During the Feast of Saint Giles the Abbot in Cerqueto, once the procession has ended, the priest raises the relics of the saints one by one in the church square, each enclosed in a precious monstrance-shaped reliquary<\/b>. With every blessing, the same solemn cadence unfolds in strict succession: the priest intones the formula, followed by the amen of the faithful, the band, the tolling of a bell and a gunshot fired from the rocky ridge, echoing through the valley below. Then the sequence begins again, from relic to relic, until the bodily remains of the patron saint are displayed and venerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"