The celebration held in Cividale every 6th of January in the local cathedral is called \u201cMessa dello Spadone\u201d which translates as \u201c Big Sword\u2019s mass\u201d . It is a unique event that dates back to 1366, year in which the Patriarch Marquardo of Randeck initiated it to affirm his spiritual and temporal power over the Friulian land. \n\nThe suggestive mass is celebrated in Latin and is accompanied by chants (Aquileian chants) typical of the events celebrating the Patriarch.\n\n3 symbolic historic objects are used during the mass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a feathered helmet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
an ancient silver plated Gospel book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a 109cm long rapier sword<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest re-enacts the historic event, and while wearing the helmet and holding the Gospel book, he cuts through the air with the sword as a blessing sign. \n\nAt the end of the mass there is the historic parade in medieval costumes, with more than 100 people attending.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
La \u201cMessa dello Spadone\u201d che si celebra il 6 gennaio, giorno dell\u2019 epifania a Cividale del Friuli nel Duomo cittadino, \u00e8 un rito religioso unico nel suo genere che risale al 1366 ai tempi del Patriarca Marquardo di Randeck, ed era volto ad affermare il potere spirituale, militare e civile conferito dall\u2019 Imperatore al Patriarca […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domusiulii.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}