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Madonna Fiumarola religious procession in Rome

ROME, ITALY – JULY 24: Nuns prepare the Madonna fiumarola for the procession on the Tiber. Boat carry the Madonna fiumarola 'river Mary,' down Rome's Tiber river as part of the traditional Festra di Noantri on July 24, 2016 in Rome, Italy. The feast was officially instituted in 1927, but the origins date back to the 16th century. In 1535, after a violent thunderstorm, a statue of Mary carved out of cedar wood washed up on the shores of the Tiber. She was brought up the river and given to the then Carmelite church of St. Chrysogonus. (Photo by Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Images).

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ROME, ITALY – JULY 24: Nuns prepare the Madonna fiumarola for the procession on the Tiber. Boat carry the Madonna fiumarola 'river Mary,' down Rome's Tiber river as part of the traditional Festra di Noantri on July 24, 2016 in Rome, Italy. The feast was officially instituted in 1927, but the origins date back to the 16th century. In 1535, after a violent thunderstorm, a statue of Mary carved out of cedar wood washed up on the shores of the Tiber. She was brought up the river and given to the then Carmelite church of St. Chrysogonus. (Photo by Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Images).