I. C. D'Aosta: 4th grade students in Primary school in Ottaviano made this work to share our local legends with our European friends.

1. THE LEGEND OF ST. MICHAEL’S RING
4° grade B-C-D students

2. St. Michael is the
patron Saint of
Ottaviano. A
legend says that
many years ago,
in Ottaviano,
there was a
shortage of food
and people
prayed to their
patron Saint to
help them.

3. A few days later, a
young man came
into the shop in
Puglia and bought
many sacks of
wheat to send to
Ottaviano. He paid
the bill giving to
the merchant a
precious ring
which he took off
from his finger.

4. When the wheat
was delivered in
Ottaviano, the
people were very
happy and they
asked the
merchant who
had paid for it. He
couldn’t reply.

5. Before he went back
to Puglia, the
merchant went to the
big church at the top
of Ottaviano to pray
to St. Michael. He
asked him to protect
him during the return
trip. While he was
praying, he was very
surprised because St.
Michael looked like
the young man who
had bought the wheat
in Puglia…

6. …and he wasn’t
wearing the
precious ring he
used to wear on
his finger!