Palio di Siena (of the Assumption)
📅 Every year: 2 July and 16 August
The world's most famous horse race: three laps of Piazza del Campo.
No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
🎉 Celebrations today in… 157
157 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 16
San Rocco 139
NettunoLazio Cisterna di LatinaLazio SegrateLombardy Cernusco sul NaviglioLombardy VillariccaCampania Mercato San SeverinoCampania GhediLombardy ValenzanoPuglia PisticciBasilicata ScordiaSicily SamarateLombardy DoloVeneto CastellaranoEmilia-Romagna LeveranoPuglia Castel San GiorgioCampania TrofarelloPiedmont FerrandinaBasilicata Duino AurisinaFriuli Venezia Giulia San Damiano d'AstiPiedmont Montorio al VomanoAbruzzo Serra RiccòLiguria MontellaCampania Massa e CozzileTuscany LoreggiaVeneto PietraperziaSicily SeniseBasilicata RosolinaVeneto LarcianoTuscany LioniCampania Sesto al ReghenaFriuli Venezia Giulia GirifalcoCalabria Arquata ScriviaPiedmont CerialeLiguria Gagliano del CapoPuglia StornaraPuglia Albaredo d'AdigeVeneto ScillaCalabria ButeraSicily Ponte dell'OlioEmilia-Romagna CupelloAbruzzo PietramelaraCampania GibellinaSicily Torrevecchia TeatinaAbruzzo IsorellaLombardy PitiglianoTuscany PetacciatoMolise San Rocco al PortoLombardy Fornovo San GiovanniLombardy Castelnuovo Don BoscoPiedmont CasellaLiguria OulxPiedmont PatricaLazio ApriglianoCalabria SarmatoEmilia-Romagna GemonioLombardy ArtegnaFriuli Venezia Giulia TurriacoFriuli Venezia Giulia CandelaPuglia BaragianoBasilicata Alì TermeSicily PressanaVeneto MontaquilaMolise AcquaroCalabria GrottoleBasilicata Cembra LisignagoTrentino-South Tyrol MozzagrognaAbruzzo Montegrosso d'AstiPiedmont Rignano GarganicoPuglia PossagnoVeneto Castagnole PiemontePiedmont AltareLiguria San CassianoPuglia GavignanoLazio GiurdignanoPuglia VallefioritaCalabria BarzanaLombardy PalataMolise PolinagoEmilia-Romagna VillesseFriuli Venezia Giulia ZecconeLombardy CaccuriCalabria MolinaraCampania RoccanovaBasilicata MezzanegoLiguria SamonePiedmont SciolzePiedmont CaspoggioLombardy DivignanoPiedmont BalzolaPiedmont MonteflavioLazio SeuiSardinia CollelongoAbruzzo Petrella SaltoLazio Savoia di LucaniaBasilicata SommoLombardy Cavazzo CarnicoFriuli Venezia Giulia Mombello MonferratoPiedmont Monteleone di PugliaPuglia RedavalleLombardy Dusino San MichelePiedmont MontegridolfoEmilia-Romagna LicenzaLazio Francavilla d'EteMarche ScaldasoleLombardy MiasinoPiedmont Arlena di CastroLazio VicolungoPiedmont MonrupinoFriuli Venezia Giulia Castel San Pietro RomanoLazio Adrara San RoccoLombardy Sasso di CastaldaBasilicata RoscignoCampania CaltoVeneto MongianaCalabria LaucoFriuli Venezia Giulia CasignanaCalabria BardinetoLiguria Brallo di PregolaLombardy ParoliseCampania CimoneTrentino-South Tyrol Molino dei TortiPiedmont BianzanoLombardy MonacilioniMolise Roccaforte del GrecoCalabria SassettaTuscany Celle EnomondoPiedmont CittarealeLazio LillianesAosta Valley JenneLazio MontelongoMolise CinzanoPiedmont Albaredo per San MarcoLombardy Capranica PrenestinaLazio San Paolo AlbaneseBasilicata PescopennataroMolise PigraLombardy BisegnaAbruzzo VialePiedmont CervattoPiedmont
Other saints of the day 18
Parodi Ligure · Piedmont Cereseto · Piedmont MormannoMadonna Assunta in Cielo, san Rocco di Montpellier · Calabria LeonforteMadonna del Carmelo · Sicily Paspardosan Gaudenzio · Lombardy Capriati a Volturnosan Nicola, san Rocco · Campania Civitaluparellasan Pietro, sant'Antonio · Abruzzo Satriano di Lucaniasan Rocco di Montpellier · Basilicata Cepagattisan Rocco e santa Lucia · Abruzzo MontecastelloSan Rocco, Maria Assunta in cielo · Piedmont Villar DoraSan Rocco, Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio · Piedmont Villettesan Rocco; san Bartolomeo · Piedmont Crodosanta Lupercilla, santo Stefano · Piedmont Lucerasanta Maria · Puglia Caorsosanta Maria Assunta · Emilia-Romagna Filagosanta Maria Assunta e san Rocco · Lombardy Spiranosanti Gervasio e Protasio · Lombardy CerdaVergine Maria Addolorata · Sicily
No events match these filters.
Feast and fair of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Polinago, a municipality of 1,742 inhabitants in the province of Modena, celebrates its patron San Rocco with the thousand-year-old fair of San Rocco.
Feast of Saint Roch
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Scilla celebrates Saint Roch, the pilgrim saint invoked against the plague, who has here the church from which the statue comes out for the procession.
Feast of Saint Roch
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cisterna di Latina celebrates Saint Roch, the pilgrim saint invoked against the plague and protector of the sick.
Feast of San Gaudenzio
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Paspardo, a municipality of 646 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patron San Gaudenzio in August rather than in January, so that everyone can be together.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Adrara San Rocco, a municipality of 836 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo that bears the name of its patron, celebrates San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Albaredo per San Marco, a municipality of 349 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Arlena di Castro, a municipality of 886 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Balzola, a municipality of 1,420 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Barzana, a municipality of 1,790 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Bianzano, a municipality of 605 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Bisegna, a municipality of 261 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Brallo di Pregola, a municipality of 689 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Rocco with the village festival.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Caccuri, a municipality of 1,695 inhabitants in the province of Crotone, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Calto, a municipality of 819 inhabitants in the province of Rovigo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Capranica Prenestina, a municipality of 330 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Casignana, a municipality of 773 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Caspoggio, a municipality of 1,500 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Castel San Pietro Romano, a municipality of 855 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cavazzo Carnico, a municipality of 1,087 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Celle Enomondo, a municipality of 480 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cervatto, a municipality of 48 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cimone, a municipality of 685 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cinzano, a municipality of 375 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Cittareale, a municipality of 470 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Collelongo, a municipality of 1,313 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Divignano, a municipality of 1,445 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Dusino San Michele, a municipality of 1,044 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Francavilla d'Ete, a municipality of 1,009 inhabitants in the province of Fermo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Gavignano, a municipality of 1,956 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Giurdignano, a municipality of 1,928 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, celebrates San Rocco, protector of the village, with festive lights, brass band concerts and a musical performance.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the fair on the 17th
On 16 August Jenne, a municipality of 398 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco; the next day the goods and livestock fair is held.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Lauco, a municipality of 784 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Licenza, a municipality of 1,012 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Miasino, a municipality of 887 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Molinara, a municipality of 1,662 inhabitants in the province of Benevento, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Molino dei Torti, a municipality of 653 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Mombello Monferrato, a municipality of 1,087 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Monacilioni, a municipality of 553 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Mongiana, a municipality of 796 inhabitants in the province of Vibo Valentia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Monrupino, a municipality of 881 inhabitants in the province of Trieste, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Monteflavio, a municipality of 1,399 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Montegridolfo, a municipality of 1,029 inhabitants in the province of Rimini, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Monteleone di Puglia, a municipality of 1,067 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Parolise, a municipality of 686 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Pescopennataro, a municipality of 300 inhabitants in the province of Isernia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Petrella Salto, a municipality of 1,212 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Pigra, a municipality of 266 inhabitants in the province of Como, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Possagno, a municipality of 2,195 inhabitants in the province of Treviso, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Redavalle, a municipality of 1,056 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Roccaforte del Greco, a municipality of 550 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Roccanova, a municipality of 1,644 inhabitants in the province of Potenza, celebrates its patron San Rocco, with tourists, emigrants and pilgrims from all over Italy.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Roscigno, a municipality of 827 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Samone, a municipality of 1,614 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Sassetta, a municipality of 533 inhabitants in the province of Livorno, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Scaldasole, a municipality of 967 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Sciolze, a municipality of 1,513 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Seui, a municipality of 1,361 inhabitants in Sud Sardegna, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Sommo, a municipality of 1,146 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Vallefiorita, a municipality of 1,849 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Viale, a municipality of 261 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Vicolungo, a municipality of 883 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Villesse, a municipality of 1,717 inhabitants in the province of Gorizia, celebrates its patron San Rocco with events, food and wine stands and a contest between the two quarters.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Zeccone, a municipality of 1,696 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Villette, a municipality of 264 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 and 17 August
On 16 and 17 August Civitaluparella, a municipality of 349 inhabitants in the province of Chieti, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of San Rocco and Maria Assunta in cielo
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Montecastello, a municipality of 324 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patrons San Rocco and Maria Assunta in cielo (Assumption of Mary into Heaven).
Feast of San Rocco and Palio delle Contrade
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the Palio delle Contrade
On 16 August Montelongo, a municipality of 384 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso, celebrates its patron San Rocco with the Palio delle Contrade, the 'Corsa dei cavalli' (horse race).
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness of a city founded by the Branciforti
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Leonforte celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 16 August: her processional litter, together with that of Saint Simon Stock, is carried through the city founded by the Branciforti family, whose coat of arms depicts a lion with severed paws, tied to an ancient legend.
Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Roch, and the Filagosto Festival
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Filago celebrates together Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Roch on 16 August. From 2003 to 2024, the town hosted the Filagosto Festival, a music event organized by the Associazione FilagoGiovani.
Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven, patron of the Po River Feast
📅 Every year, on 16 August; June brings the Feast for the Po, its people and its land
Caorso celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 16 August, in the church dedicated to her. June brings the Feast for the Po, its people and its land, with a march and fishing competitions.
Saint Roch and Saint Lucy, patrons with the palio of 16 August
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the Palio di San Rocco
Cepagatti celebrates its patrons, Saint Roch and Saint Lucy, on 16 August: the Palio di San Rocco is held on the same day.
Saint Roch and Saint Vincent Ferrer, patrons of the two hamlets
📅 Every year, on 16 August for Saint Roch at Sambuceto; Saint Vincent Ferrer at San Giovanni, in early September
San Giovanni Teatino celebrates two distinct patrons: Saint Roch, in the hamlet of Sambuceto, on 16 August, and Saint Vincent Ferrer, in the hamlet of San Giovanni, in the first half of September.
Saint Roch and the crispelle of Saint Sebastian
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with a procession in Piazza San Rocco
Mozzagrogna celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, with a procession and patronal feast in Piazza San Rocco.
Saint Roch and the DOP cured ham of Villa Gaudio
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the village dinner
Pressana celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, with the Sagra di San Rocco and its traditional village dinner.
Saint Roch and the Doss Caslìr
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Cembra Lisignago celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch and the festival in Valbona's castle
📅 Every year, during the days of Ferragosto, within the medieval castle
In the hamlet of Valbona, part of Lozzo Atestino, Saint Roch is celebrated during the days of Ferragosto, with a village festival set within the medieval castle.
Saint Roch and the fountain sprung from the rock
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the «San Rocchino» prize
Sarmato celebrates Saint Roch, its patron saint, on 16 August, with the award of the «San Rocchino» prize. The town holds the fountain that, according to tradition, the saint made spring from bare rock.
Saint Roch and the himunea, the wheat-sheaf throne of the Arbëreshë
📅 Every year, on 16 August
San Paolo Albanese celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, when the saint's statue is preceded by a votive throne of wheat sheaves, the himunea; the town, of Byzantine rite, was founded by Albanian refugees in the 16th century.
Saint Roch and the Lily of Flumeri
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the wheat Lily the day before
Flumeri celebrates its protector Saint Roch on 16 August: a well-known tradition, with the wheat Lily carried the day before in his honor.
Patron saint festival 📍 Ferrandina
Saint Roch and the mother church with Byzantine domes
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Ferrandina celebrates Saint Roch; the mother church of Santa Maria della Croce, built from 1490, has three Byzantine-style domes and gilded statues of Frederick of Aragon and his wife.
Saint Roch and the museums of Gemonio
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Gemonio celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him together with Our Lady of Sorrows.
Saint Roch and the Palio delle Contrade
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the Palio delle Contrade since 1986
Isorella celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August. Since 1986 the Pro Loco has organized the Palio delle Contrade among the six districts into which the town is divided.
Patron saint festival 📍 San Damiano d'Asti
Saint Roch and the Palio di Asti
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August San Damiano d'Asti celebrates Saint Roch in the chapel of the district that bears his name; the town is also one of seven municipalities that race in the Palio di Asti.
Saint Roch and the Savorgnan Castle
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Artegna celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch and the sixteen-sided castle
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Bardineto celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the town holds the remains of a 7th-century Lombard castrum and of a 13th-century sixteen-sided castle possibly built on its foundations.
Saint Roch and the Torciata di San Giuseppe
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the Torciata di San Giuseppe on 19 March
Pitigliano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Mary. On 19 March, the traditional Torciata di San Giuseppe is held, to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Patron saint festival 📍 Trofarello
Saint Roch in the fief of the Vagnone
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Trofarello celebrates Saint Roch in the chapel dedicated to him; the town was a fief of the Vagnone family, whose medieval castle tower still stands.
Saint Roch in the town that became art
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Gibellina celebrates Saint Roch: the new town, rebuilt eleven kilometres away after the 1968 Belice earthquake, has become an open-air museum.
Saint Roch of Montpellier and the caggie
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the caggie procession
Grisolia celebrates Saint Roch of Montpellier with great devotion on 16 August: many women, often barefoot, follow the procession carrying the traditional caggie on their heads.
Saint Roch of Montpellier, patron of the town of the centuries-old fairs
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the Fair of Saints James and Philip, on 1 May, has 5 centuries of tradition
Arquata Scrivia celebrates Saint Roch of Montpellier on 16 August; the Fair of Saints James and Philip, on 1 May, has a five-century tradition, while on 24 August the Saint Bartholomew fair is held, also called the onion fair, and on 4 November the Saint Charles fair.
Saint Roch, a patron venerated after the plague of 1655
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Grottole celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; devotion to the French pilgrim saint spread after the plague of 1655, and his church holds a huge 17th-century polyptych of the Works of Mercy.
Saint Roch, August patron of Falciano del Massico
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Falciano del Massico celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Martin.
Saint Roch, August patron of Tollo
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Tollo celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, one of its five patrons.
Saint Roch, co-patron of San Giorgio a Liri
📅 Every year, on 16 August
San Giorgio a Liri celebrates co-patron Saint Roch on 16 August, alongside the main patron Saint George on 23 April.
Saint Roch, deeply felt patron alongside the Madonna della Neve
📅 Every year, on 16 August, deeply felt; Saint Blaise is also remembered for freeing the town from the plague
Rocca Priora celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: it is the town's most deeply felt patronal feast. In August, the feast of the Madonna della Neve is also held, whose sanctuary has been venerated since at least the late 16th century. Saint Blaise is also remembered, who according to tradition freed Rocca Priora from the plague.
Saint Roch, patron alongside Saint Sebastian
📅 Every year, on 16 August; Saint Sebastian, the other patron, is celebrated on 20 January
Siano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Sebastian; the latter is instead celebrated on 20 January.
Saint Roch, patron and protector against the plague
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with stalls and cultural events
Ghedi celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the sanctuary dedicated to him; for the patronal feast, named after the saint who protects against the plague, stalls, cultural events and liturgical celebrations are organised.
Saint Roch, patron celebrated at the foot of his imposing mountain statue
📅 Every year, on 16 August; on 13 August mass at Monte Costa la Serra, on 16 May the procession
Savoia di Lucania celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the patronal calendar also includes a procession on 16 May and, on 13 August, a mass at Monte Costa la Serra, at the foot of the imposing statue of the saint overlooking the town.
Saint Roch, patron celebrated between the Assumption and the Octave
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August, with the Octave on the 23rd
Scordia celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: on the evening before, the solemnity of the Assumption, the patron's wooden statue is displayed on the mother church's forecourt; the next day the processional litter crosses the town's streets, and the procession is repeated a week later for the feast's Octave.
Saint Roch, patron celebrated twice a year in the «Italian capital of murals»
📅 Every year, on 16 August; also a feast in May
Satriano di Lucania celebrates Saint Roch of Montpellier on 16 August and with a second observance in May; the town, named in 1988 the «Italian capital of murals», counted as many as 410 wall paintings in its historic centre by 2019.
Saint Roch, patron linked to the legend of the French pilgrim
📅 Every year, from 15 to 17 August, with the band distributing «sonnets» in Piedmontese
Villar Dora celebrates Saint Roch, together with Saints Vincent and Anastasius, on 16 August: legend holds that in the Middle Ages Saint Roch, a pilgrim of French origin, passed through the Susa Valley on his way to Rome. The feast, the most important of the year, anciently had an apotropaic meaning against recurring plague epidemics.
Saint Roch, patron of a 16th-century chapel with five wooden statues
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Baragiano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; his 16th-century chapel holds inside five fine wooden statues, while the town's oldest chapel, dedicated to the Madonna, enjoys particular veneration even in neighbouring towns.
Saint Roch, patron of a hamlet of Cavedine
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the Saturday and Sunday festival
In a hamlet of Cavedine, whose parish church is dedicated to Saint Roch, the patron is celebrated on 16 August with a village festival on Saturday and Sunday.
Saint Roch, patron of a legendary castle linked to Falconara by secret tunnels
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Butera celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: his statue is kept in the town's sanctuary, while the Arab-Norman castle overlooking the town, once held by the Alagona family and later by the Catalan prince Ugo di Santapau, is said by popular tradition to be linked to Falconara castle by underground tunnels.
Saint Roch, patron of a municipality with five hamlets and as many parish churches
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Mezzanego celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the oratory dedicated to him in the hamlet of Prati, which houses a 17th-century painting of the Madonna with saints Anthony and Roch donated by the Gandolfo family.
Saint Roch, patron of a town at the foot of Monte Carmo
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Casella celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the town preserves Palazzo Fieschi and the church of Santo Stefano, and lies in territory dominated by Monte Carmo and Monte Capanna, enlivened every summer by gatherings, events and fairs.
Saint Roch, patron of a town destroyed by the Hungarians
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Petacciato celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the saint was venerated from the 13th century in the old church of Santa Maria, in Apulian Romanesque style, before a new church was dedicated to him in 1967.
Saint Roch, patron of a town devastated by Ciribì's pirates in 1637
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Ceriale celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; on the night between 1 and 2 July 1637 pirates under the Algerian Ciribì set the town ablaze, destroying the original church of Saints John the Baptist and Eugene and kidnapping about three hundred inhabitants, later ransomed by the redemption confraternities.
Saint Roch, patron of a town famous for its «cruschi» peppers
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Senise celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the town, developed in Norman times below a medieval castle, is now famous for the Senise peppers, dried until «crusco», crisp, and fried in hot oil.
Saint Roch, patron of a town grown around several hamlets
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Segrate celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; in the Milano Oltre district stands the 17th-century church dedicated to him, next to the town cemetery.
Saint Roch, patron of a town linked to the «Ciuccio e Fuoco» tradition
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Mercato San Severino celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; in the hamlet of Acigliano, since time immemorial, on the night of 15 August, the traditional «Ciuccio e Fuoco» is held, an appendix to the solemn celebrations in honour of the Assumption.
Saint Roch, patron of a town now drawing visitors for its Moon Bridge
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Sasso di Castalda celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him; the town, called Petra Castalda in medieval documents, is now also known for the Ponte alla Luna, a complex of two suspension bridges inaugurated in 2017.
Saint Roch, patron of a town rebuilt by Slavic refugees fleeing the Ottomans
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Palata celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in his church, once part of a Franciscan complex destroyed by the 1556 Turkish invasion; the town was later rebuilt by Slavic populations who took refuge in Molise fleeing the Ottomans.
Saint Roch, patron of a town whose bell tower predates its church
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Lillianes celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the 17th-century parish church, whose bell tower dates from the 15th century, two hundred years before the construction of the building it now belongs to.
Saint Roch, patron of a town whose church was rebuilt twice
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Montaquila celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the town's main church, Santa Maria Assunta, damaged by the 1805 earthquake and later demolished after poorly executed restorations, was entirely rebuilt in 1888.
Saint Roch, patron of Acquaro
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Acquaro celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the Serre Regional Nature Park.
Saint Roch, patron of Albaredo d'Adige
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Albaredo d'Adige celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of Aprigliano
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Aprigliano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of Candela
📅 Every year, from 16 to 18 August
Candela celebrates Saint Roch from 16 to 18 August, with religious celebrations and musical events.
Saint Roch, patron of Cupello
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Cupello celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of Fornovo San Giovanni
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Fornovo San Giovanni celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of Larciano
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Larciano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of San Rocco al Porto
📅 Every year, on 16 August
San Rocco al Porto celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of Stornara
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Stornara celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of the Abbey of Santa Maria in Silvis
📅 Every year, on 16 August, in the town of the Abbey of Santa Maria in Silvis
Sesto al Reghena celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the town of the Abbey of Santa Maria in Silvis.
Saint Roch, patron of the birthplace of Don Bosco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Castelnuovo Don Bosco celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the town, linked to the figure of Saint John Bosco, holds the Basilica dedicated to him and the Ethnological Missionary Museum.
Saint Roch, patron of the coastal botanical garden
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Rosolina celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the Convent of San Francesco a Folloni
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Montella celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the fair unbroken since 1670
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August, unbroken since 1670
Ponte dell'Olio celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August. The Fiera di San Rocco, on 15 and 16 August, has run uninterrupted since 1670 or 1671 and is the town's main event.
Saint Roch, patron of the Fiera di San Francesco
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the second Sunday after Easter brings the Fiera di San Francesco
Gagliano del Capo celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him. On the second Sunday after Easter, the Fiera di San Francesco is held.
Saint Roch, patron of the Hermitage of Frate Janne
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Pietramelara celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the ice stadium
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the feast at the ice stadium
Baselga di Pinè celebrates its patron saint, Saint Roch, on 16 August, with the traditional feast at the ice stadium and a procession through the streets of the town.
Saint Roch, patron of the karst land of the Slivia caves
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Duino Aurisina celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Castagnole Piemonte celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Cherry Fair
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the Cherry Fair, on the 4th Sunday of May, is tied to the Madonna della Consolazione feast
Leverano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, with the patronal feast. The fourth Sunday of May hosts the Cherry Fair, tied to the celebrations of the Madonna della Consolazione, while the second half of July brings the Wine Festival, with tastings and music.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Confraternity of the Annunziata
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Montegrosso d'Asti celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Hermitage of Santa Maria a Castello
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the «Festa d'agosto»
Castel San Giorgio celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, with the traditional «Festa d'agosto».
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Rocca di Castellarano
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Castellarano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Temple of Hercules
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Montorio al Vomano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the Verruca Castle
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Massa e Cozzile celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, patron of the land of the villas on the Naviglio
📅 Every year, on 16 August; in the hamlet of Sambruson the patron is Saint Ambrose, on 7 December
Dolo celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him; in the hamlet of Sambruson, whose name derives from the Latin Santuc Ambrosonus, the community's patron is instead Saint Ambrose, celebrated on 7 December.
Saint Roch, patron of the Madonna de lo fuoco bonfires
📅 Every year, on 16 August; 8 December brings the great bonfires of the Madonna de lo fuoco
Lioni celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him, with «la serata del cantante» on 17 August for the local Ferragosto. On 8 December, the «Madonna de lo fuoco» is celebrated, with immense bonfires.
Saint Roch, patron of the town of the 1494 Free Fair
📅 Every year, on 16 August; the Free Fair, granted after 1494, reached its 526th edition in 2020
Oulx celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the Free Fair, which reached its 526th edition in 2020, has roots going back to 1494, when the town, crossed by Charles VIII's armies, obtained from the king the right to hold an annual fair exempt from foreign taxes, now held on the first Sunday of October.
Saint Roch, patron of the town of the Agusta Museum
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Samarate celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him; the town is known for the Agusta Museum, dedicated to the historic motorcycle manufacturer.
Saint Roch, patron of the town of the horseback procession
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with solemn festivities on the following Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Palagiano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, with solemn festivities held on the following Saturday, Sunday and Monday, opened by the horseback procession with richly caparisoned horses and children dressed as the Holy Pilgrim.
Saint Roch, patron of the town of the Procession of the Mysteries
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the Procession of the Mysteries on Good Friday
Valenzano celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; on Good Friday, the impressive Procession of the Mysteries is held, which since 2022 has included around 52 statue groups, among them a Crucified Christ venerated for centuries for a historic miracle.
Saint Roch, patron of the village feast with food stalls
📅 Every year, on 16 August, with the Sagra di San Rocco in the second week of August
Loreggia celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August. The Sagra di San Rocco is held in the second week of August, with food stalls, dancing evenings and fairground rides.
Saint Roch, patron of Torrevecchia Teatina
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Torrevecchia Teatina celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Roch, patron of Turriaco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Turriaco celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him, near the Isonzo river mouth reserve.
Saint Roch, patron venerated in a sanctuary rebuilt after a fire
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Nettuno celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; in 1914 a fire destroyed the church dedicated to him along with the throne of the statue of Our Lady of Grace, prompting the people of Nettuno to inaugurate the new sanctuary, still kept today by the Passionist Fathers.
Saint Roch, patron venerated in the church of the Ronco hamlet
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Cernusco sul Naviglio celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the church dedicated to him in the hamlet of Ronco; the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, probably founded in the 9th century, holds on its façade the Sole di San Bernardino, once displayed on Syracuse cathedral.
Saint Roch, patron whose statue was found in a box on the beach
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Alì Terme celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August with a solemn procession; the saint's cult began from the discovery of his statue in a box on the beach, and is kept in the mother church inaugurated in 1956.
Saint Roch, summer patron of San Martino di Venezze
📅 Every year, on 16 August
San Martino di Venezze celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August.
Saint Roch, the day the emigrants return
📅 Every year, on 16 August, the most important day for residents and emigrants
Patrica celebrates Saint Roch, its patron saint, on 16 August: it is the most important day of the year for residents and for the descendants of emigrants abroad.
Saint Roch, the new patron after the 17th-century plague
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Altare celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; its oratory, erected in 1590 and originally dedicated to the glassmakers' protector Saint Eugene, was named after the new patron only once the plague that struck the town between 1628 and 1631 had been defeated.
Saint Roch, the patron who replaced Saint Nicholas of Bari in 1624
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Pietraperzia celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: his church was dedicated to the saint after 1624, when the population, afflicted by famine and plague, turned to him and received his grace, so much so that he was proclaimed patron of the town in place of Saint Nicholas of Bari.
Saint Roch, the plague of 1651 and the chapel of Spinosa
📅 Every year, on 16 August and the first Sunday of September
Ruoti celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August and the first Sunday of September; the chapel where his cult began, in the Spinosa district, was built by the feudal lord during the plague of 1651.
Saints Gervase and Protase, patrons of Spirano
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Spirano celebrates Saints Gervase and Protase on 16 August, in the church dedicated to them.
The Assumption and Saint Roch, patrons of Mormanno
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Mormanno celebrates together the Assumption of Mary and Saint Roch of Montpellier on 16 August.
The patrons of the five hamlets, united on 16 August
📅 Every year, on 16 August across the whole comune, a day uniting the patrons of the five hamlets
Scanzorosciate celebrates on 16 August, the day on which the whole comune unites around the patrons of its five hamlets: Saint Peter for Scanzo, Our Lady of the Assumption for Rosciate, Saint Pantaleon and Saint Nicholas for Negrone, Saint John the Baptist for Tribulina, and the Most Holy Trinity for Gavarno Vescovado.
The Virgin Mary of Sorrows, patroness with solemn religious and civic events
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Cerda celebrates the Virgin Mary of Sorrows on 16 August, with solemn religious and civic events; also particularly venerated is the Madonna della Catena, whose sanctuary in the Baiata district is the destination of an annual pilgrimage on the last Sunday of August.