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A vivid depiction of sacred Rome and its religious life under modern governance, focusing on churches, monasteries, liturgical spectacles and popular devotion. It surveys major festivals — Christmas presepi, Epiphany celebrations and carnival — and describes rituals from Ash Wednesday to Lenten sermons, noting how art, music and ceremony serve devotional aims. The author examines the clerical presence in civic life, the diverse motives of worshippers, pilgrimage and processions, and the magnetism of prominent preachers who draw large crowds. Throughout, the account traces the coexistence of national modernity and persistent ecclesiastical influence.
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