The Feast of St Rosalia and the Cathedral of Palermo
The chapel within the cathedral of Palermo which holds the relics of St Rosalia. |
For whatever reason, Rosalia was not taken out of her grotto after her death; indeed, the revised Butler’s Lives of the Saints states that her body was completely covered by a stalactite. Although the location of her relics was evidently forgotten, she herself was not, as witnessed by a number of churches and altars dedicated to her, and images of her, from the 13th century on. In the year 1624, Palermo was afflicted with a plague, as so often happened to port cities, and on May 7th, the Saint appeared to a woman who was praying at one of her altars and revealed the location of her relics. These were discovered, together with a crucifix, a small Greek cross, and a simple rosary. The relics were in due course carried in procession through the city, at which the plague ceased; in gratitude to St Rosalia, a large shrine was built over the grotto, and her relics were enshrined in a magnificant chapel within the cathedral, seen above. The citizens of Palermo traditionally honor her with a great procession on her feast day, which in this most grotesque of years, has been cancelled… because of a plague.
Here are more photos by Nicola of the chapel and the cathedral. The reliefs on the sidewalls of the chapel, added in 1818, depict the effects of the plague…
Source: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/09/the-feast-of-st-rosalia-and-cathedral.html
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