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!!!Lecce - Statue of St. Oronzo

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Der Stadtheilige Oronzo hatte 1650 angeblich die Pestepidemie in Lecce gestoppt, freilich erst, nachdem bereits die Hälfte der Bevölkerung dem Schwarzen Tod erlegen war.
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The city's patron saint Oronzo had - allegedly - stopped the plague epidemic in Lecce in 1650, although only after half of the population had succumbed to the Black Death.
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