In
Jessup the shape of the Cero of St. Ubaldo was, for the whole of the
twentieth century, exactly identical to that of the other two Ceri.
For this reason, on the request of the "Saint Ubaldo Society" and of our
Circle of the area of Jessup, our "Eugubini in the world" Society
made a
new Cero of St. Ubaldo,
similar to the Cero of Gubbio.
The Cero has very resistant characteristics in order to bear the
dangers of the race. Because of electric wires which pass through the town of
Jessup, the cero could not be constructed higher than 7 feet.
The Cero was presented in Gubbio on the 9th May 2002 and after being
blessed in the Basilica of St. Ubaldo it left Italy on the 15th May from Milan
Malpensa at 11.00 and arrived at the Kennedy airport in New York at 8.00 p.m.
(in this way it made its journey at the same time as the Corsa of the Ceri!).
The Cero was realized by members thanks to the collaboration of
worthy artisans such as Mario Trento Merli, who realized the wooden structure,
Lorenzo Rampini, who made the iron parts, and the
Statal Art School where the Principal Prof. Giovanni Meli
disposed of the structures, the teachers (the professors Francesco Scalici,
Francesco Pannacci and Giovanni Pascolini) and many other better students to
make the painting of the cero.
The cero was constructed perfectly on a scale of (1:0,54) using a measurement of
the Cero Grande of St. Ubaldo, which Dr. Vincenzo Ambrogi kindly put at
disposition.
At the moment of the arrival of the Cero, Thomas J. Fiorelli
wrote to us, saying: "The Cero is now in Jessup! It is more beautiful than we
can possibly imagine! Thank you to S. Ubaldo for making all of this possible".
The new Cero raced in the Festa of the 25th May 2002.
From the USA a comment on the Festa of the Ceri 2002: "It
was a great day in Jessup.
All of the thousands of people who participated to the festa felt a great
admiration for the magnificent Ceri, especially for the new Cero of S. Ubaldo.
The Ceri moved gracefully through the streets. Unfortunately the Cero of St.
Giorgio fell. We thank St. Ubaldo that no one was hurt!".
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