"Knights of St. Timothy" invade St Peter's
Square
(Vatican Radio) Among the
scores of throusands of pilgrims on hand to see Pope Francis on Wednesday in
St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, were a group of unusually
dressed characters from Termoli in central Italy: the Cavalieri di San
Timoteo or “Knights of St. Timothy”.
More than just historical
re-enactors, the Knights of St. Timothy (so-called for their patron and base of
operations out of San Timoteo parish in Termoli) are a group of men involved in
volunteer and charity activities in the parish and throughout their city and
their region.
Their costumes represent
those of the three major monastic-chivalric orders of the High Middle Ages: the
Knights Templar; the Knights Hospitaller; the Knights Teutonic.
A delegation from the
Association formed of founder Antonello Sciarretta, parish pastor and
“chaplain” Don Benito Giorgetta, and artist Cleofino Casolino, presented the
Holy Father with a sculpture realized bby Casolino himself.
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