Viterbo - Santa Rosa

In the northeast of Viterbo, inside the town walls, is the church of Santa Rosa (rebuilt from 1840 onwards), with the mummified body of St Rosa (d. 1261). Every year on September third, the eve of her feast-day, the saint's statue is borne on a 30m/100ft high tower from the Porta Romana to the church - a ceremony first introduced in 1664.