Feast of San Giovanni Battista
📅 Every year, on 29 August, with the events the day before
On 29 August Acquaformosa, a municipality of 1,161 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron San Giovanni Battista.
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19 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 28
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📅 Every year, on 29 August, with the events the day before
On 29 August Acquaformosa, a municipality of 1,161 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron San Giovanni Battista.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
On 28 August Sambuco, a municipality of 100 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron San Giuliano.
📅 Every year, from 28 to 31 August
From 28 to 31 August Trevi nel Lazio, a municipality of 1,853 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patron San Pietro l'eremita, remembered on 30 August.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
On 28 August Ferrere, a municipality of 1,602 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patron Sant'Agostino.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
On 28 August Belvì, a municipality of 665 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patron Sant'Agostino.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
On 28 August Alà dei Sardi, a municipality of 1,947 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patron Sant'Agostino.
📅 Every year, on the fourth weekend of August
In Bagnolo, a hamlet of Nogarole Rocca, the Sagra di San Luigi is held on the fourth weekend of August and is a major local event.
📅 Every year, on 28 August; the town's holiday is 29 September
The patron of San Daniele del Friuli is Saint Augustine, on 28 August, but the town's public holiday is 29 September, Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the cathedral and the parish are dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Savignone celebrates Saint Augustine on 28 August; according to legend, the town was founded in 725 by the Lombard king Liutprand, who stopped there while carrying the saint's remains from Cagliari to Pavia.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Bovolenta celebrates Saint Augustine on 28 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Cava Manara celebrates Saint Augustine on 28 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 August, with the Palio della Carriera
Carpineto Romano celebrates Saint Augustine on 28 August, in the convent dedicated to him. The Palio della Carriera re-enacts in costume the town's period of greatest splendour, alongside talks, film screenings and theatrical performances.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Ischia di Castro celebrates Saint Hermes on 28 August, in the cathedral dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Gabicce Mare celebrates Saint Hermes the Martyr on 28 August.
📅 Every year, on 28 August; the third Sunday of May brings the Festa dei Pugnaloni
Acquapendente celebrates Saint Hermes on 28 August. On the third Sunday of May, the Festa dei Pugnaloni is held, one of the oldest folk celebrations in Tuscia, originally also called festa di Mezzomaggio.
📅 Every year, on 28 August, with a propitiatory bonfire lit the evening of the 27th
Forte dei Marmi celebrates Saint Hermes the Martyr on 28 August, with a propitiatory bonfire lit in Piazza Garibaldi the night before; the town was born to carry to the sea, along its famous pier, the marble blocks from the Apuan quarries granted to the Medici in 1515.
📅 Every year, on 28 August; in Rivodora the Strawberry Festival between late May and early June
Baldissero Torinese celebrates Saint Julian of Brioude on 28 August; the first Sunday of October brings the Grape and Fine Wine Festival, while in the hamlet of Rivodora, between late May and early June, the Strawberry Festival is held, in Piedmontese Festa dle fròle.
📅 Every year, on 28 August
Gavorrano celebrates Saint Julian on 28 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on the Saturday before the last Sunday of August; the last Sunday of May brings Maria SS. del Rovo
Labico celebrates Saint Roch on the Saturday preceding the last Sunday of August, with a procession; the other patron, Saint Andrew, has the town's main church. On the last Sunday of May, Our Lady of the Bramble is also celebrated, with a procession.
📅 Every year, on 28 August, with the pilgrimage to La Catena
Sarsina celebrates Saint Vicinius on 28 August, in the Basilica dedicated to him.