In Bolsena, That Impassioned July Celebration of Santa Cristina
Bolsena’s patron saint, 4th-century martyr Santa Cristina, is celebrated by the local bolsinesi with grandissima passione in two days of glorious events, July 23rd and also on the 24th (the Saint’s feast day and date of her martyrdom). On the night of July 23rd, the beloved Santa Cristina statue (early 15th-century, Sienese) leaves her Basllica di…