Among the terracotta rooftops and sprawling grassy farmland of the western Italian coast, in a city walled by the Aurunci Mountains, a park named Cranston finds its home. And thousands of miles away, in the coastal New England mist of Knightsville, a centuries-old Italian tradition that began in those far-off medieval mountains continues every July.
Next week, St. Mary’s Church will hold its annual Feast in honor of Santa Maria della Civita, carrying on a sacred Catholic tradition that Italian immigrants from Itri brought to Rhode Island more than a century ago, establishing tenderhearted ties that endure today.
