Editing Saint Rosalia (section)

== Veneration ==
In [[Palermo]], the Festino di Santa Rosalia is held each year on 14 July, and continues into the next day.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesofsicily.com/festino-santa-rosalia-palermo/ | title=The "Festino" of Santa Rosalia in Palermo | work=Times of Sicily | first=Maria Lina | last=Bommarito | date=13 July 2014 | access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> It is a major social and religious event in the city.
[[Image:Santa Rosalia.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A statue of St. Rosalia carried through the streets of [[Bivona]], [[Sicily]]]]
The feastday of St. Rosalia is on 4 September.<ref name="catholic"/>

The devotion to Santa Rosalia is widespread among the large and mainly Hindu [[Tamils|Tamil]] community of Sri Lankan origin settled in Palermo.<ref>{{Citation|last= Salerno| first  = Rossana| contribution = Sri Lanka to Monte Pellegrino: The Tamil People and Santa Rosalia | year = 2016| title  = ISA 3rd Forum of Sociology| publisher = International Sociological Association| contribution-url = https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/vienna-2016/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= Colosi|first= Francesca|date = 16 April 2000|title= Santa Rosalia adottata dai tamil L'abbiamo ricoperta d'oro|url = https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/04/16/santa-rosalia-adottata-dai-tamil-abbiamo-ricoperta.html|language=italian|newspaper = la Repubblica|location= Palermo|access-date= 12 August 2021}}</ref>

On 4 September, a tradition of walking barefoot from Palermo up to the [[Santuario di Santa Rosalia, Palermo|Sanctuary of Santa Rosalia]] high up on Mount Pellegrino is observed in honor of Rosalia.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesofsicily.com/mount-pellegrino-climbing-honor-santa-rosalia/ |title=The Mount Pellegrino Climb in Honor of Santa Rosalia |last=Bommarito |first=Maria Lina |date=3 September 2014 |work=Times of Sicily |access-date=12 July 2018 |language=en-US }}</ref> In [[Italian-American]] communities in the United States, the July feast is generally dedicated to [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.italianfolkmagic.com/blog/2017/8/26/santa-rosalia|title=Santa Rosalia|last=Vaudoise|first=Mallorie|date=4 September 2017|website=ItalianFolkMagic.com |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> while the September feast, beginning in August, brings large numbers of visitors annually to the [[Bensonhurst]] section of [[Brooklyn]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://brooklynreporter.com/story/bensonhurst-gears-42nd-annual-feast-santa-rosalia/ |title=Bensonhurst gears up for 42nd Annual Feast of Santa Rosalia |last=Sperling |first=Jonathan |date=9 August 2017 |work=[[Brooklyn Reporter]] |access-date=12 July 2018 |language=en-US }}</ref>