Bolsena’s Feast of Santa Cristina: Even Serpents Take the Stage
In elegant ancient Roman garb, blonde-haired Greta told me with pride about her performances in Bolsena’s July 24th celebration of the lake-side town’s patron saint Cristina, I Misteri di Santa Cristina (those scenes depicting the martyrdom travails of the town’s 4th-century Saint). Greta has performed ever since age 12. “And I’ve played Santa Cristina twice!,” she…