Saint / folklore
St Andrew's Manna (Amalfi)
Background
Amalfi Cathedral is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, Amalfi, Italy. It is dedicated to the Apostle Saint Andrew whose relics are kept here. Formerly the archiepiscopal seat of the Diocese of Amalfi, it has been since 1986 that of the Diocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni.
The relics of the apostle Andrew, brother of Peter and patron of fishermen, came to Amalfi in 1208. Cardinal Pietro Capuano brought them from Constantinople, which the Fourth Crusade had sacked four years earlier. They lie in the crypt of the cathedral, and from early on the tomb was said to exude a clear liquid, the “manna”. It is collected in a phial and distributed to the faithful as a cure.
Amalfi celebrates Andrew twice a year. His feast is 30 November. On 27 June the town remembers the storm of 1544 that wrecked the fleet of the corsair Barbarossa, believed to be the saint’s doing. On both days the silver statue is carried at a run up the cathedral’s steep steps. The manna was traditionally checked on these occasions.
Andrew the Apostle · Amalfi Cathedral · Peter of Capua the Elder · Manna santa (it) · Duomo di Amalfi (it) · Hayreddin Barbarossa
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The relic in the crypt of Amalfi Cathedral said to exude a miraculous liquid several times a year; Del Giudice asks Lewis to drive him there, and queues to buy a sample.
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June 27 1944A 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.
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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