June 13 is a special day for Anacapri that celebrates the feast of its patron saint, Sant’Antonio. Already a week before, the old town and the Church of Santa Sofia are dressed in festive attire. In fact, colorful draperies and lights fill the square and the streets in front of the church from which the Saint will come out. In addition, there are also many typical stalls of sweets and toys.
There is a great participation in the procession and the eyes are lost in admiring the children dressed as “little angels” and “monacelli”, who bring with them the “bread of Sant’Antonio”. Each district is decorated with carpets of brooms to commemorate the passage of the Saint and the many faithful, as per tradition, throw flowers from balconies from wicker baskets. Usually, we use colorful flowers of broom and rose petals.
