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Epiphany in Cividale del Friuli
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In a context of great solemnity, the Mass of the Spadone
is celebrated in the Dome of Cividale. The Deacon introduces
himself, with an helmet adorned with feathers on his head,
the sword in his right hand and a precious Evangelistary
of the XII sec. in the left one.
The ceremony remembers the investiture of the master of
the region that the Patriarch used to receive from the
hands of the Emperor .The sword, with which the Deacon
greets with ancient gestures authority and people, is
still the some one that people from Cividale offered to
the Patriarch Marquardo von Randeck, in the occasion of
his arrival in Cividale.
 Immedialtly
after the Mass of the Spadone takes place the historical
recalling of the entrance of the Partiarca Marquardo von
Randeck at the 6th of July 1366.
Nobles,ladies, squires, knights, notables, maids, falconers,
standard-bearer, pages, priests, friars, hermits, the
herald, the dean, the general captain, the captain of
Cividale, the Patriarch, all of them dressed with customs
that reproduced faithfully dresses of the age, both in
colors and in models. All of this reconstructs an important
fragment of Cividale's history and offer the possibility
to everybody to partecipate to an" historical "
and pleasant day.
All trough the way and in the culminating moments, the
procession is followed from ancient musics and typical
sounds of the Middle Ages that create an evocative and
fascinating atmosphere. |
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