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Ruggero II (the legend), in August 1129, lasted the journey had to return from Salerno in Sicily was caught in the open sea by a terrible storm. The boat was at the mercy of the waves and began to ship water. King Roger and the crew, sailors and certainly not new to this kind of weather phenomena, were impressed by the violence of the storm showed no sign of stopping. It was then that after Roger prayed the Lord to save him had a vision of a bright light and heard the voice of the Lord reassured him about his fate. The king made a promise that would have landed in the place where he would build a temple, then fell into a deep sleep from which he was awakened by the shouts of exultation crew when the ship had cast anchor in Cefalu. In 1131, just two years later, Roger had built a cathedral in honor of the Lord.

Salvatore Spinuzza (Cefalu, December 18, 1829 - March 14, 1857), Italian patriot, along with Carlo and Nicola Botta, Cesare Civello, Andrea May, Alexander and his brother Antonio Guarnera Spinuzza was one of the protagonists of the Risorgimento Cefalù. All guilty of having rebelled against the Bourbons were captured, except Civello, in the territory of Pettineo. After being processed Spinuzza Savior and the others were sentenced to death by military tribunal. While Nicola and Carlo Botta, Alessandro Guarnera and Andrew May, had the sentence commuted to prison and were released in 1860 following the landing of Garibaldi in Sicily Spinuzza of the sentence was executed March 14, 1857.

Baron Enrico Piraino Mandralisca great collectors of: artwork, books, coins, archaeological, scientific instruments, malacological collections, etc. ... as a devise (a will, written October 26, 1853) gave, in the belief that facilitate the establishment of a popular class town evolved, its collections to the town of Cefalu. In the same spirit, therefore, gave provision for the creation of a high school and night school, which would be maintained with the rent of their property. Two years after his death, in 1864, the City Council created the Cefalu 'Cefalu High School. "

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