🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 13

Stories and curiosities for August 13, 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… 24

24 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 13

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Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Piuro

Feast of Saint Cassian

📅 Every year, on 13 August

On 13 August Piuro, a municipality of 1,950 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, celebrates its patron Saint Cassian the martyr (San Cassiano martire).

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Sant'Ippolito

Feast of Saint Hippolytus

📅 Every year, on 13 August

On 13 August Sant'Ippolito, a municipality of 1,574 inhabitants in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, celebrates its patron Saint Hippolytus of Rome (sant'Ippolito di Roma).

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Roccaraso

Feast of Saint Hippolytus

📅 Every year, on 13 August

On 13 August Roccaraso, a municipality of 1,636 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron Saint Hippolytus (sant'Ippolito) with masses, solemn processions and fireworks.

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Agnosine

Feast of Saints Hippolytus and Cassian

📅 Every year, on 13 August

On 13 August Agnosine, a municipality of 1,833 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patrons Saints Hippolytus and Cassian (santi Ippolito e Cassiano).

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Flaibano

Feast of Santa Filomena

📅 Every year, on 13 August

On 13 August Flaibano, a municipality of 1,197 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patroness Santa Filomena.

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Comacchio

Saint Cassian, patron celebrated with the historic regatta

📅 Every year, on 13 August, with the historic regatta

Comacchio celebrates Saint Cassian on 13 August with a historic regatta, one of the most cherished and eagerly awaited events for the local community; the hamlets of San Giuseppe in Bosco Eliceo and Porto Garibaldi also belong to the vicariate of San Cassiano.

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Bardonecchia

Saint Hippolytus of Rome, patron of the town of the Palazzo delle Feste

📅 Every year, on 13 August; the hamlet feast is held the first Sunday of August

Bardonecchia celebrates Saint Hippolytus of Rome on 13 August, in the church dedicated to him; the Palazzo delle Feste, designed in 1913 by architect Carlo Angelo Ceresa in Art Nouveau style, was conceived as a venue for events, shows and musical performances. The first Sunday of August traditionally brings the hamlet's own feast.

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Gioia Tauro

Saint Hippolytus the martyr, patron alongside Our Lady of Porto Salvo

📅 Every year, on 13 August; Our Lady of Porto Salvo is celebrated on 8 September

Gioia Tauro celebrates Saint Hippolytus the martyr on 13 August; also deeply felt is the feast of Our Lady of Porto Salvo, on 8 September, which for over thirty years has drawn intense popular participation led by the «Bearers of the Bier of Holy Mary of Porto Salvo».

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Bibbiena

Saint Hippolytus, patron of the land of the Carnevale della Mea

📅 Every year, on 13 August; the historic Mea carnival dates to 1337 and ends with the «bello pomo» rite

Bibbiena celebrates Saint Hippolytus on 13 August. Every year it celebrates its historic carnival, known as the «Carnevale della Mea», whose roots go back to 1337 and are tied to the medieval popular legend of la Mea: on Shrove Tuesday, the traditional propitiatory rite of the «bello pomo» is performed, in which the town's eldest resident burns a juniper in the centre of the little square.

Patron saint festival In 290 days 📍 Tusa

The Assumption and the Acchiananta dâ Madonna

📅 Every year, from 13 to 15 August and on the day of the Octave

At Tusa the feast of the Assumption is four processions: on 13 August the Madonna is dead, laid on a bier of rushes; on the 14th and 15th she rises to heaven by stage machinery.