It is well known how beautiful Corsica is. Without forgetting that this is an ancient land. So ancient that is the land of many legends. Like the one of San Venerio.
- The saint. Venerio was born in 560 on the island of Palmaria, in the Ligurian Sea. He was a hermit monk in a small monastery on the island of Tino. He died here and was buried in 630. On his tomb, were built a small shrine and after, in the eleventh century, the abbey of San Venerio (a Benedictine monastery).
- The devotion. During the centuries, devotion to San Venerio grew more and more. Thanks also to some legends concerning him: he would have fought a sort of monstrous fish-dragon that terrorized the sailors of the Mediterranean sea; he set up a sail and saved several castaways; he lit fires on the coast at night to guide sailors.
- The legend and the island of beauty. Between the Sixth century and Seventh century, Corsica became a place of hermitage for several monks. According to legend, San Venerio left the island of Tino to spend some time on the island of beauty.
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