🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 9

Stories and curiosities for August 9, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

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

🎉 Celebrations today in… 14

14 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 9

Patron saint festival In 286 days 📍 Banari

Feast of Saint Lawrence the Martyr

📅 Every year, from 9 to 11 August

From 9 to 11 August Banari, a municipality of 610 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patron Saint Lawrence the martyr (san Lorenzo martire).

Patron saint festival In 286 days 📍 Montacuto

Feast of San Fermo

📅 Every year, on 9 August

On 9 August Montacuto, a municipality of 306 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Fermo.

Patron saint festival In 286 days 📍 Lizzanello

Saint Lawrence the Martyr, patron amid fairs and feasts throughout the year

📅 Every year, on 9 and 10 August, among the feasts marking the year in Lizzanello

Lizzanello celebrates Saint Lawrence the Martyr on 9 and 10 August, in the Mother Church dedicated to him. The town's calendar of feasts also includes the Feast and Fair of the Annunziata on 25 March, the Lizza Summer Festival on the first Saturday of July, and the Feast of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga on 20 and 21 June.

Patron saint festival In 286 days 📍 Formello

Saint Lawrence, patron amid processions and thoroughbred races

📅 In the days around 10 August, with a procession on the 9th and closing fireworks

Formello celebrates Saint Lawrence on 10 August. In the days around the feast, a salute of fireworks is fired, a ritual procession is held on 9 August, along with a thoroughbred horse race and an equestrian gymkhana, closing with a fireworks display.

Patron saint festival In 286 days 📍 Caravaggio

Saints Fermo and Rustico, patrons of the town of the Marian apparition sanctuary

📅 Every year, on 9 August; the Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Fonte recalls the apparition of 26 May 1432

Caravaggio celebrates Saints Fermo and Rustico on 9 August; in the surrounding countryside, tradition holds that the Virgin Mary appeared on 26 May 1432, now venerated as Santa Maria del Fonte in the town's great sanctuary, a place of devotion even abroad.