Category: Italian Heritage

Evviva San Gennaro!

19 September 2008

The miracle of Saint Januarius recurred at 9:45 this morning in the cathedral of Naples, filled with expectant devotees of the bishop of Benevento beheaded...

More Photos of Pasquetta 2007 in Sepiccciano

11 April 2007

The 17th century Palazzo Onoratelli was the home of my great–grandmother Emma Onoratelli Barbato. The stucco ornamentation in the baroque style — with smiling angels...

Pranzo at Sepicciano: Pasquetta

10 April 2007

My cousin Carlo de Lellis and his wife Nora invited me to the Onoratelli ancestral home in Sepicciano for the second day of Pasquetta, the...

Auguri, Sissi!

19 October 2006

Another joy today! My cousin Carlo de Lellis and Nora, his wife, called from Sepicciano (Piedimonte Matese, Provincia di Caserta) to inform me that their...

Michaelmas Day

28 September 2006

SEPTEMBER 29 SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Apocalypse 12: 7-12ab Psalm 137:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5 John 1:45-51 Angels Everywhere One of the...

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