🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 24

Stories and curiosities for August 24, 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… 94

94 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 24

Patron saint festival In 348 days 📍 Lipari

Feast of Saint Bartholomew

📅 Every year, on 24 August

On 24 August Lipari celebrates Saint Bartholomew, patron of the island and of the Aeolian Islands, to whom the co-cathedral on the castle rock is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 348 days 📍 Lecce

Saints Oronzo, Giusto and Fortunato

📅 Every year, from 24 to 26 August

Lecce's main feast lasts three days, from 24 to 26 August. The statues of the three patrons are enthroned in the cathedral and carried in procession on the 24th.

Patron saint festival In 348 days 📍 Ostuni

The Cavalcade of Saint Oronzo

📅 Every year, from 24 to 27 August; Saint Blaise on 3 February

Four days of feasting, 24 to 27 August, and a procession on horseback: the Cavalcata, once of the Devout, with horses and riders in full caparison crossing the white town.