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Rovinj & Vrsar zanimljivosti | Points of Interest in Rovinj & Vrsar
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godine doplutao mramorni sarkofag. Ribari koji
su na obali čekali da se nevrijeme smiri i krpali
svoje mreže, zastali su čudeći se i potom pozvali
građane da se okupe na obali.
Odmah su pozvani gradska straža i najsnažniji
muževi grada da sarkofag prenesu do crkve sv.
Jurja, gdje su obitavali sveti ljudi, pustinjaci,
ali to se pokazalo težim zadatkom no što su
predmnijevali. Ma koliko volova upregli i ma koliko
konopa vezali, sarkofag se nije micao. Navečer,
puk je zdvojan i umoran otišao na počinak.
Ali tijekom noći, kaže legenda, jednoj se pobožnoj
udovici ukazala slika i glas joj reče da upregne
dvije mlade junice i da s njima izvuče sarkofag
na vrh Crvenoga brda pod kojim je bio grad na
otočiću.
Ujutro ona upregne dvije mlade junice i sarkofag
se pokrene te kao sam od sebe krene za junicama
prema vrhu brda. Putem se jedan mladić ispriječi
pred sarkofagom, ali ga kamena grobnica
smrvi. Okupljeni je puk zbunjeno gledao i tada,
odjednom začuju vapaj mladića koji je zagovarao
sv. Eufemiju. U jednom hipu sve njegove ozljede
nestadoše. On priđe sarkofagu i bez muke otvori
poklopac koji dan prije svi muževi grada nisu
mogli otvoriti. Tada se pred pukom ukaže posve
sačuvano tijelo sv. Eufemije, s plaštem i svitkom
na kojem je bilo opisano njezino mučeništvo.
Ovjenčana slavom iscjeljenja, nakon mučeničke
smrti, sveta je Eufemija postala razlogom mnogih
hodočašćenja na Crveno brdo, kako crkvene
kronike iz Rovinjskog iluminiranoga kodeksa
iz 14. i 15. stoljeća zovu najviši vrh današnjega
grada Rovinja. Sveta Eufemija postala je
zaštitnicom Rovinja, a zbog stalnih hodočašćenja
oko sarkofaga je izgrađena velika bazilika koja
i danas stoji na vrhu iznad Rovinja i sa svojim
60-metarskim zvonikom, na čijem se vrhu nalazi
kip sv. Eufemije, predstavlja nezaboravnu vedutu
grada.
possibility that an entire little island in front of
Rovinj disappeared, a marble sarcophagus floated
to the town coast at dawn on 13th July 800.
Fishermen, who were waiting at the shore for
the storm to calm down and were mending their
nets, stopped in surprise and then they called the
citizens to gather on the shore.
The town guards and the strongest men
were immediately called forward to carry the
sarcophagus to the church of St George, where
holy men and hermits used to reside, but that
proved to be harder than they thought. No matter
how many oxen they harnessed and no matter
how many ropes they tied, the sarcophagus did
not move. In the evening, the people, desperate
and tired, went to rest.
However, during the night, as the legend goes, an
image appeared to a pious widow and a voice told
her to harness two young heifers and draw the
sarcophagus up to the top of the Red Hill, above
the town on the island.
In the morning, she harnessed two young heifers
and the sarcophagus moved, and as if by itself, it
started after the heifers towards the top of the
hill. On the way, a young man stood in its way,
but the stone tomb crushed him. The gathered
crowd watched in confusion, but then they
suddenly heard the cry of the young man who
called for St Euphemia and in the blink of an eye,
all of his wounds were gone. He approached the
sarcophagus and without any trouble opened
the cover which could not have been opened
by any of the town’s men the day before. Then,
the body of St Euphemia showed in front of
the crowd, completely preserved, with a cape
and a roll describing her martyrdom. Wreathed
with the glory of healing, after a martyr death,
Saint Euphemia has become the reason for
many pilgrimages to the Red Hill, as the church
chronicles from the 14th and 15th century Rovinj
Illuminated Manuscript call the tallest top of the
today’s city of Rovinj. Saint Euphemia has become
the patron saint of the City of Rovinj, and owing
to continuous pilgrimages, a large basilica was
built around the sarcophagus, which still stands at
the top above Rovinj, and with its 60-meter bell
tower with the statue of St Euphemia represents
an unforgettable view of the town.