{"id":3981,"date":"2011-06-02T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/festa-di-san-marcellino-sacerd\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:54:06","slug":"festa-di-san-marcellino-sacerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/festa-di-san-marcellino-sacerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Festa di San Marcellino, Sacerdote e Martire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJune 2nd is the feast of Saint Marcellino, priest and martyr, the very one named in the Roman Canon. San Marcellino fills Piedimonte d’Alife with the most glorious sights and sounds, and this for nine days, culminating on June 2nd, with the Solemn Mass, Procession, and return of his statue to its niche.
\nI took this photograph this morning after Pontifical High Mass in the Church of San Marcellino. Note that the saint, holding the palm of martyrdom and the Book of the Gospels, is vested in a cotta and red baroque stole. By means of his image the saint himself becomes present in the midst of the people who love him and implore his protection.
\nDuring the nine-day solemn observance the statue is enthroned on a special altar close to the people, and surrounded with flowers and lights. The saint’s relics are venerated with great devotion, and the people, together with their priests, pray the Supplica<\/em>, a traditional form of popular prayer in southern Italy. Here is my translation of the Supplica <\/em>to San Marcellino:
\nO most powerful Protector, Priest and Martyr, Saint Marcellino,
\nbehold us, humbly prostrate at thy feet.
\nFull of confidence, we have recourse to thee.
\nBy the graces with which thou wast filled full by God,
\nand especially by that burning charity
\nthat led thee to procure the glory of God and the salvation of souls,
\nwe beg thee to take under thy protection
\nour persons, our families, our relatives
\nand all our ecclesial community.
\nTurn thy clement eyes upon thy children
\nand upon those devoted to thee
\nand by means of thy efficacious intercession,
\nobtain for us from God,
\nmore than temporal goods,
\ngoods that are eternal.
\nAnd Thou, O Most Holy Trinity,
\ngrant us, through the merits of our holy Patron,
\nthe grace that, by his intercession, we ask of Thee,
\nso that all may know how much Thou lovest Saint Marcellino,
\nand so be inflamed to glorify ever more on earth
\nthe one who lived and died for the glory of that faith in Christ
\nthat we all profess. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 2nd is the feast of Saint Marcellino, priest and martyr, the very one named in the Roman Canon. San Marcellino fills Piedimonte d’Alife with the most glorious sights and sounds, and this for nine days, culminating on June 2nd, with the Solemn Mass, Procession, and return of his statue to its niche. I took <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italian-heritage","category-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-12d","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}