La Notte della Taranta
📅 Late August, approximate date
Europe's biggest folk music festival: Salento's pizzica dance.
No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
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9 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 22
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Feast of Blessed Giovannino Costa
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
On the second-to-last Sunday of August Volpedo, a municipality of 1,212 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Blessed Giovannino Costa.
Feast of San Deodato
📅 Every year, on 22 August
On 22 August Azeglio, a municipality of 1,347 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patron San Deodato.
Feast of San Feliciano martire
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
On the second-to-last Sunday of August Introdacqua, a municipality of 2,129 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron San Feliciano martire.
Feast of San Giuseppe
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August)
On the first Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August) Villalba, a municipality of 1,731 inhabitants in the province of Caltanissetta, celebrates its patron San Giuseppe.
Feast of Sant'Antonio da Padova
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
On the second-to-last Sunday of August Giano Vetusto, a municipality of 663 inhabitants in the province of Caserta, celebrates its patron Sant'Antonio da Padova.
Feast of Santa Lucia
📅 Every year, on 22 August
On 22 August Siamanna, a municipality of 824 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patroness Santa Lucia.
Feast of Santa Maria delle Grotte
📅 Every year, on 22 August
On 22 August Rocchetta a Volturno celebrates Santa Maria delle Grotte, the 12th-century Benedictine rock sanctuary down the valley, towards Scapoli.
Feast of the Madonna della Catena
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday after the Assumption (15 August)
On the first Sunday after the Assumption (15 August) Librizzi, a municipality of 1,771 inhabitants in the province of Messina, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Catena.
Feast of the Madonna della Provvidenza
📅 Every year, on 22 August
On 22 August Antillo, a municipality of 992 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Messina, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Provvidenza.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of a town that celebrates transhumance in autumn
📅 Every year, on the Sunday after 16 August
Santo Stefano d'Aveto celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe on the Sunday after 16 August, in the sanctuary dedicated to her; every autumn, towards the end of October, the spectacular transhumance is held along its streets, tied to the farming tradition of the Val d'Aveto.
Our Lady of Oropa, patron of the land of the Mannerist frescoes
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of August
San Carlo Canavese celebrates Our Lady of Oropa on the fourth Sunday of August; in the Chapel of San Nicolao, in the Fornero hamlet, four Mannerist frescoes datable to the mid-17th century are preserved, depicting among other things the Exhibition of the Shroud, the Flight into Egypt and the Annunciation.
Our Lady of Pompeii, patron of August
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday after 15 August
Botricello celebrates Our Lady of Pompeii on the first Sunday after 15 August. The town's other patron, Saint Francis of Paola, is celebrated on 4 May.
Patronal feast of Saint Anthony of Padua
📅 Every year, on 22 and 23 August (Saint Anthony also on 13 June)
On 22 and 23 August Zollino, a municipality of 2,058 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua: the date recalls 1898, when the saint's statue was carried in procession to calm a hurricane.
Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of one of Umbria's smallest municipalities
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
Poggiodomo celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua on the second-to-last Sunday of August; the town, one of Umbria's smallest municipalities, comprises the hamlets of Usigni, Roccatamburo and Mucciafora, aligned along the mountain slopes.
Saint George the Martyr and the Notte della Taranta
📅 Every year, on 22 August, after the Pizzica Festival and Saint Roch
Sternatia celebrates Saint George the Martyr on 22 August, after an August of festivals including the Pizzica Festival, a stop on the Notte della Taranta and Saint Roch.
Saint John Beheaded, patron and witness to a conspiracy
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
Montoggio celebrates Saint John Beheaded on the second-to-last Sunday of August; the town's castle was the scene in 1547 of the end of the Fieschi conspiracy against the Republic of Genoa.
Saint Justus, patron of the land of the Rocca dell'Eremita
📅 Every year, on the second-to-last Sunday of August
Pocapaglia celebrates Saint Justus on the second-to-last Sunday of August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Lucy, patroness of a city founded by imperial decree in 1551
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of August
Carlentini celebrates Saint Lucy on the fourth Sunday of August; the city was founded in 1551 by viceroy Giovanni De Vega on the orders of Emperor Charles V, by imperial decree signed in Madrid, to be the «Lentini of Charles», hence its name.
Saint Marina, patroness of a church once Benedictine and later of the Hermits
📅 Every year, on the Sunday after 15 August
Castel Ritaldi celebrates Saint Marina on the Sunday after 15 August; her church, originally Benedictine, was handed over to the Hermits in 1321, who held it until 1818, when it became a parish church, and it holds a fresco by Tiberio d'Assisi.
Saint Roch of Montpellier, patron of Piana di Monte Verna
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of August
Piana di Monte Verna celebrates Saint Roch of Montpellier on the fourth Sunday of August, with the Blessed Virgin Immaculate, Santa Maria a Marciano and Saint Nicholas of Bari as co-patrons.
Saint Roch, patron of a town built around a Sanseverino castle
📅 Every year, on 22 August
San Chirico Nuovo celebrates Saint Roch on 22 August, whose statue is kept in a niche above the portal of the mother church of San Nicola di Bari; the town was included in the county of Tricarico and entrusted to the Sanseverino family around 1160.
Saints Marcianus and Martin, patrons of the Palio d'la Ciaramèla
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of August
Mede celebrates Saints Marcianus and Martin on the fourth Sunday of August, in the church dedicated to Saint Marcianus. On the second Sunday of September, the Palio d'la Ciaramèla is held, a folk competition among the town's ten districts.
Patron saint festival 📍 Moricone
The Assumption of Mary and the Bernardiadi
📅 Every year, on 22 August
Moricone celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 22 August. The first Sunday of July brings the Feast of Blessed Bernard, with the popular Bernardiadi games.
The Madonna della Misericordia, second patron of Cantiano
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of August
Cantiano celebrates the Madonna della Misericordia on the fourth Sunday of August, alongside patron Saint John the Baptist, celebrated on 24 June.
The Madonna di Custonaci, patroness of Erice
📅 Every year, the four days ending on the last Wednesday of August
Erice has as patrons the Madonna di Custonaci and Saint Julian: the Madonna's feast lasts four days and ends on the last Wednesday of August, with a novena and a pilgrimage to the sanctuary.
Food festival 📍 Mendatica
Cucina Bianca Festival
📅 Every year, in August
The shepherds' dishes of the Ligurian Alps — sugeli, streppa e caccia là, raviore — served across the village squares.