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The ecstasy of Saint Rosalia of Palermo by Theodoor Boeyermans. Rosalia was proposed as the patron saint of evolutionary studies in a paper by G.E. Hutchinson. [13] This was due to a visit he paid to a pool of water downstream from the cave where St. Rosalia's remains were found, where he developed ideas based on observations of water boatmen. [14]
A tradition evolved over time when each year on Saint Rosalia day on September 4, there used to be pilgrimages to this chapel. This tradition disappeared during World War II. Today, there are local festivities (Slovak: hody) at this day and there is a special mass celebrated in the chapel.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
The Patron Saint of Palermo is Santa Rosalia whose Feast Day is celebrated on 15 July. The area attracts significant numbers of tourists each year and is widely known for its colourful fruit, vegetable and fish markets at the heart of Palermo, known as Vucciria, Ballarò and Capo. [12]
The Cassaro is the scenery of the long procession of the Chariot of Saint Rosalia during the "Festino", the night between the 14th and 15 July of each year. The feast dedicated to the patron saint of Palermo involves every year tens of thousands of people.
In the Roman Empire, Rosalia or Rosaria was a festival of roses celebrated on various dates, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July.The observance is sometimes called a rosatio ("rose-adornment") or the dies rosationis, "day of rose-adornment," and could be celebrated also with violets (violatio, an adorning with violets, also dies violae or dies violationis, "day of the violet ...
His feast day is celebrated on Dec. 6, falling on his death date. Historically, the day was considered to be " lucky " for making large purchases and getting married, according to the History Channel.
22 July: Saint Mary Magdalene – feast a; 23 July: Saint Bridget, Religious – optional memorial; 24 July: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, Priest – optional memorial; 25 July: Saint James, Apostle – feast; 26 July: Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial; 29 July: Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus – memorial b