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13 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on April 28
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📅 Every year, on 28 April (with the bread distribution also on the 29th) and on 2 July
On 28 April Castelvetere sul Calore, a municipality of 1,672 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of Graces with the procession of the spunziatrici, girls dressed in white and adorned with gold who take bread to every house.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
On 28 April Montresta, a municipality of 535 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patron Saint Christopher, to whom a church of the town is dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
On 28 April Seniga, a municipality of 1,581 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patron Saint Vitalis, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Civitavecchia celebrates Saint Fermina on 28 April; the town, founded as Centumcellae at Emperor Trajan's will around 110 AD, suffered seventy-six bombing raids between 1943 and 1944 that destroyed ninety-five per cent of its buildings.
📅 Every year, on 28 April, the anniversary of the saint's death
Poggibonsi celebrates Saint Lucchese on 28 April, the anniversary of his death, with the feast held on the hill where the Basilica di San Lucchese, dedicated to him, stands.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Scerni celebrates Saint Pamphilus on 28 April, in the church dedicated to him. The following day, Saint Emygdius, the town's other patron, is also celebrated.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Sulmona celebrates Saint Pamphilus on 28 April in the cathedral dedicated to him, originally dedicated to Saint Mary and rededicated to the patron as early as the 12th century; known worldwide for its centuries-old tradition of sugared almonds, it was the birthplace of the Latin poet Ovid.
📅 Every year, on 28 April, with the patronal procession
Spoltore celebrates Saint Panfilo of Sulmona on 28 April, with the patronal procession; among the other most cherished religious occasions is also the so-called «Running Madonna», linked to the Good Friday rites.
📅 Every year, on 28 April, with bonfires on the eve of the Immaculate Conception
Archi celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April. On the night of 7 December, bonfires are lit between the districts for the eve of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated since 1854.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Annone Veneto celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April, in the old church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Muzzana del Turgnano celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 April, with the «sagnitelle» tradition two weeks earlier
San Salvo celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April; about two weeks earlier, the «sagnitelle» tradition is held, a type of pasta offered to residents, when carts and horses parade through the town's streets carrying flour to be blessed.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Granarolo dell'Emilia celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 April
Salsomaggiore Terme celebrates Saint Vitalis on 28 April, in the church dedicated to him; the municipal territory also holds the ancient parish church of San Giovanni Battista and that of San Nicomede.
