Town legend claims the name was chosen by a church ceremony where a Bible was opened blindly and the first proper name encountered was that of Porcius Festus, the governor of Judea around 60 AD (Acts 24:27).
Porcius Festus, Roman leader mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, 24:27
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