Figure 1.--The photograph here was taken in San Pietro a Patierno during the 1960s (figure 1). San Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, that takes its name from the St. Pieter Church. The photograph was taken during the Patron's feastival, on June 29th. For the occasion some boys wore the traditional Neapolitan fishermen clothing: white shirt and trousers, red cap, bare feet and "scapolare" Readers may want to look at the close-up image showing the "Little Neapolitan Fisherboy" a famous sculpture by François Rude, now in Louvre Museum. François Rude was a French Romantic sculptor.

Italy has two patron saints, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis of Assisi. Possibly no other figure in Catholic history is venerated as is Saint Francis. St. Francis is known for his love of nature and all God's creatures and is the patron saint of animals and the environment. In addition to the national patron saints, each church in Italy also has a patron saint. And each year thare is a celebration of that saint in which he is especially venerated by the parisioners and local community. This includes taking the statue of the saint taken outside and paraded around. Some of the celebratiins are quite elaborate and play an important role in community celebrrations. Hopefully our Italian readers can tell us more about these celebrations.

San Pietro a Patierno

The photograph here was taken in San Pietro a Patierno during the 1960s (figure 1). San Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, that takes its name from the St. Pieter Church. The photograph was taken during the Patron's feastival, on June 29th. For the occasion some boys wore the traditional Neapolitan fishermen clothing: white shirt and trousers, red cap, bare feet and "scapolare" Readers may want to look at the close-up image showing the "Little Neapolitan Fisherboy" a famous sculpture by François Rude, now in Louvre Museum. François Rude was a French Romantic sculptor.

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