Empress Saint Helena and the True Cross
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Sant'Elena celebrates Empress Saint Helena on 18 August, the saint credited by tradition with finding the True Cross of Christ.
No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
🎉 Celebrations today in… 26
26 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 18
Sant'Elena 5
Sant'Elena Imperatrice 4
San Rocco 2
Sant'Agapito 2
Other saints of the day 13
San Florosan Floro · Calabria Francavilla al Maresan Franco eremita · Abruzzo Ortellesan Giorgio e san Fortunato di Lecce · Puglia Monteleone di Fermosan Marone · Marche Civitanova Marchesan Marone Martire · Marche Caltabellottasan Pellegrino · Sicily Casapesan Pietro Apostolo · Lazio Ruvo del Montesan Rocco e san Donato martire · Basilicata Carunchiosant'Antonio abate · Abruzzo Valledolmosant'Antonio di Padova · Sicily Cicilianosanta Liberata · Lazio Castroregiosanta Maria ad Nives · Calabria Buggianosantissimo Crocifisso · Tuscany
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Feast of Saint Roch
📅 Every year, on 18 and 19 August
On 18 and 19 August Castelmezzano celebrates Saint Roch, in a village of eight hundred people wedged among the spires of the Lucanian Dolomites.
Feast of San Floro
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August San Floro, a municipality of 700 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, honours its patron San Floro with a solemn mass and a procession through the streets of the village.
Feast of San Marone
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Monteleone di Fermo, a municipality of 436 inhabitants in the province of Fermo, celebrates its patron San Marone.
Feast of San Pietro Apostolo
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Casape, a municipality of 737 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Pietro Apostolo (Saint Peter the Apostle).
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Arpaise, a municipality of 830 inhabitants in the province of Benevento, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
Feast of Sant'Agapito
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Maggiora, a municipality of 1,742 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron Sant'Agapito.
Feast of Sant'Antonio Abate
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Carunchio, a municipality of 639 inhabitants in the province of Chieti, celebrates its patron Sant'Antonio abate (Saint Anthony the Abbot).
Feast of Sant'Elena
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Gonnosnò, a municipality of 800 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patroness Sant'Elena (Saint Helena).
Feast of Sant'Elena
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Montenars, a municipality of 558 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patroness Sant'Elena (Saint Helena).
Feast of Sant'Elena
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Tiana, a municipality of 521 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness Sant'Elena (Saint Helena).
Feast of Sant'Elena Imperatrice
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Cergnago, a municipality of 754 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patroness Sant'Elena Imperatrice (Saint Helena the Empress).
Feast of Sant'Elena Imperatrice
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Benetutti, a municipality of 1,971 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patroness Sant'Elena Imperatrice (Saint Helena the Empress).
Feast of Santa Liberata
📅 Every year, on 18 August
On 18 August Ciciliano, a municipality of 1,353 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patroness Santa Liberata.
Saint Agapitus the martyr, patron celebrated with the four districts' Palio
📅 Every year, from 17 to 19 August, with the Palio di Sant'Agapito; co-patron Saint Rosalia is celebrated on 4 September
Palestrina celebrates Saint Agapitus the martyr from 17 to 19 August, the town's most important feast, enlivened by the Palio di Sant'Agapito, a contest among the four historic districts; the co-patron is Saint Rosalia, celebrated on 4 September.
Saint Agapitus, patron who gives his name to a town called the «gateway to the Matese»
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Sant'Agapito celebrates its patron, the Christian martyr it is named after, on 18 August; the town, called the «gateway to the Matese», preserves the mother church of San Nicola di Bari, built over the remains of an ancient pagan temple.
Saint Anthony of Padua, patron celebrated on a date moved several times over the years
📅 Every year, on 18 August, a date fixed by tradition after various historical changes
Valledolmo celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua on 18 August; the saint is celebrated on this symbolic date because in the past, for administrative reasons and more favourable temperatures, the feast was moved several times, until the final decision for 18 August, which then remained by tradition.
Saint Franco the Hermit, patron and Basilian monk of the year 1000
📅 Every year, on 18 August, with the festive programme starting on the 15th
Francavilla al Mare celebrates Saint Franco the Hermit, a Basilian monk who lived between the 10th and 11th centuries, on 18 August, with a festive programme starting as early as the 15th, the feast of Ferragosto.
Saint George and Saint Fortunatus of Lecce and the ancient Fiera di San Vito
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Ortelle celebrates Saint George and Saint Fortunatus of Lecce together on 18 August. The Fiera di San Vito, on the fourth Sunday of October, is among the oldest in Puglia, active for centuries.
Saint Helena, patron of the town of the Vininvilla
📅 Every year, on 18 August; the first weekend of September the Vininvilla, wine and bagna freida festival
Villafranca d'Asti celebrates Saint Helena on 18 August, in the church dedicated to her; the first weekend of September brings the «Vininvilla», Wine and Bagna Freida Festival, an oenological competition and market of DOC and DOCG wines from the Asti area selected by ONAV.
Saint Maro, first martyr of Piceno and patron of Civitanova Marche
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Civitanova Marche celebrates Saint Maro the Martyr on 18 August; his remains have rested since the 2nd century on the hill that bears his name, where the sanctuary built on the site of the martyrdom of Piceno's first martyr stands.
Saint Pellegrino, the bishop who defeated the dragon
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Caltabellotta celebrates Saint Pellegrino on 18 August; the town's first bishop, legend holds he slew a dragon and lived out his life in the cave where he had killed it.
Saint Roch and Saint Donatus, patrons whose relics came from the catacombs of Rome
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Ruvo del Monte celebrates Saint Roch and Saint Donatus the martyr on 18 August; the relics of Saint Donatus, given by Pope Pius VI, arrived from Rome in 1783 thanks to a priest born in the town, cousin of the venerable Domenico Blasucci.
Saint Roch and the cart pulled by seven horses
📅 Every year, from 18 to 20 August
From 18 to 20 August Montescaglioso celebrates Saint Roch and Maria SS. Assunta: on the evening of the 20th, seven horses pull the triumphal cart through the streets of the town.
Saint Roch, patron proclaimed after the plague of 1656
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Salandra celebrates Saint Roch on 18 August: he was proclaimed patron after the plague struck the town in 1656; in 1861, during the post-unification banditry, Salandra was attacked by the bands of Crocco and Borjes.
The Holy Crucifix, patron of the Fiera in Selva since 1367
📅 Every year, on 18 August; since 1367 the Annunciation brings the Fiera in Selva at Santa Maria
Buggiano celebrates the Holy Crucifix on 18 August, in the shrine dedicated to it. Since 1367, for the feast of the Annunciation, the Fiera in Selva has been held in the hamlet of Santa Maria.
The Madonna di Costantinopoli, second patron of the town
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Pietramontecorvino celebrates the Madonna di Costantinopoli on 18 August, alongside patron Saint Albert of Montecorvino, celebrated on 16 May.
Festival 📍 Cefalù
International Folklore Festival
📅 Every year in mid-August
Folk music and dance groups from several continents perform in Cefalù's old town each summer. The 2026 edition, on 18 August, brings ensembles from Colombia, Ecuador, New Zealand, Slovakia and Hungary.