{"id":616,"date":"2018-01-18T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/?p=616"},"modified":"2023-04-07T07:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T07:43:53","slug":"santantuono-abate-enzo-coccia-and-the-patron-saint-of-the-pizzaiuoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/santantuono-abate-enzo-coccia-and-the-patron-saint-of-the-pizzaiuoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Sant\u2019Antuono Abate: Enzo Coccia and the patron saint of the pizzaiuoli"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vera Pizza Napoletana Association and the Neapolitan Pizzaiuoli Association proclaimed January 17th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGiornata del pizzaiuolo napoletano<\/em>\u201d (Day of the Neapolitan pizzaiolo). The choice of the date is not accidental because on this day we celebrate\u00a0Sant\u2019Antuono Abate<\/em>, which is considered the protector of the bakers and the pizzaioli who cooked their pizzas, from ancient Greece, in the dome oven.<\/p>\n

If we go backward for a moment, we will find a fantastic and incredible history of tradition that connects the sacred and the profane, the city of Naples, the pizzaiuolo craft and its charm.<\/p>\n

Man evolves with the\u00a0discovery of fire<\/a>: the ability to cook food identifies Homo Erectus and differentiates it from animals; he lives in community by creating villages with social systems and internal rules.<\/p>\n

Fire must be considered in many aspects both religious and pagan and popular.\u00a0Sant\u2019Antuono<\/em>\u00a0is the saint of demonic temptations: in fact many depictions portray the saint with demonic presences that conspire against him, while in the background mysterious fires burn. In the city of Naples there is the Church of\u00a0Sant\u2019Antuono Abate<\/em>\u00a0in the homonymous village near\u00a0Corso Garibaldi<\/em>. Here, and in other parts of the city,\u00a0\u201cO cippo \u2018and Sant\u2019Antuono\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was lit up: during this celebration, the alleys and streets were illuminated by big and small bonfires that, according to the belief, have the power to purify and drive every evil away.<\/p>\n

Do not confuse\u00a0Sant\u2019Antuono<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0Sant\u2019Antonio<\/em>, mind you, which is celebrated on June 13th\u00a0<\/sup>instead. This is clearly explained by Salvatore Di Giacomo in his book \u201cTaverne famose napoletane<\/em>\u201d. In the chapter \u201cLa trattoria di Monz\u00f9 Testa. La taverna delle bizzoche al Purgatorio<\/em>\u201d he told about a pizzaiuolo, such Don Domenico Testa and his father, Antuono precisely described as: \u201cera un bell\u2019uomo grasso e grosso. Aveva una pizzaria alla salita Santa Teresa, a sinistra di chi va a Capodimonte. La pizzaria era a un tempo anche bottega da maccaronaro: il nonno stava l\u00ec dietro il banco ogni sera, con un grande grembiule sulla pancia, e scodellava i due e i tre fino alla mezzanotte. Lui a Santa Teresa e sua moglie al Cavone di S.Gennaro dei Poveri, ov\u2019era un\u2019altra pizzaria con un gran forno<\/em>\u201d (he was a handsome fat man. He had a pizzaria at salita Santa Teresa, to the left of those who go to Capodimonte. The pizzaria was once a maccaronaro shop also: the grandfather was behind the countertop every night, with a big apron on his stomach, and he cooked two and three until midnight. He was in Santa Teresa and his wife at the Cavone di San Gennaro dei Poveri, where there was another pizzaria with a large oven.<\/p>\n

In the Neapolitan dialect, there is a famous saying \u201clevaci o\u2019 viecch e puortc o\u2019 nnuov<\/em>\u201d (out with the old and in with the new). It seems to me that this proverb fits perfectly with the hope of a new life for the Neapolitan pizza and the Neapolitan pizzaiuolo craft which has been recognised as an intangible cultural heritage by\u00a0UNESCO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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