Chapel of Saint Calogero, Hermit of Sciacca, in Chinatown

chinatown elizabeth street chapel

Chinatown borders Little Italy. This window chapel though is still very much in China Town on Elizabeth Street 120. The window reads in golden letters:
San Calogero Maria SS. del-Soccdrso
Ermita di Sciatta Patrona LD Avvocata
della Scia di Sciacca

A window chapel devoted to the patron saint of Sciatta, the hermit Calogero who lived on a a mountain in Sciatta, Sicily in the 5th century CE.

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