Sutri. Feast of Santa Dolcissima

Sutri. Feast of Santa Dolcissima

The week of September 16 is the feast of Santa Dolcissima, patron saint of Sutri.

It starts with a solemn religious procession, a torchlight procession and ends a fireworks display in the Roman amphitheatre.

Dolcissima was a Christian martyr recorded on a tombstone in the catacombs of San Giovenale.

Her Baroque gilded wood statue is located in the Cathedral.
 


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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