Show Snow on Etna Belongs To Archbishop of Catania Italy All the snow that falls on Europe's tallest volcanic Mount which became active belongs to tha Roman Catholic archbishop of This almost unbelievable fact dates back to a grant from medieval And ever since then its been a considerable revenue producer for the Catania archdiocese because plenty of snow falls on Mount For several thousand feet down from its central the volcano is mosi oi ine Trenches are dug and shoveled full of Before summer sets the white-packed trenches are covered with fir tree branches to keep off the The snow packs into natural That ice is a valuable commodity all the sweltering summer In Catania and a score of little summer-resort villages along the East Clcil-lan coast at the bottom of the In the earliest days of the there was no other Even the Etna snow sells at prices just as good or than those for the artificial Ice available In There are no figures on bow much the snow is but it is presumed to net the church several thousand dollars a When Etna erupted violently It melted away some of the But there are several square miles of it |