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As
we know, Acitrezza was founded by Prince of Campofiorito who
acquired the land in 1672. The first church of Acitrezza was
to S. Joseph, however we do not know when exactly it was
built up, it’s only known that the priest was Don Paul Calanna
who was nominated chaplain of his church, the 11th September of
1689. When that nomination
took
place, the church did not have yet the sacraments, in fact this
had happened on the 18th September of the 1690 by the blessing of
the Vicar Don Francisco Guarrera. For the blessing ceremony was
present also Don Andrea Reggio, brother of the prince of
Campofiorito, who became bishop of Catania.
The church had a short life due to the earthquake of 1693 that
destroyed it and after that it wasn’t rebuilt anylonger.
Laterally
to the Walloon of the Via Feudo (Look at the section Walloon)
there was a river, which has been covered and close to it, there
are some houses. However, thanks to Father De Maria, we know some
interesting informations about the placing of this church. In fact,
in May/August of 1908, by the time a digging work in the area was
in progress, next to the Walloon of Via Feudo, -to trace the
foundations of some new constructions, old walls have been found
of variable thickness between 90-60 cm and the bottom of an old
water jug; a brick of one of these walls - has been bought by De
Maria and added it to his collection. Today in the church of
Acitrezza there is a wooden statue of S.Giuseppe, which is taken
out on shoulders by the streets of Acitrezza, every year on the
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