As the aphorism goes, “All roads lead to Rome,” and on Saturday, Sept. 10, this was certainly true for Main Street in Patchogue during the annual Italian Feast of Saint Liberata Festival, which enjoyed a large turnout for a perfect late-summer day. Hosted by the Greater Patchogue Cultural Heritage Committee, the annual event featured the eponymous statue of Saint Liberata.

The traditional procession of the saint culminated at Patchogue Village’s Four Corners, where those in attendance were invited to partake in the customary pinning of dollars to the statue. All proceeds were donated to two area Catholic Churches, St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Mount Carmel.