St. Ubaldo feast a cultural, family tradition in Jessup

May 25, 2017 1382

BY: Jeff Horvath

Inside an unassuming Third Avenue chapel, local and cultural history abound under the banners of St. Ubaldo, St. Anthony and St. George.

The statues of the three saints — which on Saturday will be hoisted high during Jessup’s annual Corsa dei Ceri race — occupy a rear shelf in the chapel amid a roomful of relics, ornaments and equipment that will be used during this weekend’s festivities. Like the families that brought the tradition to Jessup from Gubbio, Italy, over a century ago, these statues and objects represent a physical bridge to the past.

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