{"id":198734,"date":"2026-05-21T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:28:07","slug":"saint-ubaldo-day-returns-to-jessup-with-the-race-of-the-saints-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198734\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Ubaldo Day returns to Jessup with the Race of the Saints this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands gather in Jessup for Saint Ubaldo Day&#8217;s &#8220;Race of the Saints,&#8221; celebrating over a century of tradition and community.<\/p>\n<p>JESSUP, Pa. \u2014 This Saturday one of Jessup\u2019s most beloved traditions takes place. \u00a0It\u2019s Saint Ubaldo Day, with the highlight being the Race of the Saints. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tradition started in Jessup in 1909 and the festival honors Saint Ubaldo, the patron saint of Gubbio, Italy. Each year, thousands of people gather for the \u201cRunning of the Saints\u201d (La Corsa dei Ceri) \u00a0when teams of runners carry 800-pound statues representing Saint Ubaldo, Saint Giorgio, and Saint Antonio through the streets of Jessup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By tradition, Saint Ubaldo always wins. Also happening is the Jessup Hose Company No. 2 Annual Carnival, featuring amusement rides, games, food, and family-friendly fun.<\/p>\n<p>The event starts at 5:30 in Jessup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands gather in Jessup for Saint Ubaldo Day&#8217;s &#8220;Race of the Saints,&#8221; celebrating over a century of tradition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-198734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}