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San Donato è per tradizione il protettore degli epilettici e dei malati di mente. In passato i devoti si recavano presso la cappella a lui dedicata per chiedere la grazia e invocare la guarigione dal cosiddetto “male di San Donato”. Questo culto, radicato nel Salento e documentato anche da registi e antropologi – tra cui Luigi Di Gianni con il film Il male di San Donato – continua a vivere nella grande festa di Montesano Salentino. Il momento più suggestivo è la processione diurna: la statua del santo, portata a spalla dai devoti sotto il sole cocente di agosto, attraversa il paese accompagnata dalla reliquia e dal “bastone di San Donato”, un’asta cinta da nastri rossi su cui i fedeli spillano banconote come offerta votiva e sostegno alla festa. Questo progetto fotografico segue quel corteo, restituendo in immagini l’intensità di un rito che intreccia fede, memoria e comunità.