(ANSA) – PADUA, JUN 13 – Tens of thousands of pilgrims from Italy and the world arrived today at the Basilica of Padua for the feast of St. Anthony, patron saint of the Euganean city. A solemnity that after two years of pandemic returns without restrictions for the devotees of the Saint, who have crowded the church and the Chapel of the Relics since dawn. After the stop due to the risks of Covid, the traditional procession also returned, with the statue of the Saint carried on the canopy through the streets of the center of Padua. Many walkers and travelers who have finished their journey by venerating the Saint of the Gentiles.
“A great emotion this return to normality of the crowded Basilica already at 5.30 this morning since the opening – commented the Rector, Father Antonio Ramina – You can breathe a beautiful climate of unanimity, of people in prayer who gather in the name of St. Antonio in the hope that it could be a sign of a return to normality. Although not at pre-pandemic levels, the queues to access the Tomb and the Chapel of Relics have returned, especially on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June. year richly set up with the exhibition “With Jesus in the arms”, which exhibits, until October 9, the restored “Table of Camposampiero” and some sacred objects from the last hours of Friar Antonio’s life: the stone on which he rested his head, the sackcloth, the habit. Here, since the beginning of the so-called ‘thirteen’, 33,122 passages have been counted by those who paraded in front of the Chin, the Tongue, the Finger and the other sacred relics kept in the ancient relics. o there were about 4,367 passages; it is estimated that by tonight there will be a total of over 40 thousand pilgrims. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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