In the heart of the Comino Valley, Atina has always guarded its religious traditions with devotion. Among these, the celebrations in honour of the patron saint St. Mark, on 28 April, and those dedicated to St. Secondinus, on 16 May, represented the most eagerly awaited moment of the year in the 18th century. The patron saints' days were not only events of faith, [...].
The birth of the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the cult of St Mark in Atina In 1044, a terrible scourge struck the lands of southern Latium. A devastating plague sowed death and desolation: in Aquino alone the victims numbered more than 2,500. In this climate of pain and bewilderment, faith became a refuge and a [...]
Secondo la leggenda e le notizie riferite nel Chronicon Atinense Ecclesiae (1145-1150) del monaco benedettino Pietro Diacono, Marco, discepolo galileo dell’apostolo Pietro e da lui ordinato vescovo, fu ucciso ad Atina durante la persecuzione di Domiziano (95-96), martirizzato tramite due chiodi conficcati nel capo. Il suo culto fu recuperato in seguito ad alcuni miracoli compiuti […]
