The "Mass of the Broadsword", is a religious rite of which there is still no precise documentation indicating its origin and meaning, one of the most singular and evocative liturgical rites that the Church has preserved. The appellation "of the broadsword" derives from the fact that, during the liturgical ceremony, a sword, which belonged to Patriarch Marquardo of Randeck, appears, which the Deacon uses at various times, lifting it and cutting the air as a sign of greeting or blessing, when he addresses the clergy in the choir and the faithful. The most accredited thesis is the one that wants to give the ceremony the double liturgical and political meaning, since it is celebrated by the Patriarch at the time of his inauguration. The Patriarch, in fact, was also a man of arms as he held the "temporal" power of a vast territory: the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
10.30 A.M.
Solemn Mass, called "dello Spadone" in the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta (Duomo)
Around 11.45 a.m., there will follow the historical re-enactment in costume, with hundreds of participants, of Patriarch Marquardo von Randeck's entry into Cividale del Friuli in 1366.
from 2.30 p.m. in Piazza Duomo
Medieval entertainment in honour of the investitures.
Medieval music, medieval Armour duels, fire-eaters and jesters, medieval drum rolls, "New flames" show.
PHOTO CREDIT: Foto: Ulderica da Pozzo
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