Word: pietreleina
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...business, though, playing host to pilgrims has its ups and downs. As many as 35,000 visitors yearly packed into San Giovanni Rotondo during the life of Padre Pio di Pietreleina, a friar who was said to have received the stigmata; some paid up to $30 for bandages he was said to have worn. His death in 1968 brought deep recession: the town's taxicab fleet, for example, dwindled from 15 to three. Residents' spirits perked up in February, when proceedings for Padre Pio's canonization began, and local authorities started building such projects...
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