Saint / folklore
Monte Vergine
Sanctuary of Montevergine is a Marian church in Mercogliano, located in the hamlet of Montevergine. It’s a part of the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, one of the six Italian territorial abbeys. Inside, the painting of the Madonna di Montevergine is venerated and it is estimated that about one and a half million pilgrims visit it every year.
In the book
The mountain sanctuary of the Virgin above Avellino, on the site of an ancient shrine of Cybele; the banning of its 1944 Whitsun pilgrimage causes widespread public dismay, and its district furnishes Lattarullo with a lurid tale of fake clergy fleecing a woman black-marketeer.
Appears in 2 diary entries.
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May 1 1944The onset of summer heat is announced by a street vendor's mournful cry, prompting the city's rhythms to visibly slow down.
pilgrimage shrine of the Virgin, formerly an ancient shrine of Cybele
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June 7 1944Lattarullo's improvised income as a professional "mourning relative" at funerals picks up again with the fall of Rome, complete with a rented car and driver.
site referenced in a black-market swindle involving fake clergy
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