The theme of this route is enriched by the amazing variety of records and the deep popular devotion towards the female Saints and Martyrs born in the Sabine area from influential families which characterized along the centuries the life of [...]
According to popular tradition St. Francis, the “Poverello”, was caught in a storm on the mountains around Rivodutri and found shelter under a beech, which, by God’s will, bent its branches like an umbrella, hence the the peculiar shape of [...]
The Sanctuary of the SS. Trinità has been visited by excellent pilgrims in two hundred years. One of them, the journalist and art and literary critic from the twentieth century Emilio Cecchi, friend and collaborator of the best known [...]
Pilgrims who obtain the special blessing at the Cathedral of Gaeta, declared Holy Door during the Jubilee of Mercy, may also visit the nearby church of the “Maria Santissima di Porto Salvo”, patroness and queen of the sea. The late [...]
According to the legend, one day some fishermen from San Felice or Terracina, caught a wooden statue of the Madonna with Child with in their net and decided to bring it to the St. Paul’s Church at the foot of [...]
The first monasteries were established as colonies of the Roman church at first in the wild solitude of the Simbruini and Ernici mountains in the Latium Apennines and then spread throughout Italy, Sicily, Germany, France and even Britain. These mountains [...]
The festival of the “passate” is a celebration deeply rooted in the heart of the people from Marta. It originated from the ancient pagan rites, the cycle of seasons and the harvest thanksgiving but the Christian event dates back to [...]
Ormisda, deacon and counselor of Pope Simmarco, succeeded him at his death on July 19, 514 and, in less than ten years, managed to reestablish the supremacy of the Church of Rome over Costantinopolis, putting an end in 519 to [...]
The Cathedral of Terracina was founded, according to an ancient tradition, by St. Peter the Apostle, who, after landing in Pozzuoli, reached Rome along the Via Appia and probably made a stop there. The Cathedral is in fact dedicated to [...]
The cult of St. Michael the Archangel not only embraces the three main monotheistic religions, but is also concerns the pagan God Mitra, who is worshiped in caves as well. Monte Sant'Angelo in the area of Gargano is the [...]
