The fishermen were honored this Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, for the celebration of their Patron Saint.

The ceremony began at 6 p.m. in Sainte-Anne's church with the mass celebrated by Father Georges NICOLI.

Saint Erasmus, restored at the Feuille d’Or in 2015, was taken in procession out to sea, accompanied by the Confrerie Santa Croce and the Saints of Florence, as far as the Tignosu lighthouse.

All the boats participating in the procession were invited to take a moment of prayer in memory of all those who perished at sea, and a bouquet of flowers was thrown into the sea in their memory.

Let's recall that Saint Erasmus, originally from Antioch, which was Syrian at the time, lived around 280 AD.

The origin of this patronage is attributed to the fact that he was preaching when a storm suddenly broke out: terror seized the congregation, and they saw that the lightning had spared him.

Since then, sailors have given the name «St. Elmo's Fire» to the luminous wisps they sometimes see at the ends of their boat masts.