Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 17, 18 and 19 August
On 17, 18 and 19 August San Cassiano, a municipality of 2,105 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, holds the patronal feast of San Rocco.
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Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 17 and 18 August
On 17 and 18 August San Giorgio Lucano, a municipality of 1,290 inhabitants in the province of Matera, celebrates its patron San Rocco with a procession through the streets of the village.
Feast of the Madonna Bianca
📅 Every year, on 17 August
On 17 August Portovenere carries the icon of the Madonna Bianca in procession and lights the San Pietro headland with torches: it recalls the end of the plague of 1399.
Saint Donatus of Ripacandida and the Scanderbeg Castle
📅 Every year, on 17 August
Auletta celebrates Saint Donatus of Ripacandida on 17 August, in the shadow of the Castello Marchesale, also known as Scanderbeg.
Patron saint festival 📍 Cefalà Diana
Saint Francis of Paola beside the Arab baths
📅 Every year, on 17 August
On 17 August Cefalà Diana celebrates Saint Francis of Paola; the town is known above all for the Bagni, a pointed-vault thermal complex dating from the late Norman period.
Saint Joachim, patron of the land of the museum of old trades
📅 Every year, on 17 August, preceded on 14 and 15 August by a country supper
Basaluzzo celebrates Saint Joachim on 17 August; on 14 and 15 August, a traditional country supper is held in preparation for the patronal feast.
Saint Mamas and the Corno alle Scale
📅 Every year, on 17 August
Lizzano in Belvedere celebrates Saint Mamas on 17 August, at the gates of the Corno alle Scale Regional Park.
Procession 📍 Catania
Saint Agatha's Summer Feast
📅 Every year on 17 August
On 17 August Catania marks the night in 1126 when Saint Agatha's relics came home after 86 years in Constantinople. The 2026 edition celebrates the 900th anniversary of their return.