A Look at the 26th Annual Commemoration of the Fallen Soldiers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at the Battle of Volturno in 1860

Photos courtesy of 1° Reggimento Re

Saturday, morning (October 14th) participants gathered in the cemetery of Capua, Caserta, for the solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Artillery Major Filippo Ginolfi of the 1st Regiment.

Holy Mass of suffrage for the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who fell in battle at Volturno on October 1st and 2nd in 1860 was celebrated at the Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo.

Members of the 1° Reggimento Re and Cavalieri of the Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio (SMOCSG) were in attendance.

Following Mass, guests adjourned to the parish pastoral center for talks by Luigi Castiello, Vice President of Accademia Napoletana di Studi Storici, and Carmela Maria Spadaro, professor at the Università degli Studi Federico II - Napoli. The distinguished speakers discussed "The Religiosity of Francis II and the Battle of Volturno” and "King Francis II from Volturno to Gaeta” respectively.

Thanks to Mirko Speranza of the 1° Reggimento Re for the photos.