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The First Edil has entrusted to the Patron Saint so that the common work of our society allows that Lorca continues advancing in the way of the progress, growth and creation of employment.
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, along with the President of the Federation San Clemente Patron of Lorca, Luis Antonio Torres del Alcázar, visited this morning the size of the patron saint of the city that is preserved in the Collegiate Church of San Patricio, an act that constitutes the first visit like First Edil Lorca of Fulgencio Gil to the patron.
It is an act of symbolic reverence in which the Mayor has been entrusted to the protection and guidance of the Patron Saint so that the common work of our society allows Lorca to continue to advance in the path of progress, growth and job creation.
From the Federation of San Clemente have highlighted the interest, involvement and collaboration that Fulgencio Gil has demonstrated in the promotion and dissemination of the festivities of Lorca in the various positions he has played during his political career, as well as on a personal level.
For this reason, they have the honor of selecting him as a crier of the festival this year.
The Mayor of Lorca has expressed his sincere thanks, noting that this decision fills him with enthusiasm and will allow him to share with all those attending the proclamation his memories and personal experiences about this party so deeply rooted in our city.
The reading of the same will take place next Friday November 17, taking place as Teatro Guerra.
It should be noted that the festival of San Clemente, Patron of Lorca, is a celebration with more than five centuries of history that has been revitalized with special success in recent years through the organization of multiple cultural activities thanks to the San Clemente Federation.
This festivity takes place during the month of November, with multiple events in which a medieval Lorca is covered with history and legend, including activities such as the traditional parade of Muslims, Jews and Christians, a medieval market, as well as processions and masses in honor to the patron.
These festivals have been declared of Regional Tourist Interest since 1996.
It was in the year 1945 was agreed on November 23 as a festival of the Patron of Lorca and would take this in procession to the collegiate church of San Patricio.
The present sculptural image of the San Clemente pattern was made by the Granadino sculptor Eduardo Espinosa Cuadros in 1948. The carving of San Clemente is always represented dressed as pontifical bearing the anchor, the pastoral staff and a book or scroll by its well-known epistle to the Corinthians. In Lorca his representations are located on the facade of St. Patrick, to the right of the Angel of Fame, and another on the high altar of the same church on a canvas.
According to tradition, the Infante Alfonso (later Alfonso X the Wise) conquered the city on November 23 of the year 1244, reason why it was erected to the Santo of the day, San Clemente Roman, like patron of our city.
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, has stressed that the City Council will continue to be involved in the promotion of these holidays.
Fruit of this commitment, during the last years the Municipal Administration has contributed financing, among other projects, the crown that shines the personage of Alfonso X in the Stopped Parade of the History of Lorca.
We are talking about the Cameo of the Cameos, exact replica of the original guarded in the Holy Cathedral Church Primada of Toledo, realized in silver gilded, agate and crystal by the metalister of the House of Real, the lorquino Andrés Barnés.
The piece shows four Neapolitan glyptic cameos with certificates of authenticity.
The Municipal Consistory has also contributed for the aggrandizement of this festival the perimeter crest of the throne of the patron.
It is an ornamental element made in bronze and bathed in sterling silver with which the throne is completed.
It should be noted that the City Council, through the various municipal workshops of the Department of Employment, was responsible for the making of both the throne and the skirts embroidered by hand.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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