🔔 The Italian Almanac

April 27

Stories and curiosities for April 27, 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… 4

4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on April 27

Patron saint festival In 182 days 📍 Cave

Our Lady of the Field, patron of the Good Friday living tableaux

📅 Every year, on 27 April; on Good Friday a reenactment with living tableaux and 500 extras is held

Cave celebrates Our Lady of the Field on 27 April, in the sanctuary dedicated to her. On Good Friday, a historical-religious reenactment is held with a procession and living tableaux, involving 500 extras.

Patron saint festival In 182 days 📍 Avezzano

Saint Bartholomew and Our Lady of Pietraquaria, patrons of a town reborn after the 1915 earthquake

📅 Every year, on 27 April, with a fair on the 25th and «focaracci» bonfires the night between the 26th and 27th

Avezzano celebrates Saint Bartholomew and Our Lady of Pietraquaria on 27 April, with devotional bonfires called «focaracci» the night before; the Marian cult is documented from the 12th century, but its most important church arose from rebuilding after the 1915 earthquake.

Patron saint festival In 182 days 📍 Treviso

Saint Liberalis, patron of a city born on three hills

📅 Every year, on 27 April

Treviso celebrates Saint Liberalis on 27 April, his relics kept in the crypt of the cathedral; according to popular folk etymology the city's name, Tarvisium, is said to derive from the three hills on which it arose, matching the main squares of the historic centre.