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55 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 7
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📅 Every year, on 7 August, with the torchlight procession of the eve
On 7 August San Donato Val di Comino, a municipality of 2,122 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus, bishop and martyr (san Donato), with the torchlight procession of the eve.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August Trapani carries in procession Saint Albert degli Abati, a Carmelite born in the city. And in Holy Week it takes the twenty groups of the Mysteries through the streets, from Good Friday to early Saturday afternoon.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August Castellar Guidobono, a municipality of 427 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Saint Cajetan of Thiene (san Gaetano di Thiene).
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August Brenna, a municipality of 2,011 inhabitants in the province of Como, celebrates its patron Saint Cajetan of Thiene (san Gaetano di Thiene).
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On 7 August Colfelice, a municipality of 1,853 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patron Saint Cajetan of Thiene (san Gaetano di Thiene).
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August San Teodoro, a municipality of 1,421 inhabitants in the province of Messina, celebrates its patron Saint Cajetan of Thiene (san Gaetano di Thiene).
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On 7 August Soveria Simeri, a municipality of 1,643 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus, bishop and martyr (san Donato).
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On 7 August Bomba, a municipality of 885 inhabitants in the province of Chieti, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
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On 7 August Chianni, a municipality of 1,457 inhabitants in the province of Pisa, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
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On 7 August Monteforte Cilento, a municipality of 565 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August Rotello, a municipality of 1,219 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
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On 7 August San Donato di Ninea, a municipality of 1,491 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
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On 7 August Umbriatico, a municipality of 929 inhabitants in the province of Crotone, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus (san Donato).
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On 7 August Sessano del Molise, a municipality of 744 inhabitants in the province of Isernia, celebrates its patron Saint Donatus the martyr (san Donato martire).
📅 Every year, on 7 August
On 7 August Carlantino, a municipality of 1,040 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrates its patrons Saint Donatus and Saint Roch (san Donato e san Rocco).
📅 Every year, on 7 and 8 August
On 7 and 8 August Caraffa del Bianco, a municipality of 532 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria, celebrates its patroness the Madonna degli Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels) with the solemn procession.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Pastrengo celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August. The town holds four 19th-century forts: Piovezzano, Monte Folaga, Poggio Croce and Poggio Pol.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Francavilla Marittima celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August. The town holds the Timpone della Motta archaeological site, among the most important in Calabria.
📅 Every year, on 7 August, with the Sagra di San Gaetano the same week
Orgiano celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August, with the traditional Sagra di San Gaetano in the first week of August. In September, the Tractor Festival is held.
📅 Every year, on 7 August, with the Ariano Fair since 1690
Ariano nel Polesine celebrates its co-patron, Saint Cajetan of Thiene, on 7 August, with the Feast and Fair of Ariano capoluogo. The Fiera di Ariano, of medieval origin, was established in 1690.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Portopalo di Capo Passero celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August; today's town was born through the initiative of don Gaetano Deodato Moncada, who in 1792 had about a hundred houses built at his own expense near the local tuna fishery.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; in September, at Paderno, the Palio dei Mezzadri among eight districts, since 1990
Ponzano Veneto celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August. The second weekend of September, in the church square of Paderno, the traditional Palio dei Mezzadri is held, born in 1990, featuring games and challenges among the town's eight districts.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Campo nell'Elba celebrates Saint Cajetan of Thiene on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; in the hamlet of Concesa the FestAssunta patronal feast is held on the second Sunday of September
Trezzo sull'Adda celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August. In the hamlet of Concesa, the local patronal feast called «FestAssunta» is instead held on the second Sunday of September.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Calvera celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August; in 1875 a great landslide destroyed much of the town, including the mother church dedicated to him, an event that deeply marked the history of this small Lucanian town.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Serrastretta celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; the anticlerical-toned Carnevalone Liberato reached its 157th edition in 2019
Poggio Mirteto celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August. The population asked for the annual celebration of the self-liberation from the Papal States, giving rise to the Carnevalone Liberato, which reached its 157th edition in 2019.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Montemiletto celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; from 2 to 5 September the traditional Fiera della Fola
Albinea celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August, in the church dedicated to him. From 2 to 5 September the traditional Fiera della Fola is held.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Ponti sul Mincio celebrates Saint Cajetan on 7 August, alongside patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, celebrated on 17 January.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Delebio celebrates Saint Carpophorus on 7 August, in the parish church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 7 and 17 August
Ripacandida celebrates Saint Donatus and Saint Donatello on 7 and 17 August; the sanctuary dedicated to them, at the entrance to the town, has 16th-century frescoes and a thousand-year history.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Biccari celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; the Cataletto in procession on Good Friday
Montefano celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August, in the Collegiate church dedicated to him, which holds the Cataletto carried in procession on Good Friday evening.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; the Palio among seven districts
Casole d'Elsa celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August. The Palio di Casole d'Elsa involves seven districts, including Rivellino and Pievalle, both born in 1984 from the split of the Casole district.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Contursi Terme celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August, at the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Guardiagrele celebrates Saint Donatus of Arezzo on 7 August at the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The town's other patron is Saint Nicholas the Greek, celebrated on the third Sunday of May; his relics, of the saint who died between 1009 and 1012, are kept in the Church of San Francesco.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Massimino celebrates Saint Donatus of Arezzo on 7 August, in the Baroque church built between 1818 and 1820; the municipal coat of arms recalls the Del Carretto marquises, who held power over a territory once defined as a castrum.
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Ranzo celebrates Saint Donatus of Arezzo on 7 August; its Baroque church in the hamlet of Costa Parrocchia holds a Crucifixion by Orazio De Ferrari, while in the village the church of San Pantaleo houses a polyptych painted in 1554 by the local painter Giorgio Guido da Ranzo.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Acerno celebrates Saint Donatus of Arezzo on 7 August, in the cathedral dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 7 August, with the procession of the saint's body every five years
Castiglione Messer Raimondo celebrates Saint Donatus the Martyr on 7 August. Every five years, on this date, the saint's body is carried in solemn procession through the town's streets.
📅 Every year, on 7 August, in Perrillo
In Perrillo, a hamlet of Sant'Angelo a Cupolo, Saint Donatus the Martyr is celebrated on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Pietracatella celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August; the town was once dominated by a castle of which few traces remain, while the church of San Giacomo Apostolo preserves a crypt dedicated to Saint Margaret dating from the 11th century.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Cercepiccola celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August; the town, whose name recalls the ancient Quaercus Maior and Quaercus Minor, was a fief of several noble families until the Carafa, who had the current ducal palace built there in 1571.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Pontelandolfo also celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August, alongside patron Saint Anthony of Padua.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
In Remedello Sotto, Saint Donatus is celebrated on 7 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Val della Torre celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Demonte celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; May brings the strawberry festival
Terricciola celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August, in the church dedicated to him. May brings the strawberry festival and, at Morrona, open wineries for the national day; July brings archaeology nights and Musica in cantina at the Podernovo estate.
📅 Every year, at the start of August, with the Sagra degli Abbà, an age-old tradition of the four districts
Frossasco celebrates Saint Donatus at the start of August, with the Sagra degli Abbà: an age-old tradition featuring a festivities committee led by a head of household for each of the town's four districts, elected for two years to preside over games, tournaments and dances during the popular celebrations.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Arezzo celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August; the precious relic of the saint's head, carried across the Apennines by Enguerrand, was ransomed by Sinibaldo Ordelaffi, lord of Forlì, who kept it with great veneration until it was returned to the people of Arezzo.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; on 12-13 June the bonfires in honour of Saint Anthony
Anzi celebrates Saint Donatus on 7 August, in the mother church of Piazza Dante; on 12 and 13 June, instead, the youths of the various districts light the traditional broom bonfires in honour of Saint Anthony, gathered already from May.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Melissa celebrates Saint Francis of Paola on 7 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on the first Saturday of August
Marianopoli celebrates Saint Prosper the martyr on the first Saturday of August, in the 18th-century mother church; his relics were likely transferred from the palace of the Catania baronial family that owned the fief.
📅 Every year, from 7 to 9 August, patron since the 1600s
Spongano celebrates Saint Victoria from 7 to 9 August. Her patronage was introduced in the second half of the 17th century, with the arrival of the Baron Bacile family from the Marche.
📅 Every year, from 7 to 11 August, with the laurel procession on 8 August
Regalbuto celebrates Saint Vitus the martyr on 11 August, with a deeply felt patronal feast lasting five days, from 7 to 11 August, which includes the traditional laurel procession held on 8 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August
Osio Sotto celebrates Saint Zeno and Saint Donatus on 7 August.
📅 Every year, on 7 August; the Palio Renatese in September
Renate celebrates Saints Donatus and Carpoforus on 7 August. In September, for the feast of the Madonna Addolorata, the Palio Renatese races between the town's four districts.
