The Madonna dell'Itri is patron of Nociglia, along with St. Anthony of Padua and St. Joseph, and is celebrated on the first Thursday after Easter Sunday.
The worship of the Madonna dell'Itri or dell'Idri in Nociglia probably dates back to the Byzantine period, when the cult of the Madonna dell'Odegitria (she who shows the way) was diffused in the territory. Successively, the name transformations have led to the use of only "-itria", later adapted into "Itri" with the subsequent addition of a devotion towards the Madonna of water.
The devotion of the inhabitants of Nociglia to the Madonna dell'Itri derived from a miraculous event: in the seventeenth century, the Virgin intervened to the drought to avoid the loss of the harvest with plentiful rain.
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primo giovedì dopo Pasqua
historical information:
The worship of the Madonna dell'Itri or dell'Idri in Nociglia probably dates back to the Byzantine period, when the cult of the Madonna dell'Odegitria (she who shows the way) was diffused in the territory. Successively, the name transformations have led to the use of only "-itria", later adapted into "Itri" with the subsequent addition of a devotion towards the Madonna of water.
The devotion of the inhabitants of Nociglia to the Madonna dell'Itri derived from a miraculous event: in the seventeenth century, the Virgin intervened to the drought to avoid the loss of the harvest with plentiful rain.