🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 14

Stories and curiosities for August 14, 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 August 14

Patron saint festival In 338 days 📍 Venaria Reale

Feast of Saint Eusebius

📅 Every year, on 14 August

On 14 August Venaria Reale celebrates Saint Eusebius, and for the occasion the town hall and municipal services close. It is the patronal feast, and the town takes it seriously.

Patron saint festival In 338 days 📍 Otranto

The martyrs of Otranto

📅 Every year, on 14 August

On 14 August Otranto remembers its patrons: some eight hundred prisoners beheaded in 1480 for refusing to renounce their faith, after the Turks stormed the town.