors

Community of devotees, brotherhoods, tourists

Participants

Devotees, local community, tourists

Description

After a while, after escaping from Quisquina, the young hermit Rosalia took refuge on Monte Pellegrino near Palermo, where death seized her and where the sacred remains were found. Immediately after the discovery, the mouth of the cave was embellished with a facade and became a pilgrimage destination. Even today, since the early hours of light on September 4th, Anniversary della Santa, thousands of devotees go to invoke grace or to thank Santuzza for the gifts received. Many barefoot walk the ancient path built between 1674 and 1725. Thehooked, so called for the steep climb that starts from the square at the foot of the mountain, and lasts for the following 7 days.

Catalog Sheet

REFERENCES

Attanasio, Maria and Giuseppe Leone. 2000. The divine and the wonderful. Religious festivals of Sicily. Palermo: Leopards.

Collira, Paul. 1977. Santa Rosalia in history and art. Palermo: Sanctuary of Montepellegrino.

Cross, Maurice. 2004. The seasons of the sacred: almanac of Sicilian folk festivals. Palermo: Flaccovius.

Pitre, Giuseppe. 1979. Patronal feasts in Sicily in the Library of Sicilian Popular Traditions. Bolognese room. Ovens. v. XXI.

Santoro, Rodo. 2003. The Feast of Santa Rosalia. Palermo: Dario Flaccovio.

Valdini, Guido, edited by. 2003. Palermo. The feast of Santa Rosalia. Palermo: United Graphic Workshops.

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Footnotes

Rosalia Sinibaldi lived in the XNUMXth century. She was the daughter of a noble family: the Sinibaldi, traditionally descended from Charlemagne. Escaped from court life, she retired solitary in a hermitage on Monte della Quisquina, where the family had possessions and where today there is a sanctuary where the Sanctuary is venerated.

Patroness of the city since 1625, to whom sumptuous and regal celebrations are reserved. At the behest of the Senate of Palermo, his relics are kept in a chapel of the Cathedral of Palermo. The Holy procession of 15 July, attended by numerous religious congregations, is preceded by the so-calledFeast in the evening of the 14th. The triumphal chariot, renewed every year in terms of theme and form, is carried in procession along the ancient Cassaro - today's C.so V. Emanuele, from the level of the Cathedral to the sea, with a longer stop at center of the Quattro Canti of the city.

Card Author: Ester Oddo

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16 Via Bonanno Pietro, Palermo, PA, Sicily

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