Feast of San Giuliano in Pollina

Festa di San Giuliano Vescovo a Pollina, Patron Saint of the village, traditionally takes place on the second Sunday of July. It is a celebration in which faith, folklore and ancient traditions mix together.
The cult of San Giuliano a Pollina is very ancient but the first news dates back only to 1613 when the relic of San Giuliano Martire was donated. In 1624 the relic of San Giuliano, first Bishop of Le Mans, was donated, which consisted of a part of the second bone of the leg of the Saint, who was recognized as the Patron Saint of the village.
The festivities begin with the ceremony of transferring the simulacrum from the church of San Giuliano to the Mother Church.
The procession that traditionally takes place on the second day of the festivities is particularly fascinating, during which the simulacrum of the Patron Saint it is led, through a country path, to the San Francesco district so that the Saint can protect and bless the fields. The simulacrum is carried on the shoulders of devotees who wear a long-sleeved white shirt, a waistcoat and black velvet trousers wrapped in a colorful silk scarf knotted behind the back, the cinceddra, and black stockings of cotton worked by hand.
On the Sunday of the feast of the solemn procession known as a prucissioni da farina, or rather the procession of flour, precisely because the feast is a legacy of ancient peasant customs. Numerous faithful take part in the procession carrying large candles and cash gifts, dressed donkeys and mules, and devotees wearing traditional costumes.

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