St. Rosalia Medal
This St. Rosalia Medal and Necklace features a pendant with a hand pressed image of St. Rosalia surrounded by the words ‘St. Rosalia Pray for Us’.
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St. Rosalia
Who is the Patron Saint of Sicily?
St Rosalia is venerated not only at Palermo, her native city but throughout Sicily, of which she is patroness. From her earliest years Rosalia despised worldly honors and lived as a recluse in a cave on Mount Pellegrino, three miles from Palermo, where she died and was buried in 1160, after spending sixteen years in practicing austere penances while her soul was constantly united to God in prayer.
St. Rosalia’s body was not found until the 17th century, buried in a grotto under the mountain. It is claimed that the Saint saved Sicily from the plague in 1625, and that innumerable cures have occurred since then at her shrine. In 1927 Pope Pius XI raised her feast day to the rank of a holy day of obligation in Palermo. The citizens celebrate it by carrying the Saint’s shrine in procession on top of a large carriage filled with musicians, and drawn by forty mules. Prayers and hymns are sung in the Saint’s honor, whilst displays of fireworks illuminate the sky overhead. Pope Urban VIII enrolled her in the Roman Martyrology.
St. Rosalia Rosary
UPC: 617759246346
Brand: Bliss
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