🔔 The Italian Almanac

April 26

Stories and curiosities for April 26, 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… 5

5 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on April 26

Patron saint festival In 181 days 📍 Macra

Feast of Pope Marcellinus

📅 Every year, on 26 April

On 26 April Macra, a municipality of 52 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron Pope Marcellinus, after whom the parish church is named.

Patron saint festival In 181 days 📍 Seregno

Saint Valeria, patron who gives her name to a district and a town theatre

📅 Every year, on the last Monday of April, with a large fair in the district of the same name

Seregno celebrates Saint Valeria on the last Monday of April, with a large fair winding through the streets of the district named after her; her name is also tied to the Teatro Santa Valeria, one of the town's best-known cultural venues.