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== Saints and Brigands: is there an intervention by Saints Cosmas & Damion? == | == Saints and Brigands: is there an intervention by Saints Cosmas & Damion? == | ||
=== Intervention of Saints Cosmas & Damian upon the fearsome brigand, Scannacornacchia === | |||
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The southeastern Italian city of Alberobello celebrates the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on September 27 with games, dances, and feasts. In 1781 a roving band of brigands led by the fearsome and loathsome Nicola Spinosa, who was known as "Scannacornacchia" ("slayer of crows"), broke into one large gathering and commenced to dance. Eyeing a frightened, young lady, they approached her with ill intent. Alarmed, her mother jumped between them, genuflecting and weeping, and prayed to Saints Cosmas and Damian to protect her daughter. The Saints intervened and Scannacornacchia spared the girl. | The southeastern Italian city of Alberobello celebrates the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on September 27 with games, dances, and feasts. In 1781 a roving band of brigands led by the fearsome and loathsome Nicola Spinosa, who was known as "Scannacornacchia" ("slayer of crows"), broke into one large gathering and commenced to dance. Eyeing a frightened, young lady, they approached her with ill intent. Alarmed, her mother jumped between them, genuflecting and weeping, and prayed to Saints Cosmas and Damian to protect her daughter. The Saints intervened and Scannacornacchia spared the girl. | ||