San Francisco's Day

San Francisco's Day (Lima, Peru)

August 4 and October 4On Santo Domingo's Day, August 4, and again on St. Francis's (San Francisco's) Day on October 4, there is a fiesta in Lima where the two saints and their churches exchange greetings. A procession sets out from each church, complete with its own music, major-domo, and image of the saint carried on a litter. The two groups meet in the plaza under a decorated triumphal arch, at which point the litters are lowered in commemoration of the historical meeting between the two men, who died only five years apart in the 13th century. Church bells ring and fireworks are set off, with elaborate banquets to follow at the monasteries of the saint whose day is being celebrated.
See also St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of
CONTACTS:
Commission for the Promotion of Peru
Calle Uno Oeste No. 50, piso 13th
Urb. Corpac
Lima, 27 Peru
51-1-4224-3131; fax: 51-1-224-7134
www.promperu.gob.pe
SOURCES:
BkFestHolWrld-1970, p. 111

Celebrated in: Peru

单词	san francisco's day
释义	San Francisco's Day San Francisco's Day (Lima, Peru) August 4 and October 4On Santo Domingo's Day, August 4, and again on St. Francis's (San Francisco's) Day on October 4, there is a fiesta in Lima where the two saints and their churches exchange greetings. A procession sets out from each church, complete with its own music, major-domo, and image of the saint carried on a litter. The two groups meet in the plaza under a decorated triumphal arch, at which point the litters are lowered in commemoration of the historical meeting between the two men, who died only five years apart in the 13th century. Church bells ring and fireworks are set off, with elaborate banquets to follow at the monasteries of the saint whose day is being celebrated. See also St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of CONTACTS: Commission for the Promotion of Peru Calle Uno Oeste No. 50, piso 13th Urb. Corpac Lima, 27 Peru 51-1-4224-3131; fax: 51-1-224-7134 www.promperu.gob.pe SOURCES: BkFestHolWrld-1970, p. 111 Celebrated in: Peru
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