The Italian Almanac for August 5: stories and curiosities

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 45

45 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 5

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Brittoli

Feast of Our Lady of the Snows

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Brittoli, a municipality of 335 inhabitants in the province of Pescara, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of the Snows (Nostra Signora della Neve).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Carzano

Feast of Our Lady of the Snows

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Carzano, a municipality of 505 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of the Snows (Nostra Signora della Neve).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Susa

Feast of Our Lady of the Snows

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Susa celebrates Our Lady of the Snows, in the town where the Arch of Augustus and the cathedral of San Giusto stand a few steps apart.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Sirmione

Feast of Our Lady of the Snows

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Sirmione celebrates Our Lady of the Snows, its patron, on the day furthest from snow the calendar could have picked.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Ascoli Piceno

Feast of Saint Emygdius

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Ascoli celebrates Saint Emygdius, titular of the cathedral. It is also the month of the Quintana, the equestrian joust whose procession sets out from Piazza del Popolo.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Sauris

Feast of Saint Oswald

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Sauris, a municipality of 419 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patron Saint Oswald, king and martyr (sant'Osvaldo re e martire).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Pietrabbondante

Feast of Saint Vincent Ferrer

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Pietrabbondante celebrates Saint Vincent Ferrer, in the village that stands above the Samnite sanctuary, with its theatre of stone seats shaped to the back.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Flussio

Feast of Santa Maria della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Flussio, a municipality of 454 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Mompantero

Feast of the Madonna del Rocciamelone

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Mompantero, a municipality of 651 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patroness the Madonna del Rocciamelone.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Zaccanopoli

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Zaccanopoli, a municipality of 802 inhabitants in the province of Vibo Valentia, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) with a procession.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Podenzana

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Podenzana, a municipality of 2,142 inhabitants in the province of Massa-Carrara, celebrates its patroness Nostra Signora Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Piscinas

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Piscinas, a municipality of 872 inhabitants in Sud Sardegna, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) with mass and a procession.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Celle di Bulgheria

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Celle di Bulgheria, a municipality of 1,968 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Castellino Tanaro

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Castellino Tanaro, a municipality of 337 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Castel Campagnano

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Castel Campagnano, a municipality of 1,608 inhabitants in the province of Caserta, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Casalbore

Feast of the Madonna della Neve

📅 Every year, on 5 August

On 5 August Casalbore, a municipality of 1,922 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Zerfaliu

Feast of the Most Holy Transfiguration

📅 Every year, on 6 August, with the eve on the evening of the 5th

On 6 August, with the eve on the evening of the 5th, Zerfaliu, a municipality of 1,172 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates Gesù Trasfigurato (Santu Domini).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Placanica

Feasts of Sant'Emidio and of the Addolorata

📅 Every year: 5 August (Sant'Emidio) and the third Sunday of September (Addolorata)

On 5 August, for sant'Emidio, and on the third Sunday of September, for Maria Santissima Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows), Placanica (Reggio Calabria) celebrates its patrons.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Stornarella

Mary Most Holy of the Star, patron of August

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Stornarella celebrates Mary Most Holy of the Star on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her. The town's other patron, Saint Francis of Paola, is celebrated on 2 April.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 San Donaci

Our Lady of Grace and Saint Vincent Ferrer, patrons of San Donaci

📅 Every year, on 5 August

San Donaci celebrates Our Lady of Grace and Saint Vincent Ferrer on 5 August, in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Nuoro

Our Lady of the Snow, patron of the town at the foot of Mount Ortobene

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Nuoro celebrates Our Lady of the Snow on 5 August; the town lies at the foot of Mount Ortobene, crowned by the statue of the Redeemer, destination of the famous week-long Sagra featuring a parade of traditional Sardinian costumes.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Novi Ligure

Our Lady of the Snow, patron of the town of Saint Catherine's fair

📅 Every year, on 5 August; the Feast of Saint Catherine is held on 25 November since 1607

Novi Ligure celebrates Our Lady of the Snow on 5 August; since 1607 the town has also held the Feast of Saint Catherine, on 25 November, with a three-day fair through the town's central streets.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Francofonte

Our Lady of the Snow, patroness with the most heartfelt procession of the year

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Francofonte celebrates Our Lady of the Snow on 5 August: the patronal feast is the most important religious event of the year, with solemn liturgical celebrations and the procession of the patroness's statue through the town's streets.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Nuvolento

Our Lady of the Snows and the Roman villa

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Nuvolento celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Sant'Angelo a Cupolo

Our Lady of the Snows and the Sannio belvedere

📅 Every year, on 5 August, in San Marco ai Monti

In San Marco ai Monti, a hamlet of Sant'Angelo a Cupolo, Our Lady of the Snows is celebrated on 5 August.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Pabillonis

Our Lady of the Snows and the Su Fogadoni bonfire

📅 Every year, on 5 August; Saint Anthony the Abbot and the bonfire on 16 January

Pabillonis celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her. On 16 January, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated, with a great nocturnal bonfire called in Sardinian Su Fogadoni.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Chiesina Uzzanese

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of Chiesina Uzzanese

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Chiesina Uzzanese celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Cucciago

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of Cucciago

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Cucciago celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August, in the shrine dedicated to her.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Cuglieri

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of Cuglieri

📅 Every year, from 5 to 7 August

Cuglieri celebrates Our Lady of the Snows from 5 to 7 August, in the Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Rovolon

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of the Bigoli Feast

📅 Every year, on 5 August; May brings the Bigoli Feast at Carbonara

Rovolon celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August. Every weekend of May, at Carbonara, brings the Festa dei Bigoli; the second half of July, at Rovolon, brings the Beer Feast.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Polaveno

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of the hamlet of Gombio

📅 Every year, on 5 August

In the hamlet of Gombio, part of Polaveno, Our Lady of the Snows is celebrated on 5 August.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Monforte d'Alba

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of the land of the Horszowski Auditorium

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Monforte d'Alba celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Crispiano

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of the land of the Torre di Cacace

📅 Every year, on 5 August; in the past, in mid-July, the Brigantino summer carnival was held, now discontinued

Crispiano celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August. In the past, in the second ten days of July, the Carnevale Estivo del Brigantino was held, also known as the «Carnevale del Fegatino», a food festival with allegorical floats and costumed groups, now fallen into disuse.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Gualtieri

Our Lady of the Snows, patron of the town of Antonio Ligabue

📅 Every year, on 5 August, in the town of the museum dedicated to Antonio Ligabue

Gualtieri celebrates Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her. The town holds a house museum dedicated to the painter Antonio Ligabue.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Paluzza

Saint Daniel the Prophet and the Sagra dei Cjarsons

📅 Every year, on 5 August, with the Sagra dei Cjarsons

Paluzza celebrates its patron saint on 5 August: alongside the solemn religious celebrations comes the annual Sagra dei Cjarsons.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Roccavivara

Saint Emygdius and «Le Traglie», ox-carts adorned with wheat and offered to the saint

📅 Every year, on 5 August, with «Le Traglie», the parade of ox-drawn carts

Roccavivara celebrates Saint Emygdius on 5 August with «Le Traglie», a parade of carts drawn by oxen and other animals, adorned with wheat, offered by the people to the saint; the feast is preceded by the blessing of the bread.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Cerro al Volturno

Saint Emygdius, patron against earthquakes, a bishop beheaded at Ascoli

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Cerro al Volturno celebrates Saint Emygdius on 5 August; venerated as a cephalophoric martyr, bishop of Ascoli Piceno beheaded in 303 or 309, he is traditionally invoked as a protector against earthquakes, and is also patron of Ascoli Piceno and Leporano.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Casnigo

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian, and the Dead Christ

📅 Every year, on 5 August; the Procession of the Dead Christ on Good Friday

Casnigo celebrates Saint John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian on 5 August. On Good Friday, the traditional Procession of the Dead Christ winds through the town.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Codroipo

Saint Mary Major, patron of the town of Villa Manin

📅 Every year, on 5 August; the Fiera di San Simone is held in October

Codroipo celebrates Saint Mary Major on 5 August, in the church dedicated to her; in October, the historic Fiera di San Simone is held, heir to the traditional autumn farmers' market, once the region's most important cattle market.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Ariano nel Polesine

Saint Mary of the Snows, patron of the Ariano parish

📅 Every year, on 5 August, included in the town feast

Ariano nel Polesine celebrates Saint Mary of the Snows on 5 August, the parish's patronal feast included within the town feast. The co-patron, Saint Cajetan, is celebrated on 7 August.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Cartigliano

Saint Oswald of Northumbria, Saint Simon and Saint Jude

📅 Every year, on 5 August

Cartigliano celebrates Saint Oswald of Northumbria, Saint Simon and Saint Jude on 5 August.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Teano

Saint Paris, patron with four co-patrons

📅 Every year, on 5 August, with four co-patrons; on 25 April the San Marco hamlet honours Saint Mark

Teano celebrates Saint Paris on 5 August, together with four co-patrons: Saint Reparata, Saint Amasius, Saint Terentianus and Saint Urban. Every year, on 25 April, in the hamlet of San Marco di Teano, a procession dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist is held.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Gazzo Veronese

Saint Tarcisius, patron of the ancient Sagra di Gazzo

📅 Every year, on 5 August; late May to early June brings the ancient Sagra di Gazzo

Gazzo Veronese celebrates Saint Tarcisius on 5 August. Between late May and early June, the ancient Sagra di Gazzo is held, at Villa Parolin, where the museum exceptionally opens its doors.

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Borghetto di Borbera

Saint Victor and Our Lady of the Snows, patrons of the land of the Torre Ratti castle

📅 Every year, on 5 August; last Sunday of March, in the hamlet of Persi, Saint Joseph's feast with Fersêu

Borghetto di Borbera celebrates Saint Victor and Our Lady of the Snows on 5 August; on the last Sunday of March, in the hamlet of Persi, the feast of Saint Joseph is held, with an exhibition of animals, vintage tractors, crafts and tastings of Fersêu (fritters).