Procession of St Mercury Martyr

Feast to celebrate Saint Mercury Martyr, a soldier under the emperors Decius (249-251) and Valerian (253-260), whose career led him to the rank of general. When the two emperors decided to start their persecutions against Christians, Mercury revealed his faith to the emperor. Three times he was tortured but three times he was miraculously healed by an angel. Finally he was taken to Cappadocia, his homeland, and there beheaded.

As per tradition, before the procession starts, the statue of the 'soldier' Saint Mercury stops in front of the monument of the Torean fallen of all wars, while the band after the trumpet blasts and silence plays 'La leggenda del Piave'.