{"id":10789,"date":"2016-07-28T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T08:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2022-05-04T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:10:10","slug":"feast-of-saint-lucy-in-siracusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/feast-of-saint-lucy-in-siracusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Santa Lucia in Syracuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The simulacrum of Santa Lucia, escorted by <strong>twelve cilii<\/strong>, large wooden candelabras decorated with flowers, is followed by the <strong>Senate Carriage<\/strong> and the <strong>Procession<\/strong>, decked out in eighteenth-century style. Once in <strong>Piazza Santa Lucia<\/strong>, the procession is greeted by the sound of bells announcing its entrance into the church.<\/p>\n<p>During the eight days in the Basilica, crowds of believers visit the Saint and the Martyr&#8217;s tomb, where the Relics are usually displayed. <strong>20 December<\/strong> is the day of <strong>Santa Lucia&#8217;s return to the Cathedral<\/strong>: in another long procession and another throng of people, the Saint makes her first stop at the <strong>Basilica Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime<\/strong>, and her second at the <strong>Umberto I Hospital<\/strong>, for a moment of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival at <strong>Ponte Umbertino<\/strong>, the city greets the Saint with <strong>fireworks<\/strong> before she resumes her journey to the Cathedral, where she will make her entrance and return to her chapel.<\/p>\n<p>It is truly evocative to experience this important moment together with the community so closely linked to the Saint&#8217;s 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