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| The most familiar image of Saint Anne in the homes of Deruta |
Every year on July 26th Deruta celebrates the mother of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne, in the neighborhood of town known as “Borgo of Deruta” or “Borgo Bello”.
"Borgo" is the name of the lower parts of Medieval villages or towns in Italy, usually the areas along narrow streets, where craftsmen and artists lived. This area was extended to the peasants who lived in the areas around the village itself especially for the use of the Church.
The veneration of Saint Anne (The goddess Ceres in the pagan tradition) originated from the worship of life, fertility, and of harvests. Saint Anne in fact is the Saint Protector of new mothers and new brides. We pray Saint Anne to ask help for fertility.
In Deruta every year on July 26th they would celebrate Saint Anne with a market selling animals for meat and products of the countryside and by opening the Church in honor of the rural world. The tradition continues nowadays in the Borgo of Deruta by opening the Church of Saint Anne to the public and by inviting craftsmen and merchants with all sorts of products.
Nowadays the fair/market takes place on a Sunday that precedes or follows the 26th of July if this date is a working day.
Happy Name-day to all our friends whose name is Anna, Anne, Ann, Hanna, Annina, Annetta and similar.
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