Pursued and chased by the Romans (who wanted to annihilate Christianity in Corsica) Devote, who never denied her faith, regularly went up to the Mount Nepiticcia to take refuge and pray. As a mark of their gratitude, the local inhabitants built a little recess in marble (inside the grotto) where they put a statue of […]
For the feast on Whit Monday in June 2003 and on Devote’s martyrdom 1700th anniversary, Their Serene Highness… Prince Rainier III and Prince Albert II went to the site of Mariana where Devote was martyred, Prince Rainier and Prince Albert who were accompanied by a number of personalities from the Principality, some Monegasque penitents and […]
On June 9, 2003, during his visit in Corsica on Devote’s martyrdom 1700th anniversary, Prince Rainier III offered the Corsican a statue of Saint Devote, which is now situated in the Cathedral of the Canonica. In the Principality of Monaco, the statue stands in the square of Saint Devote church. Made of white marble and […]
For the feast of Saint Devote in Lucciana on Whit Monday, May 12, 2008, a group of penitents from the Venerable Arch brotherhood of Mercy of the Principality of Monaco went to the Corsican Island to follow in the Saint’s footsteps. Among others events, the Monegasque penitents attended the religious service which took place in […]
For Father Philippe Blanc, president of the Venerable Arch brotherhood of Mercy of the Principality of Monaco, “Saint Devote is particularly important in the Principality” “She is the patron saint of the Diocese of Monaco as well as the Royal family’s. But beyond this, she represents a crucial page of history and we are concerned […]
In the Catholic tradition, it is customary to offer one’s wedding bouquet to the Virgin or to a holy martyr, as is the case in Monaco, with Saint Devote, in the church bearing his name. Sainte Dévote occupies an important place in the hearts of Monegasques, as does her church, even if she is very […]
Saint Devote would be born in 283 AD at the place known as Querci, situated in the present town of Lucciana near the antique roman site of Mariana. It is on this very place that Mr François Lorenzi, a prior of the “Cunfraterna di Santa Divota”, built an oratory paying tribute to the Saint.
A fisherman wanted to steal the Saint’s relics. To punish him, some other fishermen seized his boat and burnt it as a mark of reprisal and as an expiatory sacrifice. It was Prince Louis II who took up and introduced the custom of setting fire to the symbolic fishing boat. Once the boat has consumed, […]