Saint Ubaldo Day
saint ubaldo day festa dei ceri event celebrated may italian town gubbio honor life bishop ubaldo baldassini canonized protector gubbio also celebrated american town jessup pennsylvania eve death anniversary may marked gubbio procession known corsa dei ceri jessup conduct nearly identical race saint saturday memorial day weekend procession street feature small statue saint ubaldo saint george saint anthony order mounted upon immense wooden pedestal hoisted team ceraioli runner clad respectively yellow blue black gubbio procession end carrying ceri basilica di sant ubaldo stand top gubbios mount ingino case obvious competition occurs saint ubaldos ceraioli try close basilica door george anthony join ubaldo inside event gubbio bigger many way longer course participant thousand spectator higher level excitement intensity event gubbio may survival similar rite described prechristian iguvine tablet borough jessup suburb scranton organized presented luzerne county court incorporation december grew subsequent decade along anthracite coal industry demand miner brought many european immigrant lackawanna valley italian came jessup mostly gubbio community umbria region province perugia jessups new sizable perugian enclave transplanted tradition la festa dei ceri continued revived borough centennial celebration year later certain year since spectator joining jessups population event attracting national news medium today administered community saint ubaldo society coupled jessup hose company weekendlong carnival picnic gubbio incidentally sister city jessup resulting process began may formally completed may customary italy gubbio refers jessup città gemellata twinned city celebrated th anniversary saint ubaldo day jessup numerous commemorative celebration planned saint ubaldo society mark occasion saint ubaldo day begin early morning roving musician valley view high school town intimate ceremony saint john catholic italian cemetery member three family sant ubaldo san giorgio sant antonio gather together frittata breakfast participant process saint mary assumption church special mass followed lalzata alzata three stanga hshaped platform placed upon team shoulder stood vertically large ceri pedestal fastened perpendicularly wooden peg hardware weighs approximately pound gubbio reminiscent bier carried saint ubaldo gubbio proclamation heroism saint statue affixed capodieci team captain climb atop crossmembers bless structure holy water brocca ceramic vas sent directly gubbio afternoon spent socializing among neighbor many household assemble yard sidewalk offer homemade food wine passersby hour saint carried leisurely throughout jessup display practice procession main event termed race quick pace level excitement competitive aspect begin uptown section jessup wind way residential block reaching church street business district downhill stretch end station park opposite end town course reversed climb church street turning toward jessup veteran memorial stadium team circle field three time spectacle called tre giri saint ubaldo always win though george anthony gain favor ceri removed swiftly team lay stanga rest hammer wooden peg official site saint ubaldo day official site la festa dei ceri italiano