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ITALY Feast of Saint Domenico

A woman and a child holding a snake during the snake Procession of Cocullo, one of the oldest pagan Christian celebrations still held today in Italy, on Thursday, May 5, 2005. Saint Domenico, the peculiar Saint of the event, was thought to protect from and heal snake bites. **ITALY OUT**

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A woman and a child holding a snake during the snake Procession of Cocullo, one of the oldest pagan Christian celebrations still held today in Italy, on Thursday, May 5, 2005. Saint Domenico, the peculiar Saint of the event, was thought to protect from and heal snake bites. **ITALY OUT**