Feast of Saint Blaise
MONTECORICE - 3 february Go to Village

February 3 is remembered the patron saint st. Blaise, bishop and martyr. Special features of religious ritual is the blessing of the throat, of which the saint is their protector in fact, according to legend, the saint healed a child freeing it from a herringbone throat. The ritual passed down to this day, is to place two crossed candles on the throat of every believer or put part of the body with blessed oil.