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The Madonna who appeared in the Tiber and gave rise to the ancient Roman festival of the Madonna dei Noantri.
Rome’s nine-day celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel culminated Sunday with a floating Marian procession in a boat down the Tiber River.
As the sun set over the Eternal City, a life size statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary perched on the bow of the Agrippina Maggiore led the boat on a short cruise on the ancient waterway to Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood.
The procession was part of a Roman tradition that dates back nearly 500 years. Locals call the celebration the Festa de' Noantri, which translates from Roman dialect as “ours.”
According to tradition, fishermen found a statue of the Virgin Mary at the mouth of the Tiber River after a storm in 1535. The statue was given to the local Carmelites based in Trastevere who dedicated it to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The festival kicked off on July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, when the Marian statue was carried out of the Church of Saint Agatha in Trastevere to the Basilica of St. Chrysogonus, where it remained until the much-awaited river procession on July 24.
Romans celebrated with fireworks at the end of the procession when the Marian statue arrived back at her home church in Trastevere, where Our Lady of Mount Carmel is considered the patron of the neighborhood.
According to tradition, fishermen found a statue of the Virgin Mary at the mouth of the Tiber River after a storm in 1535. The statue was given to the local Carmelites based in Trastevere who dedicated it to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The festival kicked off on July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, when the Marian statue was carried out of the Church of Saint Agatha in Trastevere to the Basilica of St. Chrysogonus, where it remained until the much-awaited river procession on July 24.
Romans celebrated with fireworks at the end of the procession when the Marian statue arrived back at her home church in Trastevere, where Our Lady of Mount Carmel is considered the patron of the neighborhood.
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