S. ATANASIO
1961 Ernesto Vichi (1917/2009)
Sculptures “St.
John the Baptist” on the baptismal font on the right and “Our Lady of Csurgo”
by the Hungarian Amerigo Tot (1909/84)
St.
Athanasius of Alexandria lived in the fourth century and is considered by the
Catholic Church among the 35 Doctors of the Church. Even the Coptic Church and
the Orthodox one venerate him as a saint
A relic of
him is preserved in this church
Since
1982, on the third weekend of May, the Palio Race of the Seven Contrades of
St. Athanasius is held during the popular religious festival of this
neighborhood with about 15,000 inhabitants
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