Sarsina Cathedral.
Sarsina Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Sarsina; Basilica Concattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sarsina, a municipality in the province of Forlì-Cesena, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the seat of the Bishops of Sarsina, since 1986 it has been a co-cathedral of the Diocese of church likely dates to the 10th century, when a Romanesque structure in brick was begun. The lunette above the entrance portal has a modern mosaic depicting Saint Vicinius wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a chain. The façade remains unfinished. The interior nave is generally austere. In Sarsina Cathedral is the Chapel of Saint Vicinius. Here are kept the saint's relics and the miraculous collar, the reputation of which still brings pilgrims seeking the saint's aid in healing illness and his life he had a reputation as a miracle-worker, with a particular ability to expel demons and to heal the faithful of physical and mental illness by means of an iron chain or collar weighted with a stone which he wore round his neck as a penance, in the form of two arms joined by a double clasp and terminating in two interlocking rings. According to a scientific study carried out by the University of Bologna, the collar, of uncertain origin, is either contemporary with or slightly earlier than the life of the saint. Today the collar is used for blessings. It is said to be the hand of the saint who by his powerful intercession with God gives grace to all those who make pilgrimage to his altar. The exorcisms are carried out inside the basilica of San Vicinio (the former Sarsina Cathedral) by priests specially authorised by the bishop. Read more :
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