Every July 14 and July 15, the people of Palermo, Sicily, remember and celebrate St. Rosalia, a hermitess who lived from 1130 to c. 1170. St. Rosalia’s intercessory prayers are sought during plagues and pandemics (including the current one).

Here is our new short film about St. Rosalia with captions in Italian. It was narrated by Paulist Fr. Joe Ciccone, vice rector of St. Patrick’s Catholic American Parish in Rome, and created by filmmaker Emanuele Sesta.

A version with English captions is also on our website.