Naples ’44

Place · Religious site

Monte Vergine

Monte Vergine
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Background

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.

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In Naples ’44

The mountain sanctuary above Naples whose Whitsun pilgrimage is banned in 1944 to public dismay; its district also gives Lattarullo a choice tale of a millionaire woman black-marketeer.

Appears in 2 diary entries.

  1. May 1 1944
    The onset of summer heat is announced by a street vendor's mournful cry, prompting the city's rhythms to visibly slow down.
  2. June 7 1944
    Lattarullo'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.

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