A statue of St. Rosalia

Santa Rosalia is the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, Italy and El Hatillo, Miranda. Image File history File linksMetadata Santa_Rosalia1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Santa_Rosalia1. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... Palermo (Palermo in Italian, Palermu, Palemmu, Paliermu or Paliemmu in Sicilian) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the capital of the Province of Palermo. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Official website: http://www. ... Estado Miranda is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ...

According to legend Rosalia was born in 1130 of a Norman noble family that descended from Charlemagne. A very pious young lady, she retired to live as a hermit in a cave on the Monte Pellegrino, where she died in 1166. Nobody knew anything about her demise. Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the late 4th century A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ... // Events Marko III succeeds Yoannis V as patriarch of Alexandria. ...

In 1624 a horrible plague haunted Palermo, and during this hardship Santa Rosalia appeared first to a sick woman, then to a hunter to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. She ordered him to bring her bones to Palermo and have them carried in procession through the city. Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... Look up plague in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The hunter climbed the mountain and found her bones in the cave as described. He did what she had asked in the apparition, and after the procession the plague ceased. After this Santa Rosalia would be venerated as the patron saint of Palermo, and a sanctuary was built in the cave where her remains were discovered.

The celebration, called the festino, is still held each year on July 15. It is still a major social and religious event in Palermo. Also on September 4 there is an event related to the festino and S. Rosalia; a tradition of walking on bare feet from down (Palermo) to up Monte Pellegrino. In Italian American communities in the United States, the July feast is generally dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel while the August feast brings large numbers of visitors annually to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in New York City. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a title given to Mary, the mother of Jesus, in honor of her having given the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to Saint Simon Stock. ... Bensonhurst Embrakement is a common walkplace in (Bensonhurst) A spectacular view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (Brooklyn College) Snow melting on one of the streets in Bensonhurst Bensonhurst is a working class neighborhood located in the south-central part of New York City, USAs borough of Brooklyn. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

A statue of St. Rosalia being carried through the streets

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See also

• Cities named for Santa Rosalia
• Catholic Encylopedia