Feast of Saint Marcellus I

The patronal feast of January 16, 2025, saw Anversa degli Abruzzi gather around the cult of Pope Marcellus I. In the dry cold of the Apennine winter, the village celebrated Mass in the historic church dedicated to the saint and renewed traditional rites: bonfires lit in the square, the blessing of animals linked to the village's rural world, and polenta tastings. An ancient ritual that the small Abruzzo municipality, in the heart of the Sagittario Valley, repeats from generation to generation.