Segesta
Religious events at Calatafimi-Segesta include:
- the Most Holy Crucifix: it is held every 5–7 years from 1 to 3 May.
- Corpus Domini
- Procession of Our Lady of Assumption: on 15 August.
- Procession of Madonna del Giubino: on the fourth Sunday of September.
- The festivity in honour of the Blessed Child Mary, held every two years (from 5 to 8 September) in the small Church of Our Lady of Graces.
- Procession of the Immaculate (day and night): on 8 December.
- The Living Crib.
The town developed during the age of the Muslim emirate of Sicily, when it was known as Qalʿat Fīmī (قلعة فيمي), referring to the defensive castle overlooking the town, now partially restored from ruins. One hypothesis for the castle's name derives it from Castrum Phimes – a stronghold protecting the territory of a Roman period nobleman mentioned by Cicero, Diocles Phimes. Another hypothesis derives it from "Castle of Euphemius", possibly referring to the 5th-century Byzantine patriarch by that name or, more likely, to the 9th-century Byzaantine commander, who brought Muslim troops to Sicily in 827, helping begin the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
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