Feast of Saint Dominic
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Realmonte celebrates Saint Dominic, its patron, in the Agrigento municipality of the Scala dei Turchi.
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17 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 8
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Feast of Saint Dominic
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Recetto, a municipality of 916 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron Saint Dominic (san Domenico).
Feast of Saint Dominic of Guzmán
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Guarda Veneta, a municipality of 1,185 inhabitants in the province of Rovigo, celebrates its patron Saint Dominic of Guzmán (san Domenico di Guzmán).
Feast of Saint Felix
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Pescocostanzo, a municipality of 1,161 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron Saint Felix the martyr (san Felice martire).
Feast of Saint Onuphrius
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Centrache, a municipality of 415 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, honours and celebrates its patron Saint Onuphrius.
Feast of Saint Prosper
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Faeto, a municipality of 644 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrates its patron Saint Prosper (san Prospero).
Feast of San Clemente
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Montenero Val Cocchiara, a municipality of 558 inhabitants in the province of Isernia, celebrates its patron San Clemente.
Feast of San Domenico
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Priola, a municipality of 719 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron San Domenico.
Feast of San Fermo
📅 Every year, on 8 August
On 8 August Merana, a municipality of 185 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Fermo.
Feast of San Fermo
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Mairago, a municipality of 1,397 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates its patron San Fermo.
Feast of Sant'Amiano
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Mombasiglio, a municipality of 616 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron Sant'Amiano.
Maria Santissima del Bosco and the well of the finding
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August; the month of the Madonna from 21 April to 21 May
Niscemi celebrates Maria Santissima del Bosco twice a year: the month of the Madonna in spring and the patronal feast in summer, when the image crosses the town in procession.
Mary Most Holy of Providence, the patroness who stopped the lava of 1792
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Zafferana Etnea celebrates Mary Most Holy of Providence on the second Sunday of August; according to tradition, her intercession stopped the lava of Etna's 1792 eruption, and ever since the community has renewed its vow every year with a pilgrimage.
Our Lady of Grace and the castle wedged in the rock
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
On the second Sunday of August Vobbia celebrates the Madonna delle Grazie; a little further up the valley, the castello della Pietra has stood wedged between two rock buttresses since the 13th century.
Our Lady of Grace, patron of the town of ancient Arab Zotica
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Castel di Iudica celebrates Our Lady of Grace on the second Sunday of August; the municipality takes its name from the castle that stood on Monte Iudica, where under Arab rule the town of Zotica once stood, conquered by the Normans in 1076.
Our Lady of Loreto, «ra Maronna ru Ritu»
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Platì celebrates Our Lady of Loreto, called in dialect «ra Maronna ru Ritu», on the second Sunday of August.
Our Lady of the Zuccarello, patron alongside Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 8 August; Saint Martin, co-patron, is celebrated on 11 November instead
Nembro celebrates Our Lady of the Zuccarello on 8 August; the other patron, Saint Martin, is celebrated on 11 November.
Patronal Feast of Saint Elijah the Prophet
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August (three days); the «small feast» on 20 July
On the second Sunday of August Maschito, a municipality of 1,730 inhabitants in the province of Potenza, celebrates for three days the great feast of Saint Elijah the Prophet; on 20 July there is the «small feast».
Saint Cassian of Imola, patron celebrated on the second Sunday of August
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August; co-patrons Ingenuinus and Albuinus are celebrated on 5 February
Bressanone celebrates its patron Saint Cassian of Imola, together with Saint Vigilius, on the second Sunday of August, the closest available Sunday to his liturgical feast of 13 August; the town's co-patrons are bishops Ingenuinus and Albuinus, celebrated on 5 February, whose relics are kept in the cathedral.
Saint Cyriacus and the Kiln Workers' Festival
📅 Every year, on 8 August; the Kiln Workers' Festival in July
Altidona celebrates Saint Cyriacus on 8 August, in the church dedicated to him. In honor of the fornaciai, the kiln workers, the Festa dei Fornaciai is held in July.
Saint Dominic de Guzmán and Saint Francis of Assisi
📅 Every year, on 8 August
Sturno celebrates its patronal feast on 8 August: Saint Dominic de Guzmán, co-patron together with Saint Francis of Assisi, after whom the parish church is named.
Saint Dominic de Guzmán, patron amid Candelora, Teofilo and Madonnella
📅 Every year, on 8 August; the co-protector, the Most Holy Mary of the Assumption, is celebrated on 15 August
Martano celebrates its patron, Saint Dominic de Guzmán, on 8 August; the co-protector, the Most Holy Mary of the Assumption, is celebrated on 15 August. The Sunday following 2 February holds the «Candelora» fair; the second Sunday after Easter, the «Teofilo» district feast; the third Sunday after Easter, the «Madonnella» feast.
Saint Dominic, patron of a town rebuilt after the Belice earthquake
📅 Every year, on 8 August
Montevago celebrates Saint Dominic on 8 August; on the night between 14 and 15 January 1968 the Belice earthquake destroyed the town's mother church, an event also told by journalist Sergio Zavoli in a television investigation.
Saint Dominic, patron of the Paleariza festival
📅 Every year, on 8 August; August brings the Paleariza festival and the other hamlets' feasts
Condofuri Centro celebrates Saint Dominic on 8 August. The same month brings the patronal feasts of the town's other hamlets, as well as the Paleariza festival in the neighbouring towns.
Saint Dominic, patron of Villaverla
📅 Every year, on 8 August, in the main town
Villaverla celebrates Saint Dominic on 8 August, in the main town; in the hamlet, Saint Andrew the Apostle is instead celebrated on 30 November.
Saint Donatus, patron of the land of the Accordion Museum
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Robilante celebrates Saint Donatus on the second Sunday of August, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Famian and the memory of the first miracle
📅 Every year, on 8 August; the 17 July procession for the first miracle
Gallese celebrates Saint Famian on 8 August, in the basilica dedicated to him. On the morning of 17 July, the townspeople process to the small church where the saint's first miracle in Gallese is remembered.
Saint Francis of Paola and Palazzo Sanseverino
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Marcellinara celebrates Saint Francis of Paola on the second Sunday of August, next to Palazzo Sanseverino.
Saint Leo, summer patron of Saracena
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Saracena celebrates Saint Leo a second time on the second Sunday of August, after the February feast.
Saint Leonard, the patron whose feast was moved from the November cold to summer
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August (liturgical date 6 November)
Serradifalco celebrates Saint Leonard, Abbot of Noblac, on the second Sunday of August, although his feast day falls on 6 November; the solemn mass at the mother church is followed by a procession deeply felt even by faithful coming from all over Sicily.
Saint Roch and the Wheat Festival
📅 Every year, from 8 to 18 August, with the cart parade on the 16th
Foglianise celebrates its patron Saint Roch on 16 August, at the heart of the Wheat Festival, held every year from 8 to 18 August with a parade of wheat carts.
Saints Stephen and Innocent, patrons of a town of Spinola castles
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August
Isola del Cantone celebrates Saints Stephen and Innocent on the second Sunday of August; the town holds three castles, including the Spinola-Mignacco one, built with a square plan in the mid-16th century by Captain Guglielmo II Spinola.
Saints Zeno and Thecla, patrons of the land of the Tower of San Pietro
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August; Alzate celebrates Saint Lawrence, also in August
Momo celebrates Saints Zeno and Thecla on the second Sunday of August; in the hamlet of Alzate, also in August, the patronal feast of Saint Lawrence is held.
Festival 📍 Sambuca di Sicilia
Zahar Festival
📅 First edition: 8–9 August 2026
Two evenings of wine and music in the Saracen alleys: more than twenty Belìce Valley wineries pour at the tasting stands, local produce fills the stalls, and eight drummers close the night in Piazza Baldi Centellis.