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Rome gridlocked as St Pio body moved

20,000 faithful flock behind cortege

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(ANSA) - Rome, February 5 - Rome was gridlocked Friday as the body of St Pio was moved from a church on one side of the Tiber to St Peter's Basilica on the other where the famously stigmata-bearing saint is to be celebrated by Pope Francis as part of the Jubilee.
    Some 20,000 people trailed behind the cortege of the saint, better known as Padre Pio.
    A long stretch of road along the river was closed to traffic, causing a huge logjam of cars.
   

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