25.04.2015 :Il 'BOCOLO'(Bocciolo) Veneziano.

Dalla fine della IIà Guerra mondiale , in Italia, in questa data, si festeggia La Festa della Liberazione dal nazifascizmo per cui combatterono , accanto agli Alleati, tutti i partiti antifascisti italiani e gli azionisti, cioè i membri del partito d'Azione.


Ma, lo stesso giorno, è dedicato a S.Marco Evangelista , patrono di Venezia in cui come una tradizione centenaria vuole che un bocciolo(bocòlo) di rosa rossa sia offerto a mogli, fidanzate, figlie come segno d'amore.


'L'usanza nasce dalla leggenda di Maria, figlia del doge Angelo Partecipazio, che si innamorò ricambiata del giovane Tancredi. Il sentimento dei due giovani era osteggiato dal padre di Maria, che non avrebbe permesso un tale matrimonio. Tancredi allora d andò a combattere in Spagna con l'esercito di Carlo Magno, per guadagnare fama: il padre così non avrebbe più potuto opporsi al loro amore. Tancredi partì e si coprì di gloria in guerra. Un triste giorno arrivarono a Venezia alcuni cavalieri francesi che erano stati guidati dal paladino Orlando, eroe caduto nella battaglia di Roncisvalle del 15 agosto 778 e celebrato poi nel famoso poema epico della Chanson de Roland. I cavalieri cercarono Maria per annunziarle la morte di Tancredi: colpito dal nemico, era caduto sanguinante sopra un rosaio. Prima di spirare, aveva colto un fiore e pregato l'amico Orlando di portarlo a Venezia alla sua amata Maria. Maria prese la rosa tinta ancora del sangue del suo Tancredi e restò muta nel suo dolore. Il giorno dopo, festa di san Marco, fu trovata morta con l'insanguinato fiore sul cuore.'


Da mia conscenza personale e per la leggenda da Varie fonti web


Since the end of the Second World War, in Italy, on this date, the Feast of Liberation from Nazifascizmo is celebrated, for which all the Italian antifascist parties and the 'Azionisti', that is the members of the Action Party, fought alongside the Allies.


But, the same day is dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, Patron Saint of Venice in which, as a centuries-old tradition, a red rosebud (bocòlo) is offered to wives, girlfriends, daughters as a sign of love.


The custom was born from the legend of Mary, daughter of the doge Angelo Partecipazio, who fell in love with the young Tancredi. The sentiment of the two young was opposed by Maria's father, who would not allow such a marriage.Tancredi, then, went to fight in Spain with Charlemagne's army, in order to gain fame: his father could no longer oppose their love. Tancredi left and covered himself with glory in war. One sad day some French knights arrived in Venice and were led by the paladin Orlando, a hero who fell at the battle of Roncesvalles on 15th August 778 and was celebrated in the famous epic poem of the Chanson de Roland. The knights searched for Maria to announce the death of Tancredi: hit by the enemy, he had fallen bleeding on a rosebush. Before he died, he had picked a flower and begged his friend Orlando to bring it to Venice to his beloved Maria. Maria took the rose still dyed with the blood of her Tancredi and remained mute in her grief. The next day, St. Mark's Day, she was found dead with the bloody flower on her heart.


Out of my personal knowledge and for the legend Since the end of the Second World War, in Italy, on this date, the Feast of Liberation from Nazifascizmo is celebrated, for which all the Italian antifascist parties and the 'Azionisti', that is the members of the Action Party, fought alongside the Allies.


But, the same day is dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, Patron Saint of Venice in which, as a centuries-old tradition, a red rosebud (bocòlo) is offered to wives, girlfriends, daughters as a sign of love.


The custom was born from the legend of Mary, daughter of the doge Angelo Partecipazio, who fell in love with the young Tancredi. The sentiment of the two young men was opposed by Maria's father, who would not allow such a marriage.Tancredi, then, went to fight in Spain with Charlemagne's army, in order to gain fame: his father could no longer oppose their love. Tancredi left and covered himself with glory in war. One sad day some French knights arrived in Venice and were led by the paladin Orlando, a hero who fell at the battle of Roncesvalles on 15th August 778 and was celebrated in the famous epic poem of the Chanson de Roland. The knights searched for Maria to announce the death of Tancredi: hit by the enemy, he had fallen bleeding on a rosebush. Before he died, he had picked a flower and begged his friend Orlando to bring it to Venice to his beloved Maria. Maria took the rose still dyed with the blood of her Tancredi and remained mute in her grief. The next day, St. Mark's Day, she was found dead with the bloody flower on her heart.


Out of my personal knowledge and for the legend from various web sources.