The origins of devotion to St. George in the territory have Scicli orgini even very old dating back to 1091 at the time of Roger the Norman.
The church of St. George the Martyr writes Mario Pluchinotta was "founded by Roger the Norman, after the victory over Belcan Amira in 1091, then rose in the place where the lower part of the St. Joseph neighborhood, and dedicated to thanking the patron saint of chivalry who was also the protector of the house of Hauteville. " The Pacetti wrote that the building was "one of the oldest churches in our town which was built in the so-called House, now form part of the district of Saint Joseph." Pluchinotta himself writes that the church of St. George "became private property ... and if they see that the walls', while historic Pacetti does nothing but confirm that the church was" reduced to Casalena for having ruined the time. " Also it from discharging his research that if the Church speaks of "the itinerary of the procession of Saint William, sorted by Mons Fortress in 1684 where we read thus:" that the case of relics leaving the monastery church of the Immaculate Conception, immediately through the Madeleine Church and St. George, go to sacramental Church of St. Joseph. " In the year 1669 was visited by the Bishop of Syracuse Bishop Capobianco.
Mr. La Rocca Riccotti Edmund donated the land where now rise c.da Cannamara the new church of San Giorgio 20/03/2001 declaring the deed of gift donation to refer to the burden erigenda see to it that the church was dedicated on land donated St. George, patron saint of the family. According to the oral testimony of the daughter of Mr. Mrs. Riccotti La Rocca Marina, told us that his father giving the land to the Parish of St. Catherine of Siena was able to carry out the wishes of her parents who had asked him to rebuild the old church St. George as we have just described stood in Scicli Road in St. George's still visible if you go there. Devotion to St. George the Martyr is the history of our country a long and proven evidence.
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