Modern Devotion To St. Paulinus
The people of modern day Nola and the surrounding regions remain devoted to St. Paulinus. His feast day is celebrated annually in Nola during "La Festa dei Gigli" (the Feast of the Lilies), in which Gigli, several large statues in honor of the saint, placed on towers, are carried upon the shoulders of the faithful around the city.
In the United States the descendants of Italian immigrants from Nola and Brusciano continue the tradition in Brooklyn and elsewhere.
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