Behind the altar of the church of the Santi the scales are still there, the ones the children were weighed on: to have them blessed by San Donato, the protector of epileptics — in dialect epilepsy is the sickness of San Donato — families gave as much wheat as the child weighed.
Today's village, 987 residents under Monte Miletto, was born lower down after the old one was razed: in 1220 Frederick II ordered the demolition of every fortress that might be a danger; the castellan Tommaso da Celano disobeyed and shut himself in with his wife and children. He slipped out one night to retake the castle of Celano; his wife Giuditta held on until 1223, then handed over the weapons.
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📅 Every year, on 25 July; in the same sanctuary, on the first Sunday of June Saint Liberatus the martyr is venerated
Roccamandolfi celebrates Saint James the Greater on 25 July; in the same church, now also the sanctuary of Saint Liberatus, the remains of this Roman martyr have rested since 1780, venerated every year on the first Sunday of June.
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Outside Roccamandolfi, but an easy day trip away.
