For a long time, men were powerless against the scourge of epidemics. They elicited contradictory reactions, from collective hysteria to the emergence of new fraternities, embodied by the confraternities of Penitents.
The last one to leave a mark in the collective memory of Nice is recorded negatively: it was the cholera that, in 1832, threatened Nice and was averted, as it was understood at the time, by the conjunction of divine intercession and human medicine. This fear left a magnificent memory in stone, the Church of the Vow, and a tradition, the solemn procession.
This Sunday, Christian Estrosi, Eric Ciotti, Bishop Jean Bonfils, and Father François-Régis Jamain will renew the Vow of Nice, a Niçoise tradition celebrating its 184th anniversary this year.
Program for Sunday, May 29:
9:45 AM Gathering and renewal of the Vow by Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region – Communal Palace, Place Saint-François
10:15 AM Procession to the Church of the Vow
10:30 AM Mass at the Church of the Vow presided by Bishop Jean Bonfils
Renewal of the Vow by Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region with the participation of the music of the Fire Department of the city of Nice
11:50 AM Friendly drink and musical entertainment –– Church forecourt
