Saint / folklore
San Gaetano
Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene, known in English as Saint Cajetan, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is 7 August.
In the book
Invoked as a ‘powerful exorcist’: the remedy for a Via Carducci block of flats blighted by suicides would be for the neighbours to club together and build a street shrine under his protection.
Appears in 1 diary entry.
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December 9 1943A Sunday spent observing the palazzo neighborhood's blend of aristocratic grandeur and thriving working-class street life.
exorcist protector invoked against the evil eye
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