Entry 79 · Book chapter 80

June 27 1944

A colleague describes a revived, medieval-style flagellant procession at Guardia Sanframondi; two more feast stories follow — Nola's Feast of the Lily disrupting army telephone lines, and a trip to Amalfi for the thrice-yearly 'manna' relic of St Andrew.

Themes

Superstition & religion

Places

Amalfi Town
Bari Town
Guardia Sanframondi Town
Nola Town
Sicily Region

People

Eric Williams Allied colleague describes his frustrations with the Feast of the Lily disrupting telephone lines at Nola

Saints & folklore

Guardia Sanframondi flagellant rite flagellant procession held every seven years in honour of the Virgin
Festival of the Lilies (Nola) Feast of St Paulinus; giant wooden 'lily' towers paraded through Nola, cutting army telephone cables in the process
St Andrew's Manna (Amalfi) relic in Amalfi Cathedral's crypt said to exude a miraculous liquid several times a year; Del Giudice queues to buy a sample

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