Feast of Saint Giles
📅 Every year, on 30 and 31 August and 1 September
Latronico celebrates Saint Giles the abbot over three days, from 30 August to 1 September; in his basilica, from an 18th-century fresco, the Holy Manna seeps out.
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8 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 30
San Felice 2
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Feast of San Bernardo di Chiaravalle
📅 Every year, on the Monday after the last Sunday of August
On the Monday after the last Sunday of August Morimondo, a municipality of 1,183 inhabitants in the province of Milan, celebrates its patron San Bernardo di Chiaravalle.
Feast of San Bononio Abate
📅 Every year, on 30 August
On 30 August Settimo Rottaro, a municipality of 503 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patron San Bononio Abate.
Saint Barsanuphius, patron of the town of the Palio di Oria
📅 Every year, on 30 August; the Torneo dei Rioni (Palio di Oria) re-enacts the town's Norman and Swabian history
Oria celebrates Saint Barsanuphius on 30 August; the town is known for the Torneo dei Rioni, also called the Palio di Oria, which re-enacts the era when the town, conquered in 1062 by Robert Guiscard, was later granted as a fief in 1190 by Tancred of Lecce.
Saint Donatus, patron of the town of the Italian cavalry and of the Man in the Iron Mask
📅 Every year, on the Monday after the last Sunday of August
Pinerolo celebrates Saint Donatus on the Monday after the last Sunday of August in the duomo dedicated to him, already recorded in 1044; the town was for centuries home to Italy's cavalry school and preserves the legend of the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask.
Saint Felix, patron of Montecalvo Irpino
📅 Every year, on 30 August
Montecalvo Irpino celebrates Saint Felix on 30 August.
Saint Felix, patron of the land of the Castello dei Roero
📅 Every year, on 30 August
Monticello d'Alba celebrates Saint Felix on 30 August.
Saint Orsius, second August feast
📅 Every year, on the last Monday of August
Vejano celebrates Saint Orsius a second time on the last Monday of August, in addition to the 29 January observance.
Saint Paul the Hermit and Our Lady of the Good Journey, patrons of the land of the Tempio carnival
📅 Every year, on 30 August; the town is known for Sardinia's most famous float carnival
Tempio Pausania celebrates Saint Paul the Hermit and Our Lady of the Good Journey on 30 August. The town is known for «lu carrasciali timpiesu», the most famous allegorical-float carnival parade in Sardinia, during which «lu palu di la frisgiola» was also held, an ancient horseback skill contest where riders must catch a fritter set at considerable height while galloping.