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The Feast of Sant'Alfio is the most important religious feast of the town of Lentini (SR) and is celebrated in honor of the three patron saints of the city. It is held every year since the evening of 9 at the dawn of May 12 and September 2. Alfio, Cirino and Filadelfo are three Christian saints of the third century. According to the hagiographic tradition, there were three brothers, two sons of nobles of the Christian faith, and Benedetta Vitale, lived in the town of Vast in the province of Lecce, the three were killed during the era of imperial persecution, accused of causing the general ruin in which the Roman Empire had fallen. Sant'Alfio is considered the patron of the dumb. In the mother church of Lenton, so far, have kept a silver reliquary bust that contains the heart of Sant'Alfio, on the evening of May 9 is carried in procession.
At one o'clock at night and opens the church begins the "Giru santu", the saint made around the traditional "Nuri", that is filled only by men white shorts, which ran barefoot touch the places linked to the martyrdom of three brothers, invoking with the typical expression "First DDiu mattre and Saints" (God first and then the holy martyrs) to which you reply "mattre Saints (Holy Martyr). On 10 May, fercolo silvery Sant'Alfio and the relics are carried in procession by the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre with the white mantle with red cross, the deputation and the Devotees pusher, with the canons mozzetta purpurea. The city is dressed up, using traditional lights, and red banners hanging from the balconies of the houses, with the inscription "S. Alfio W", "Philadelphus WSAlfio S. S. Cirino"or simply "W. SS. Martyrs. " All this is accompanied by touching moments, until dawn of May 12 when the saint is placed in its chapel. I "Nuri" combined ex-cathedral poised to launch the "Giru santu. The festivities in honor of the Holy Martyrs Alfio, Cirino and Filadelfo Lentini to fall within the traditional religious events and most important in the Sicilian and Italian.
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