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Hither VALENTINE: THE FEAST OF THE HORNED

The legend of St. Martin

In our tradition, St. Martin is the patron of wine and tells a legend of his life to explain this award. The figure of the saint has nothing to do with the revered saint of the church, but is a figure that reflects in an impressive way to Bacchus. In classical mythology, from the body of Bacchus killed tick the lives and this is also the central point of the figure of St. Martin in the legend.

A careful analysis of the text of the tradition tells us much about the pagan-Christian syncretism is still widespread in our tradition, given that the feast of this saint on November 11 is associated with a very special feast called "Procession of the horned" which is a true relic of the Bacchanalia and fertility festivals.

It is said that one evening, it was winter and fell a bit 'of snow, it was very cold and San Martino was in a cellar and got drunk. In those days his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth. On the way home, he was a scrupulous soul. He said to himself: " Now I come home and go to bed next to the poor, as they are so numb from the cold and drunk. I do not want to make her suffer, for tonight I sleep down in our cellar ." And he did. He went down into his cellar and crouched in a niche carved into the wall behind a large cask. At night, due to the cold and died!
When he reached his soul to God, God saw that he had died not to hurt his wife, made him a saint.

Meanwhile, his wife waited in vain, but her husband could no longer news. But from that day a miracle began to happen: from the big barrel that she kept in the cellar, more wine and more they found himself hunted! What is and what is not in the meantime the news propagò.Venne the priest and people from the country to see that miracle. The priest wanting to ensure he observed well above and below the barrel, front and back. And what he found?
He saw the body of the saint in the niche and saw that his mouth was checked by a screw and this screw had come into the cask. And then they saw that this had put the grape vine and the grapes became wine alone. So they said: "Only a saint can do a miracle like this! "And they built a church. That's because St. Martin is the patron saint of wine.

A careful analysis of the text of the tradition tells us much about the pagan-Christian syncretism is still widespread in our tradition , given that the feast of this saint on November 11 is associated with a very special feast called "Procession of the horned" is a true relic of the Bacchanalia and fertility festivals.

each year, is renewed in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore (Pe) on the historic event with the famous "Procession of the horned, horns parade of phallic symbols and animal-organized on the occasion of the feast St. Martin's. At 19.30 will form a procession that paraded the various "horns" on his hat-course, or mounted on poles and decorated. The last of the married last year, instead brings the gift of "the relic", a wooden phallus covered with a veil, accompanied by lighted candles and bells. The parade starts from Piazza San Nicola, and then drops to square Cesarone, where the delivery occurs. The bearer of the relic, the delivery of married last year, which will then hand over the entire parade. At the time of delivery also are put on his head by the horns and inevitable risk of any marriage.