If I'd got my act together, we could have gone to Perugia, and there probably would have been some cool processions. I failed this time around...but: August 10 is the feast of San Lorenzo.
San Lorenzo, for those who are into Catholic art and history, was the fellow who was supposedly roasted on a gridiron, and is often so depicted. However -- of all the ironies -- check out the wikipedia link which traces that part of his story to a typo, of all things!
One thing that the English version of the wikipedia site doesn't cover is that his feast is known to be commemorated with shooting stars. Go figure...turns out that his feast night generally coincides with the Perseids (which should peak tonight).
So, I'm off to look at shooting stars from the giardinetti. We saw some gorgeous ones a few nights ago, and hope that tonight's even better!
Love,
Alexandra
update: we had a wonderful time licking our gelati and looking up at the falling stars. Some shot, and the spectacular ones positively ambled.
Interesting!
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