🔔 The Italian Almanac

April 18

Stories and curiosities for April 18, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 1

1 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on April 18

Other saints of the day 1

Patron saint festival In 173 days 📍 Donori

Feast of Saint George the Bishop

📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of April

On the third Sunday of April Donori celebrates Saint George, first bishop of the diocese of Suelli, with a procession accompanied by songs in Sardinian.

Patron saint festival In 173 days 📍 Centola

Saint Apollonius, patron of the living nativity

📅 Every year, on 18 April; 28 December brings the living nativity in the abandoned village

Centola celebrates Saint Apollonius on 18 April. On 28 December, the living nativity is held, a historical re-enactment that brings the now-uninhabited old village back to life for a day.

Procession 📍 Bronte

Good Friday Procession

📅 Every year on Good Friday

All the town's confraternities process with the mysteries: Christ at the Column, carried by barefoot bearers, meets the Crucifix while the crowd sings the Stabat Mater.