Show SAIT SA JOs Sixteenth Hundredth Anniversary of ofte the te Little Lite Commonwealth Rome Home Sept 13 The republic of San Marino Marno has h S just celebrated the six sixteenth sixteenth sIxteenth century of or its It establishment on the precipitous heights height of or Monte Ti tano above Rimini and Urbino The republic has a a right to be proud prud of or its founder and of Its Us history This pout political ical lent Mt lt Tabor has preserved its ls privileges leges logos and Its independence through the fusion of m with wih the church Even Even Carducci the tile poet of or Satan has halt hs sung sune it J On the Monte religious ious bus feeling is I Joined joneil to love of oC liberty the worship of holiness is one with wih the worship of the te Creator and founder of oC the republic The fusion of or Chris Christianity Christianity and politics p brings about the unity of religion and country countr religion becomes the lever of ot the state just justas justa as a the state is the product of or religion C 6 r d Marino the Romulus of oC this micro microscopic microscopic Rome was according to the fathers a a wise pious and Industrious mechanic Driven from front I the te island of or Arba Arba on the Dalmatian Dalmata coast ca t at the time of or o perse persecution persecution cution cuton he lie at Rimini to work in the harbor works work He climbed the te Titana peak from Rimini in search searh of building stone There he undertook to convert the wild stud wid men of the mountain He preached the te gospel advised adise the te I division of property and the the love loe of or orthe the poor por He Joined joine to ardent arent faith the te gift of healing a a rich rih matron of at Rimini was wa cured cud by the workingman and gave him the moun mountain mountain tain tam which was her property At the top of or the te peak pek he set up an a immense cross the symbol of peace peacE love and Justice at the foot toot he built buit a chapel in the te name of ot St St Peter Il 23 5 Around Arund these monuments a 1 people of shepherds and free peasants gathered eager to throw oft the yoke of ot the te pub publicans henna of Rome Bathe Having become a ad deacon d acon and priest prIest M Marino arno rino built buit the fortress To the new republic he gave a constitution at once very ver Christian Christan and very ver democratic based base on liberal liberalIty liberalIty Ity 1 and equality He was present at he Council of Rimini and died die in the te year ear The people turned Marino into a saint sant San Marino became soon the palladium of the republic the eponymous 8 hero her of its It Independence His tomb was wa transformed into a a I sanctuary The church of ot San Marino came to mean m an the same thing as a the political government government San Marino trusting to a charter chater of its It founder vos ab ho homIne homine mIne I leave you ou free fre from every everyman eer everyman man has managed to maintain its it in dependence and its it prosperity against all al conquerors and all al envious neigh bor hors bors San Marino Is a a living example Its Is existence demonstrates against alt all aUthe the dogmatists of the Risorgimento the possibility of the coexistence of or a republic with the national INNOMINATO unity |