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Procession Of Sant'Agata
The Festival of Saint Agatha is the most important religious festival of Catania, Sicily, commemorating the life of the city's patron saint, Agatha of Sicily. It takes place annually from 3 to 5 February and on 17 August. The earlier dates commemorate the martyrdom of the Catanaian saint, while the latter date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantium, Byzantine general George Maniaces as war booty and remained there for 86 years. Sicilians celebrate Saint Agatha for her purported intercession to avert danger during eruptions of Mount Etna, earthquakes, and some epidemics that had affected Catania. There is also an underlying theme of Sicilian resistance to Roman oppression. The three day festival begins at noon on February 3 with a procession known as “della luminaria”. ''Cannalori'', eleven large candles in baroque gilt casings that proceeds from the San Biagio, Catania, Church of Sant'Agata alla Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Festa may refer to: *Feast day for a Christian saint, in Italian, Portuguese, Galician, and Maltese *Festa della Repubblica, the Italian National Day and Republic Day Music *Festa (album), ''Festa'' (album), by Ivete Sangalo, or the title song, 2001 *Festa (song), "Festa" (song), by MAX, 2003 People *Alberto Festa (born 1939), Portuguese footballer *Chris Festa (born 1985), American race car driver *Costanzo Festa (1495–1545), Italian composer *Gianluca Festa (born 1969), Italian football manager *Gianluca Festa (politician) (born 1974), Italian politician and basketball player *Giorgio Festa (1860-1940), Italian physician *Marco Festa (born 1992), Italian footballer *Matthew Festa (born 1993), American baseball player *Mike Festa (born 1954), American lawyer *Paul Festa, American writer and filmmaker *Sebastiano Festa (1490-1524), Italian composer See also * {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |