Signs Of A Period Coming

01 - A History - A photo

History of the relics of the Thorn Cross and

of our Lord at Lingfield

In 1618 Fra Angelico da Messina, Minimum order of Capuchin, a native of our city, gives the City of Linguagrossa the relics of the Thorn and the Cross of Christ. Was a great devotion of the citizens that they provided it Play them and annuities, was also set up a Brotherhood, the first of four that have occurred over time. Argentieri Acireale forge a monstrance and the end are a mermaid who holds two snakes in the chest and embedding a small glass container that contains the relics, was opened in 1653 when the Mother Church, the monstrance containing the relics was brought in specially built chapel to hold them.

Immediately after the reduction to Royal Property, the first settlers of the new town they decided to establish the Fair of the Holy Thorn to be held in the two days preceding the first Sunday in May, and also to provide for the expenses for the great feast that was held May 3.

The poet Francesco linguaglossese Copani in his work "Linguagrossa in the Famine of 1672-73" in the eighth as the XVI recalls

He's Holy Church is called matrix

And chianu study the patch is close

Renew each Annu Community finici the

A lu trionfu of the Holy Thorn.

Illuminata cu pump filici

the strata was the nta siritina.

- About maistusa scene! - Ognunu say

Community had iornu you Camina!

The also recalls the historical canon and Vito Maria Friend:

"Princeps templum, a unique parish, Deiparae sacrum, Archpresbyter commissum, medium beasts assurgit not inelegans oppidum in quo Dominicae Coronae Holy Thorn religious colitur , eiusque honors III Maji festum ab incolis celebratur large pump. "

An old sturnettu "which was sung during the collection of nuts placed the feast of the Holy Thorn among the most important religious events Island.

Triunfo Palemmu cu Santa Cristina,

Catania evident cu Jaita Bbiata,

A Ssiracusa Ddivina Lucia,

A Ttrapani the Holy Annunciation.

The party of Sam Prazzitu to Mmissina

E Santa Vinniruzza Jacitana;

A Llinguarossa cc'è the Holy Thorn

Ca Siggilìa abbunnata the asphaltenes.

And still another variation, say more localist:

A Llinguarossa cc'è the Holy Thorn

the Ca teni Siggilìa abbunnata

and all'ottu of sittemmuru 'to Bammina

Luritu mmuntuata of the matrix.

two days had elapsed since Easter 1929, when a sacrilegious theft deprived the mother church of good most of the valuables, pyx, monstrance, chalices of gold and silver which the Christian piety had donated to the church . Among the items stolen, there was also the monstrance containing the relics of the Holy Thorn and the Cross. They searched in vain. When a year after the treasure was found all had been crushed to be melted. Everything was lost. In the coming years the Brothers of the three fraternities remained, that of the Sacrament of Sant'Egidio and the Immaculate Conception during Good Friday procession carried the black band in mourning.