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STORY SANT'ONOFRIO

Originally the site was inhabited by Byzantine monks, who had a monastery here. We have found remains of earlier settlements in small quantities. The town takes its name from a hermit, the Sant'Onofrio Cao, who had taken this name in honor of Sant'Onofrio anchorite. It was called "the Cao" in the area because there is a slope, like a ravine, called in ancient times by Greek Chaos. Currently in the locality "Cao" is a well equipped with tanks, in which women, until a few years ago, went to wash.

cuisine of SANT'ONOFRIO

Being an agricultural area, the cuisine is based mainly on agricultural products, sometimes "poor", and the pig. The latter is processed according to the traditions, especially during a holiday that involves the whole family, to produce sausages of various kinds, most of which contained a large amount of chili. The traditional pasta are fileja, a fresh pasta dough without eggs and then spun on a wooden stick to make them take the shape of a helix. Is served with sauces of various kinds, mainly meat. Other typical components of the traditional cuisine are beans, sometimes flavored with wild herbs, and peppers. During the Christmas holidays, the day of the Immaculate Conception on, are made of fried sweet potato, called cururicchi. Christmas dinner is characterized by the presence of thirteen different courses, with permanent presence of dishes made with cod and vegetables.

LOCAL TRADITIONS

The costumes are primarily focused on local religious festivals. In addition to the traditional procession on the day of Easter, before the noon mass, has staged the Affruntata, a depiction of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As usual in several municipalities in the area, addressed the shoulder is performed bringing statues of saints. In the '80s, after a heavy snowfall, a large branch of an olive tree broke. Found on the trunk, according to some, it appeared the face of Jesus Christ. In that area, a place of pilgrimage for some time, a chapel was built. Main party of the country, as well as that of the patron saint, is the feast of the Holy Cross held the last Sunday of September. The festival in honor of the Cross was celebrated for the first time in 335, during the "Crucem" Golgotha, and that of the 'Anastasis, that is the Resurrection. The dedication took place December 13. The term of "exaltation", which translates the greek hypsòsis, the party moved to the West, and from the seventh century, it wanted to commemorate the recovery of the precious relic made by the Emperor Heraclius in 628. Cross stolen fourteen years before by the Persian King Khosrow Parviz, during the conquest of the Holy City, the tracks were lost permanently in 1187, when he was taken to the Bishop of Bethlehem who had brought the Battle of Hattin.
Today's celebration takes on a meaning significantly higher than its legendary discovery by the pious mother of Emperor Constantine, Helena.
Even this year, this association santonofrese celebrated the ancient feast of the Exaltation of the Cross'. In an atmosphere of deep concentration and devotion, santonofresi were found Saturday, September 19 for the Mass in memory of the faithful departed and Sunday 20 for the solemn celebrations in the home renovated and decorated by the generous efforts of the committee. After the Mass and the procession, the traditional meal has collected about 300 people living in the widening of the homonymous association.

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St. Peter and St. Paul
Savelli

A bit of history ... (savellionline.it)

Domenico Paletta said u quarararu in 1881 inaugurated the sad phenomenon of migration . Savellese was the first to leave Italy for Argentina, I went after him others, then others. Fathers, husbands, children left the country with increasing intensity so that the beginning of the 900 family that there was not one of its members had emigrated. Women who remained in the country receiving remittances from their loved ones with whom they raised their children and sometimes lived in affluence, many after a few years did not know anything of a spouse and waited in vain for a letter, saluto.Molte were women who sang :

'Merica, who burned you via king fire king
Cuomu fuocu ago' vrujiara mmie;
A llu lu I keep my good lluocu
It is llu 'be my king luntanu
Rille you are or you are lluocu vein nde
O really has run scurdatu and my
Rille There is addimmura n'atru puocu,
The bone ce bit ', and no Truva r'a mmie!

It is estimated that since 1881 have taken about ten thousand savellesi to emigrate: it was a continuous flow, which suffered a decline during the Fascist period. It was mainly directed to Argentina, only a limited number of people went to North America and Australia. Since the sixties many laborers, farmers and artisans, with accompanying family, Savelli have left for France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the so-called industrial triangle of northern Italy. Every householder has worked hard in the coal mines of Belgium, the Fiat of Turin, with any fixed idea of \u200b\u200bwhere to study their children to ensure their future than their own, without more certainty. It 'was this faith that helped them in the hard task of immigrants: they deserve all our eternal gratitude.

Celebrations

Savellesi I came to Argentina have maintained their traditions. They founded this association savellese in honor of patron saints Peter and Paul. Sunday, September 13 on delayed because the swine flu was in celebration of the homonymous association. In the seat of the P. Fabrizio celebrated the Mass and accompanied the procession with the priest in the area. Then there was the traditional lunch. The President of the association Francisco Rotundo has stressed the importance of young people in associationism and dedicated himself completely to the success of the celebrations, which have received a large number of banners coming from near and far groups, and members of FACIA Faca.

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Feast of Our Lady of Pettoruto

The celebration of our parties in Argentina are always a good opportunity to learn more about the 'origin of our devotions. Here is an excerpt of the history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pettoruto (www.madonnadelpettoruto.it).
The Sanctuary goes back centuries. Built in 1274 says Barillaro, on the initiative of the Abbey of Acquaformosa was enlarged between 1633 and 1646, destroyed by an earthquake in 1783 and rebuilt in 1834, was restored in the late nineteenth century and again rebuilt and enlarged from 1920 to 1929.
Other historical sources mention an addiction to the Shrine of Pettoruto the "granary" of the Cistercian Abbey of Acquaformosa Monastery since 1226, from grange in 1348 and eventually became Commenda Consistorial in the seventeenth century.
is at this time that some manuscripts refer to as the canonical and the archpriest Cerbello Cristofaro, which tells of the discovery of the statue, carved in stone by a fugitive Altomonte, Nicola Mairo that, in the ardent desire to see recognized his innocence , as well as the sculpting saw: suffused with a mystical and maternal smile with big eyes penetrating gaze, his face broad and calm confidence-inspiring mother.
The statue of the Madonna was found by a shepherd deaf Scalea, Joseph Labazia who, feeling called by name from a woman's voice, discovered among the oaks, miraculously regained his hearing and speech and was the first to practice and disseminate devotion to Our Lady. It was built a small chapel which was later expanded to its present imposing building high Basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1979. The Episcopal Conference
Calabria, promoted him to the Sanctuary region.
The faith of devotees of Our Lady was heard again this year. Sunday September 6 at the headquarters of the San Isidro Club SOIVA, this association of the same name has been a credit to his Madonna with the traditional procession. The Mass, celebrated in the esplanade of the club, was packed with people. The tent placed in the center of spiazziale, where it was placed the statue after the Eucharistic celebration, is turned into a place of pilgrimage throughout the day. Meanwhile, the al fresco dining, live Italian music and dance have welcomed the wonderful evening of friends and devotees.