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On the day of the Sensa (Ascention),
the symbolic marriage with the sea, the outward sign of Venice's
recognized authority and domination over the Adriatic, was
commemorated and celebrated.
This festa received its final ritualistic form, at the time of
Doge Sebastiano Ziani, who,
as a reward for his service to the Church, received the symbolic
ring in gift from the Pope with which, every year he was to
repeat the solemn rite.
The Doge, having gone on
board the Bucintoro - the
sumptuous boat of State rowed by the Arsenalotti - along with
the Signoria, the Clergy, and the foreign ambassadors, sailed
from the Porto del Lido, followed by a procession of boats and
gondolas of every description all decked out for the festa.
Having arrived at the mouth, and the Patriarch having blessed
the sea with holy water, the Doge
threw the ring into the sea from a little door in the pop and
pronounced the well known words: In sign of eternal dominion, we,
the Doge of Venice, marry
you, oh sea! |
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