In medieval age toponymy, it seems that Viserba was named “fundus viserbae” which could come from medieval Latin “via acerba” (sour, parched, bitter road). In 1881 it counts 86 inhabitants in the village along the Romea Road and 710 spread throughout the countryside. In order to give historical significance to Viserba, an old legend dating back to Ottone I reign (961-973) speaks about a heavy marble Tomb stranded close to Saint Peter’s Monastery (Saint Julian church) bearing the corpse of a martyr that remained closed in the Tomb for years, after being thrown into the sea as Christ’s confessor, closed in a bag with snakes and sand. The place where the blessed body was collected, took the name of “Sacramora”, that is “sacred stop”. Here formed a marshland named “pantera” (panther) rich in water rising underground from the Marecchia river and forming spring water puddles. In honour of the Sacramora waters old legend, a small marble-adorned wall was erected on the water spring, which, both for religious tradition and for its water purity, is considered diuretic and healthy. |
