• The legend narrates that in 1464 a young friar ,from Paola,
arrived to the beach of our small town, Catona,and kindly
asked to some boatmen on the shore, to ferry him the Strait to
go to Messina, because he had no money. After the refusal of
them, Francesco made one of his most important miracles: he
stretched his mantle on the sea’s surface, he went on it and
sailed the Strait without any problems.