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Mount Etna in eruption , miraculous shrine said to have saved a town . The town of Linguaglossa , within the shadow of Mount Etna , is untouched , though it is like an island amid a lake of boiling stone . The few remaining inhabitants are putting their faith in St Egidius , who , they say , saved the town in 1873 , when the lava stopped at the gates . They carried the Saint 's statue in procession through the streets . The Shrine of St Egidius . 21 June 1923