Aug 12
The Virgin of Carmel of Trastevere, also known as the Madonna Fiumarola or Madonna del Carmine, is a revered 16th-century cedar-wood statue of the Virgin Mary discovered by fishermen in the Tiber River after a storm in 1535. Entrusted to the Carmelite friars and now venerated at the Church of Sant’Agata in Trastevere, she is regarded as the patron protectress of the historic neighborhood. Each July, the statue is honored during the traditional Festa de’ Noantri, when she is carried through the streets of Trastevere and, in a festive Marian procession, taken by boat along the Tiber River, recalling her discovery.
