2021 Christmas tree arrives to St. Peter’s (Images) aleteia.org
The Christmas tree for St. Peter’s Square arrived to Rome on November 23. Standing some 28 meters (more than 90 feet) and weighing 8 tons, it will accompany the Nativity Scene of the Square, which this year celebrates Peru’s 200th anniversary.
The fir comes this year from Andalo, a small village of about 1,000 inhabitants located in the Dolomites of Paganella. The local newspaper in the area, Adige, reports that it took 12 hours to cut the tree…
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- St. Adalbert of PragueSt. Adalbert of Prague Feast date: Apr 23 Originally given the name of Wojtech, the boy who would be known as St. Adalbert was born to a family of nobility in the Central European region of Bohemia during the mid-900s. When Wojtech became seriously ill during his childhood, his parents resolved that they would offer […]
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