Our Lady of the Madia, patron who arrived in port on a raft in 1117
📅 Every year, on 16 December, with a second celebration on 14 and 15 August
Monopoli celebrates Our Lady of the Madia on 16 December and again on 14 and 15 August; tradition holds that her icon landed in the town port on 16 December 1117 on a wooden raft, completing the roof of the cathedral under construction.