Experience Sicily

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  • Fluorescent Dedication

    Small homegrown shrines are very common in Sicily. This one is dedicated to the recently canonized (2002) Padre Pio (1887-1968). (Previously posted on 14 September 2013.)

  • San Sebastiano

    Although San Sebastiano lived and died in Rome, in Sicily on January 20, the early Christian martyr is celebrated with fervor in the towns of Acireale (Catania), Tortorici (Messina), and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Catania). This photo of the Saint (which I’ve made to look like a painting) was taken by our Experience Sicily local…

  • Santa Rosalia before 1624

    Before 1624, Santa Rosalia (1130-1166) was a little-known, medieval-era saint. Her story is often compared to Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) because she too was the daughter of a Norman nobleman, who rejected a life of privilege and instead sought a life devoted to prayer and solitude. During her lifetime, Palermo and Sicily experienced an…