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Living Nativity in the Sassi
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The nativity staged in the most evocative natural crib on Earth.
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193 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on December 6
San Nicola di Bari 89
MentanaLazio RiberaSicily PalmiCalabria SquinzanoPuglia Santa Maria a VicoCampania MontesarchioCampania GuspiniSardinia SalemiSicily TortoretoAbruzzo ArcolaLiguria Pietra LigureLiguria Villafranca TirrenaSicily ZanicaLombardy Castello di CisternaCampania Gioiosa MareaSicily MiletoCalabria Marina di Gioiosa IonicaCalabria CammarataSicily LagonegroBasilicata AsceaCampania CotroneiCalabria ForinoCampania MuraveraSardinia Cividate al PianoLombardy Santo Stefano di CamastraSicily DipignanoCalabria San Pietro a MaidaCalabria Cusano MutriCampania SaponaraSicily LattaricoCalabria OrsognaAbruzzo Acquaviva PicenaMarche IonadiCalabria BauneiSardinia Morro d'OroAbruzzo GesualdoCampania Volturara IrpinaCampania ScandaleCalabria CamposantoEmilia-Romagna LettomanoppelloAbruzzo RivelloBasilicata SolferinoLombardy CerasoCampania Capriglia IrpinaCampania PollicaCampania IrgoliSardinia MaieratoCalabria Castelluccio InferioreBasilicata Fragneto MonforteCampania Feroleto della ChiesaCalabria CastelguglielmoVeneto SummonteCampania FarindolaAbruzzo IsnelloSicily ArenaCalabria BoneaCampania PiaggineCampania San Nicola da CrissaCalabria Castelvetere in Val FortoreCampania PietrafittaCalabria OrtueriSardinia PizzoniCalabria MallareLiguria RoccavaldinaSicily Santa Cristina d'AspromonteCalabria Prignano CilentoCampania Brindisi MontagnaBasilicata Nughedu San NicolòSardinia Riva di SoltoLombardy SpadolaCalabria CanoloCalabria San Nicola BaroniaCampania Belmonte CastelloLazio Stella CilentoCampania Poggio San MarcelloMarche LuparaMolise Prata d'AnsidoniaAbruzzo CiorlanoCampania Molina AternoAbruzzo CandidoniCalabria SecinaroAbruzzo SiapicciaSardinia SimalaSardinia Castel del GiudiceMolise ConcervianoLazio AvolascaPiedmont RoccagiovineLazio Coreglia LigureLiguria ProvvidentiMolise
San Nicola 56
ArgentaEmilia-Romagna Motta di LivenzaVeneto BomportoEmilia-Romagna MendicinoCalabria Montesano sulla MarcellanaCampania PollaCampania MelicuccoCalabria EgnaTrentino-South Tyrol PaduliCampania CastagnaroVeneto SoranoTuscany OrnavassoPiedmont FontanarosaCampania MarlianaTuscany Mazzano RomanoLazio FlumeriCampania Chiusa SclafaniSicily Alice CastelloPiedmont Gardone RivieraLombardy Montecalvo in FogliaMarche SestolaEmilia-Romagna Caprarica di LeccePuglia PaternopoliCampania Borgone SusaPiedmont MontefredaneCampania PollutriAbruzzo AltissimoVeneto VarapodioCalabria PancalieriPiedmont ZungriCalabria CalvelloBasilicata GalatroCalabria FariglianoPiedmont Monteu RoeroPiedmont Castell'AzzaraTuscany TeoraCampania AntoniminaCalabria GioiCampania TallaTuscany VazzanoCalabria Castelnuovo di FarfaLazio VeranoTrentino-South Tyrol RivisondoliAbruzzo Castelnuovo di ConzaCampania Monteleone di SpoletoUmbria PratiglionePiedmont ComegliansFriuli Venezia Giulia SelliaCalabria SchegginoUmbria CamporaCampania San Polo MateseMolise ChamporcherAosta Valley Capraia IsolaTuscany Belvedere LanghePiedmont AscreaLazio Ceresole RealePiedmont
San Nicolò 19
LeccoLombardy MiraVeneto SacileFriuli Venezia Giulia Zola PredosaEmilia-Romagna Sestri LevanteLiguria Ponte San NicolòVeneto Camisano VicentinoVeneto Albisola SuperioreLiguria BardolinoVeneto Diano CastelloLiguria SagradoFriuli Venezia Giulia Roverè VeroneseVeneto MonfumoVeneto Castelnovo del FriuliFriuli Venezia Giulia PerinaldoLiguria AmaroFriuli Venezia Giulia TerzolasTrentino-South Tyrol BajardoLiguria ProvesTrentino-South Tyrol
San Nicola di Mira 8
San Nicola vescovo 4
San Nicola da Bari 3
San Nicolao 2
Other saints of the day 9
Tione degli Abruzzi · Abruzzo Baschisan Longino e san Nicola · Umbria Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Solesan Nicola (Castrocaro Terme) - santa Reparata (Terra del Sole) · Emilia-Romagna Salvesan Nicola Magno · Puglia LagoSan Nicola di Myra · Calabria Stefanaconisan Nicola vescovo, Maria Santissima Assunta · Calabria Poceniasan Nicolò vescovo · Friuli Venezia Giulia Meldolasan Nicolò, Beata Vergine del Popolo · Emilia-Romagna Loiri Porto San Paolosan Paolo e san Nicola · Sardinia
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Bishop Saint Nicholas, patron of the San Rocco firework donkey
📅 Every year, on 6 December; 16 August brings the Saint Roch feast with the firework donkey
Melicucco celebrates Bishop Saint Nicholas, its protector, on 6 December, in the mother church named after him. On 16 August, the feast of Saint Roch, the celebration is preceded by the «ciuccio», a papier-mâché donkey rigged with fireworks powder.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Lecco celebrates Saint Nicholas, patron of the town for about a thousand years, and children are given a big red apple.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Albisola Superiore celebrates Saint Nicholas; on 15 August, instead, the Madonna goes out to sea with «A Madonna du ma».
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December (Saint Nicholas) and 13 June (Saint Anthony)
Alfano celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the other patron, Saint Anthony, is celebrated on 13 June.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Altissimo celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory lies within the Parco naturale regionale della Lessinia.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Amaro celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory preserves pre-Roman archaeological excavations.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Antonimina celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory lies within the Parco Nazionale dell'Aspromonte.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Ascrea celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory preserves the ruins of the Chiesa di San Pietro.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on the Sunday closest to 6 December
Belvedere Langhe celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas on the Sunday closest to 6 December, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December, the first Sunday of May, and the first Sunday of August
Camini celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas three times a year: on 6 December, the first Sunday of May, and the first Sunday of August.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Campora celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory includes Monte Monaco.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Capraia Isola celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the island preserves the Forte di San Giorgio.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castell'Azzara celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town preserves Rocca Silvana.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castelnovo del Friuli celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory includes the Osservatorio Tigre.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castelnuovo di Conza celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory includes Monte Petrella.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castelnuovo di Farfa celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town hosts the Museo dell'Olio della Sabina.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Ceresole Reale celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town is home to the smallest elementary school in Italy, celebrated at the 2016 Sanremo Festival.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Comeglians celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory preserves the Grotta della Volpe.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Farigliano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; in the first week of December the town holds the Fiera dei puciu e di San Nicolao, dedicated to the local medlar fruit.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Frascaro celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Galatro celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's main church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Gioi celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the historic centre features the Porta dei Leoni monument.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Monfumo celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; at the end of September the town also hosts the apple festival.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Montefredane celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; since 2021 the day has also featured "Fiano&Fuoco", a re-enactment of the local farming tradition.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Monteu Roero celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's Chiesa di San Nicolao is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December and 17 August
Novi Velia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas on 6 December and 17 August; the municipal territory hosts the Santuario della Madonna del Monte Sacro, atop Monte Gelbison.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Pollutri celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the evening before, broad beans are traditionally roasted in the square in front of the Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Pratiglione celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory is dominated by Monte Soglio.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Proves celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Quarna Sotto celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town is known for its old tradition of handcrafted wind instruments.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Rivisondoli celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town is known for its living nativity scene and its civic nativity art museum.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Roverè Veronese celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the municipal territory falls within the Parco naturale regionale della Lessinia.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Sagrado celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town hosts the Museo della Grande Guerra, on the Isonzo front.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December San Polo Matese celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town preserves a Lombard tower, evidence of its medieval past.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Sellia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town also hosts MUSEBA, a children's museum.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Talla celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's Chiesa di San Niccolò is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Teora celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's main church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Terzolas celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's church is dedicated, in Val di Sole.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December in Ligosullo
Treppo Ligosullo has different patrons for its two hamlets: Saint Nicholas, celebrated on 6 December in Ligosullo, and Saint Agnes, celebrated on 21 January in Treppo Carnico.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Varapodio celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Vazzano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas with young people gathering through the town's streets at night and local dishes such as ndianu and pizzateia.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Verano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas, to whom the church of this town overlooking Merano is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Zungri celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the town is known for the Grotte Zungri, a rock-cut cave village.
Feast of Saint Nicholas and Our Lady of Succour
📅 Every year, on 6 December and the first Sunday of July
Monterosso Calabro has two patrons, Saint Nicholas, celebrated on 6 December, and Our Lady of Succour, celebrated on the first Sunday of July with a procession through the town.
Feast of Saint Nicholas and Saint Reparata
📅 Every year, on 6 December and 19 August
Pesco Sannita has two patrons, Saint Nicholas (6 December) and Saint Reparata (19 August); the ruins of an ancient church dedicated to Saint Nicholas still stand in the town.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Arena celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the town preserves the Castello Normanno.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Avolasca celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Belmonte Castello celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory includes Monte Morrone.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Bonea celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the remains of the Villa romana di Cocceio.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Candidoni celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the town is also home to a religious institute of women.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Canolo celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory is also home to the Santuario della Madonna di Prestarona.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Capriglia Irpina celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December and on the last Sunday of May
Cardinale celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari twice a year: on 6 December and on the last Sunday of May.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Castelcivita celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the other patron, Saint Cono the Wonderworker, is celebrated on 3 June. The town is renowned for the Grotte di Castelcivita.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castelguglielmo celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Castelvetere in Val Fortore celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves a Samnite settlement.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December and on the first Sunday of May
Ciminà celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December and on the first Sunday of May; the municipal territory lies within the Parco Nazionale dell'Aspromonte.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Ciorlano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory lies within the Parco Nazionale del Matese.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Concerviano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the Abbazia di San Salvatore Maggiore.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December (Saint Nicholas) and 7 August (Saint Donatus)
Controne celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the other patron, Saint Donatus, is celebrated on 7 August.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Dasà celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, followed by the fair of the Immaculate Conception on 8 and 9 December; the other patron, Saint Michael the Archangel, is linked to the 'Ncrinata rite.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Farindola celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the Grotta dei Briganti.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Feroleto della Chiesa celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated together with Saint Blaise.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Fragneto Monforte celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the community still observes the tradition of the "mastro di festa".
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Irgoli celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; a folk festival in his honour is also held on the first weekend of May.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Lupara celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory includes the Colle Zampitti hill.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Maierato celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory borders Lake Angitola.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Molina Aterno celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Nughedu San Nicolò celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, whose name is part of the town's own name.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
The patron of Omignano is Saint Nicholas of Bari, celebrated on 6 December; the feast of the Madonna del Rosario is instead held on the first Sunday of July.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Ortueri celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari with a procession, dancing and traditional Sardinian singing; the community prepares Sangule, a traditional cake of Byzantine origin, for the occasion.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Piaggine celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, one of several religious feasts marking the town's calendar, followed a week later by Saint Lucy.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Pietrafitta celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Pizzoni celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory falls within the Parco Naturale Regionale delle Serre.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Poggio San Marcello celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's Chiesa di San Nicolò da Bari is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Pollica celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom one of the town's churches is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Ponzano Romano celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory hosts the Abbazia di Sant'Andrea in Flumine.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Prata d'Ansidonia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory includes the Roman archaeological site of Peltuinum.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Prignano Cilento celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; on Easter Monday the town stages a theatrical re-enactment of his miracles.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Provvidenti celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the small Molise town also hosts the MAACK, an open-air contemporary art museum.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Riva di Solto celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the church of this town overlooking Lake Iseo is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Roccagiovine celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the ancient Ponte di Roccagiovine.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December San Nicola Baronia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, whose name became part of the town's own name.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December San Nicola da Crissa celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, whose name became part of the town's own name; the municipal territory preserves an old water mill.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December San Nicolò di Comelico celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, whose name became part of the town's own name and to whom the parish church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the town's only parish is dedicated to Saints Nicholas and Fantinus.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Secinaro celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Siapiccia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the church of San Nicolò Vescovo is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Simala celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the Nuraghe Spadua.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Spadola celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Stella Cilento celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Summonte celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the town preserves the Torre Angioina, at the foot of Monte Partenio.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Roch
📅 Every year, on 6 December and 16 August
Ispani has two patrons, Saint Nicholas of Bari (6 December) and Saint Roch (16 August); the feast of Saint Roch, the town's main celebration, draws pilgrims from Policastro Bussentino.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Cerzeto celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Myra; the town preserves the traditional Arbëreshë wedding costume.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Forchia celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Myra; the municipal territory preserves the Cisterne Sannitiche.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Macchia Valfortore celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Myra, to whom the town's main church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra
📅 Every year, on 6 December
The patron of Monte Giberto, Saint Nicholas of Myra, is celebrated on 6 December, though the town's main festivity has become the 8 September feast of the Madonna delle Grazie.
Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra
📅 Every year, on 6 December in Roseto paese
Roseto Capo Spulico has different patrons for its two centres: Saint Nicholas of Myra, celebrated on 6 December in Roseto paese, and Saint Anne, celebrated on 26 July in Roseto Marina.
Feast of Saint Nicholas the Bishop
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Gagliato celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas the Bishop; the town is mentioned in a 1191 deed of donation to the Certosa di Santo Stefano del Bosco.
Feast of Saint Nicholas the Bishop
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Sorianello celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas the Bishop, closing a religious calendar that also includes the Madonna della Salute and the Sacred Heart of Mary in August.
Feast of San Dalmazio
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of December
On the first Sunday of December Paderno Ponchielli, a municipality of 1,480 inhabitants in the province of Cremona, celebrates the patronal feast of San Dalmazio with a solemn mass, a procession and convivial events.
Feast of San Nicola
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of December
On the first Sunday of December Mandela, a municipality of 897 inhabitants in the province of Rome, celebrates its patron San Nicola (Saint Nicholas).
Feast of San Nicola di Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Bortigiadas, a municipality of 800 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patron San Nicola di Bari (Saint Nicholas of Bari).
Saint Longinus and Saint Nicholas, patrons of an Umbrian town on the Tiber
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Baschi celebrates Saint Longinus and Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the parish church of San Nicolò, built in the second half of the 16th century, holds inside a fine polyptych by Giovanni di Paolo, a 15th-century Sienese painter.
Saint Nicholas and Monte Cimone
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Sestola celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the shadow of Monte Cimone, which at 2,165 metres dominates the entire Sestola area.
Saint Nicholas and Our Lady of the People, patrons of the land of the Fortress
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Meldola celebrates its patrons, Saint Nicholas and Our Lady of the People, on 6 December, in the church dedicated to them.
Saint Nicholas and the castle on the promontory
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Champorcher celebrates Saint Nicholas in the parish church of 1728; just above it, on a promontory, stands the medieval castle built by the family of Bard.
Saint Nicholas and the church that replaced the pieve
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Arcola celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari in the church of San Nicolò, which in the 17th century took the place of the old pieve of Saints Stephen and Margaret as the parish seat.
Saint Nicholas and the Kalòs Archeodromo del Salento
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Caprarica di Lecce celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the mother church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas and the Lioness of Lucania
📅 Every year, on 9 May and 6 December
Picerno celebrates Saint Nicholas on 9 May and 6 December; in its mother church, in 1799, the rebels of Picerno resisted to the last, earning the town the name Lioness of Lucania.
Saint Nicholas and the Madonna del Sirino
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lagonegro's patron is Saint Nicholas of Bari, on 6 December; but the town's calendar turns around the Madonna delle Nevi, who in summer climbs to the top of Monte Sirino.
Saint Nicholas and the Museum of Rural Culture
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Marliana celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas and the Paternopoli Carnival
📅 Every year, on 6 December, with the Paternopoli Carnival in February or March
Paternopoli celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. In February or March, the Paternopoli Carnival brings allegorical floats built by young people, craftsmen and enthusiasts to the square.
Saint Nicholas and the Straw Cart of Mercy
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Straw Cart for the Madonna della Misericordia
Fontanarosa celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. The town also holds the Festa del Carro di Paglia, a 28-metre straw obelisk pulled by two pairs of oxen in honor of the Madonna della Misericordia.
Saint Nicholas and the Virtual Archaeological Museum of Narce
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mazzano Romano celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and Cala Goloritzé
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Baunei celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the «Bamparizzu», the boat dragged barefoot through town
📅 Every year, on 5 and 6 December, with the «Bamparizzu»
Villafranca Tirrena celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; on the eve, 5 December, the old tradition of the «Bamparizzu» is renewed: boys dressed as fishermen drag a flower-decked boat barefoot from the harbour to Piazza Castello, as a sign of good fortune.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the 1234 Sponsalia
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Sponsalia and Palio del Duca since 1988
Acquaviva Picena celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December. Between July and August, since 1988, the Sponsalia re-enact the 1234 marriage between Forasteria d'Acquaviva and imperial vicar Rainaldo di Brunforte.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Abbey of Propezzano
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Morro d'Oro celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him together with the Holy Saviour.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the August barefoot procession
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Cusano Mutri celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Festa dei Talami
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Festa dei Talami at Ferragosto and Easter Tuesday
Orsogna celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him. It is renowned for the Festa dei Talami, living biblical tableaux, renewed every year on Easter Tuesday and the evening of Ferragosto.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Flight of the Angel
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Flight of the Angel on the last Sunday of August, since the 1800s
Gesualdo celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him. Every last Sunday of August, the Flight of the Angel feast is held, a tradition born between 1833 and 1876.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Living Sea Museum
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Pollica celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the memory of the Risorgimento
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Solferino celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December. The town is known for the 1859 battle, which inspired the founding of the Red Cross.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Prickly Pear Festival
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Prickly Pear Festival on the last Saturday of August
Scandale celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December. On the last Saturday of August, the Sagra del fico d'India (prickly pear festival) is held, organized by the local Pro Loco.
Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Sant'Angelo Cave
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lettomanoppello celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari in winter
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Casabona celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, with a second observance on the first Sunday of June.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron aligned with the solstice
📅 Every year, on 6 December, close to the solstice: the sun strikes the altar low and to the south
Specchia celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, a date close to the solstice: the sun rises very low and strikes the altar only when almost due south, confirming the church's ancient orientation. The feast is renewed on the second Sunday of May.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron alongside Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Holy Crucifix
📅 Every year, on 6 December; co-patron Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on 16 July; the Holy Crucifix on 14 September
Rutigliano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him together with Santa Maria della Colonna; the co-patron is Our Lady of Mount Carmel, on 16 July, while the Holy Crucifix is celebrated on 14 September. On 17 January, the terracotta Whistle Fair is also held, for the liturgical feast of Saint Anthony Abbot.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron beneath the Fittipaldi castle
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Brindisi Montagna celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; its 15th-century mother church was built over the remains of a small Byzantine-rite church, while the town lies at the foot of the castle that passed over time to the Sanseverino, the Antinori and finally the Fittipaldi family.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron celebrated with dawn mortar shots
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Saponara celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the church dedicated to him holds the saint's bust, carried in procession on the feast day after the morning mortar shots, with the characteristic procession called «Quadrittu».
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a calf sacrificed every ten years
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Roccavaldina celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; every ten years the town holds the special «feast of the banquet», with the blessing, sacrifice and feasting of a calf, while the town preserves an extraordinary 16th-century pharmacy with ceramic jars from the Urbino workshop of the Patanazzi.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a fief that passed from the Ventimiglia to the Filangeri
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Isnello celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari, bishop of Myra, on 6 December, in the ancient mother church; the town, dominated by the ruins of a Norman castle, was sold in 1377 to Francesco II Ventimiglia and later passed to the Filangeri family.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a town born from a landslide
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Santo Stefano di Camastra celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the town took its current name in honour of the Duke of Camastra, who promoted its rebuilding after the disastrous landslide of 1682.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a town mentioned as early as the 12th century
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Coreglia Ligure celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church of San Nicolò, first mentioned in the 12th century; an old hospice in the town is documented even earlier, from 1034, as a dependency of the church of San Michele di Soglio.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a town split between two rites
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Rivello celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; its church holds a crypt second in size only to that of the basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bari, sacked by Napoleon's soldiers in 1806.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a town where horses and riders parade for the Cavalcade
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Cammarata celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; on the last Sunday of May, instead, the Cavalcade of the Most Holy Crucifix of the Angels is held, when horses and riders parade between two rows of a festive crowd through the town's streets.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of a village that also processes the Madonna in Saletta
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Castel del Giudice celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; on 15 August another feast carries the statue of the Madonna from the sanctuary of Saletta to the village centre, in a procession accompanying the Assumption Mass.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of ancient Elea-Velia
📅 Every year, on 6 December, in the town of ancient Elea-Velia
Ascea celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Briatico
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Briatico celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, one of its patrons alongside the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Camposanto
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Camposanto celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Ceraso
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Ceraso celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the heart of the Cilento.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Cotronei
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Cotronei celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Lattarico
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lattarico celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of San Pietro a Maida
📅 Every year, on 6 December
San Pietro a Maida celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the ancient Norman seat
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mileto celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the Benedictine Abbey
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Rodengo Saiano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the abbey dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the Castello di Cisterna
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Castello di Cisterna celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the Castle-Shrine
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Forino celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the shrine housed inside the town's castle.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the Citrus Fruit Feast
📅 Every year, on 6 December; since 1961 the Citrus Fruit Feast
Muravera celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December. The Sagra degli Agrumi, the town's most important event, has been held since February 1961 on the initiative of citrus growers and the local Pro Loco.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the co-cathedral of the Holy Hair
📅 Every year, on 6 December; Holy Mary of Mount Carmel is celebrated on 16 July
Palmi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the co-cathedral holding the relic of the Sacro Capello; also deeply felt is the feast of Holy Mary of Mount Carmel, on 16 July, while on 16 November the anniversary of the «miracle» of the 1894 earthquake is commemorated.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the land of Santa Maria di Malta
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the most cherished feast is Santa Maria di Malta, eight days at Ferragosto
Guspini celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas on 6 December. The town's most important religious event, however, is the feast of Santa Maria di Malta at Ferragosto, marked by eight days, from 14 to 22 August, of cultural and recreational events. January holds the feast of Don Bosco and September that of Saint Pius X, while the rural churches celebrate Saint Isidore in spring.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the land of the Church of the Annunziata
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montesarchio celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the land of the Rio Morla
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Zanica celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the land of the Roman Domus
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Tortoreto celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the land of the Torre Specchiolla
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Squinzano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him, which holds a giant mosaic by the Mellini firm of Florence, depicting the temple's titular Virgin.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the old fair
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Cividate al Piano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December. From the sixteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth, the important Fiera di San Nicolò was held from 6 to 13 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the Sagra del Polentone
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Sagra del Polentone every two years in September
Dipignano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the town of the Roman Countryside Museum
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mentana celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of the village founded by Count Matteo Sclafani
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Chiusa Sclafani celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the mother church dedicated to him; the town was founded in the early 14th century by Count Matteo Sclafani, who expanded the pre-existing medieval hamlet of «Chiusa la vecchia».
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron of Volturara Irpina
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Volturara Irpina celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, patron, and the Good Friday procession to the Eremita
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mallare celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, with the patronal feast; 8 September marks instead the Nativity of Mary, and on Good Friday a solemn procession reaches the sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Eremita.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, the patron chosen three times by lot
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Salemi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the people chose him as patron after his name was drawn three times in a row in a lottery.
Saint Nicholas of Bari, the patron whose statue moved in the Easter Octave of 1797
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Gioiosa Marea celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the moving of his statue from the old town of Gioiosa Guardia, abandoned after the 1783 earthquake, was the community's most important event and took place in the Easter Octave of 1797.
Saint Nicholas of Myra (Shën Kolli) and the memory of the Salt Mine
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lungro celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra, known as Shën Kolli in the town's Arbëreshë tradition, on 6 December, in the cathedral dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, a patron returned to worship after fifteen years
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Castelluccio Inferiore celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 6 December; its mother church, damaged by an earthquake that brought down its central vault, reopened for worship precisely on 6 December 2012, after fifteen years of restoration.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron in an Arbëreshë town with sweets made without salt or yeast
📅 Every year, on 6 December, with the traditional Bukiçelet e Shën Kollit sweets
Contessa Entellina celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 6 December; the town's Arbëreshë tradition calls for preparing Bukiçelet e Shën Kollit for the occasion, sweets made of water and flour, without salt or yeast, kneaded and portioned by hand.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron of Lago
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lago celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron of the parish of the canon who invented the Tractor Feast
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montecastrilli celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 6 December; his parish church was the seat of Monsignor Antonio Serafini, the canon who in 1956 conceived and championed the first edition of the Tractor Feast, which over time became a genuine local extravaganza.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron of the town of Cinema Paradiso
📅 Every year, on 5 and 6 December
Palazzo Adriano celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 5 and 6 December according to the Byzantine rite, with the traditional «Virgineddi» festival; its main square and mother church are among the most recognisable locations of Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Saint Nicholas the Bishop and Delianuova's calendar of feasts
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Assumption feast on 15 August is the most heartfelt
Delianuova celebrates Saint Nicholas the Bishop on 6 December. Among the town's many religious traditions, the most important is the feast of the Assumption on 15 August.
Saint Nicholas the Bishop and Our Lady of the Assumption, patrons of Stefanaconi
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Stefanaconi celebrates Saint Nicholas the Bishop and Our Lady of the Assumption together on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas the Bishop, patron of Ceppaloni
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Ceppaloni celebrates Saint Nicholas the Bishop on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas the Bishop, patron of Pocenia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Pocenia celebrates Saint Nicholas the Bishop on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas the Great, patron of the tumulus necropolis
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Salve celebrates Saint Nicholas the Great on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron already mentioned in 1135 in a medieval Logudorese codex
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Sassari celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; his church is already mentioned in 1135 in the Condaghe di San Pietro di Silki, a medieval codex in Logudorese, while on the evening of 14 August the city holds the Faradda dei Candelieri, carried by the ancient gremi.
Saint Nicholas, patron at the gates of Cilento
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montesano sulla Marcellana celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of a town where the women defended the castle in 1522
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Scheggino celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; on 23 July instead the Festa delle Donne is held, reenacting the 1522 historical episode in which the town's women defended the castle from an invasion by the castles of the Valnerina.
Saint Nicholas, patron of a town whose church is documented as early as 1089
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Calvello celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the church dedicated to him, near the town's castle, is documented as early as 1089, when Norman, count of Marsico, donated it together with that of Santa Caterina to the abbot of Santo Stefano.
Saint Nicholas, patron of an anti-pirate town struck by an earthquake
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Diano Castello celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the town, founded around the 10th century as Castrum Diani against Saracen raids, was severely struck by the 1887 earthquake, which caused 32 deaths.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Arcidosso
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Arcidosso celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Castagnaro
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Castagnaro celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Castrocaro Terme
📅 Every year, on 6 December, in Castrocaro Terme
In Castrocaro Terme, Saint Nicholas is celebrated on 6 December; in nearby Terra del Sole, Saint Reparata is instead celebrated on the same date.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Egna
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Egna celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Flumeri
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Flumeri celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Gardone Riviera
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Gardone Riviera celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him, on Lake Garda.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Lacedonia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lacedonia celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, with Saint Philip Neri as second patron on 26 May.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Montecalvo in Foglia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montecalvo in Foglia celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Paduli
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Paduli celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Polaveno
📅 Every year, on 6 December, with the Palio delle Oche for co-patron Saint Anne
Polaveno celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. For the feast of Saint Anne, co-patron of the parish, the traditional Palio delle Oche (goose race) is run.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Sorano
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Sorano celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the collegiate church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the birthplace of Mortadella
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the International Mortadella Festival is held in early autumn
Zola Predosa celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Agatha; the town is also the birthplace of the famous Mortadella cold cut and home to the production of Amaro Montenegro, celebrated every year in early autumn by the International Mortadella Festival.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the Brenta Riviera of Venetian villas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mira celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; its territory, along the Brenta Canal halfway between Padua and Venice, holds 92 fine villas, palaces and casini built by the Venetian nobility between the 15th and 19th centuries, including the famous Palladian villa «la Malcontenta».
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Gaudio Silk Mill
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mendicino celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the La Pietra Nature Reserve
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Roccastrada celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Madonna del Boden
📅 Every year, on 6 December; on 8 September the Madonna del Boden, or of Miracles, is celebrated
Ornavasso celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him; on 8 September, the feast of the Madonna del Boden, or of Miracles, is celebrated, whose sanctuary was expanded around the mid-17th century to welcome pilgrims.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Pellice confluence
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Pancalieri celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Misericordia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Alice Castello celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Susa Valley
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Borgone Susa celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of Villa da Rio
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Ponte San Nicolò celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the living nativity scene in the woods
📅 Every year, on 6 December, with the living nativity scene set in the woods
Soriano nel Cimino celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him; the co-patron, Saint Eutizio, is celebrated on 15 May. During the Christmas season a living nativity scene is set up in the woods.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the re-enacted Challenge of Barletta
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Genazzano celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. At the end of May, the Palio di Brancaleone is held, a popular feast with a historical re-enactment of the 1503 Challenge of Barletta and the knights' oath.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the Regata delle Bisse
📅 Every year, on 6 December; in summer the Regata delle Bisse and in May the Festa del Chiaretto
Bardolino celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the Church of San Nicolò e San Severo. Between June and August, the Regata delle Bisse is held, organized by the Lega Bisse del Garda, with traditional Venetian rowing boats.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the Roman mausoleum
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Polla celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the town of Andersen and of the Tigullio Palio
📅 Every year, on 6 December; the Tigullio Rowing Palio is held between May and August
Sestri Levante celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the town is known for the Andersen Festival and for the Tigullio Rowing Palio, in which seven towns of the gulf compete every year, between May and August, in traditional Ligurian gozzo boat races.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the town of Europe's oldest fair
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Sacile celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the town also hosts what is considered Europe's oldest fair, with a distinctive bird-call imitation contest, and in 2021 was the starting point of a stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Saint Nicholas, patron of the town traditionally founded by a bishop of Ravenna
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Argenta celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; in the hamlet of San Nicolò stands the church named after him, while tradition links the town's founding to Bishop Exuperantius of Ravenna, in the 5th century, near the ancient parish church of San Giorgio.
Saint Nicholas, patron since 1644 of a city that bears its founder's name
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Ribera celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December: the saint has been the city's patron since 1644, when the town arose on the Piana di Stampaci, also called Piano di San Nicola. The 18th-century mother church, damaged by the 1968 Belice earthquake, only reopened in 1999.
Saint Nicholas, patron whose ancient church concealed a Roman temple
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Bajardo celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the earthquake of 23 February 1887 brought down the roof of the old parish church, killing 216 people, but also revealed columns and the remains of a Roman temple on which the church had been built.
Saint Nicholas, patron with the historic Saint Martin's Fair
📅 Every year, on 6 December; in November the historic Saint Martin's Fair is also held
Bomporto celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. In November, the Saint Martin's Fair is also held, while the hamlets fill the year with their own feasts: at Sorbara the Lambrusco Festival and the Sorbara Sound Festival, at Solara the Sagra di San Rocco.
Saint Nicholas, patron with the Ostrich Fair at Tavella
📅 Every year, on 6 December, with the Ostrich Fair at Tavella since 1997
Fiume Veneto celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him. In the hamlet of Tavella, the Ostrich Fair has been held since 1997 in September; near the hamlet of Praturlone, the Chick Fair is held in mid-July.
Saint Nicholas, patron with the Palio delle Contrade since 1961
📅 Every year, on 6 December; since 1961 the Palio delle Contrade has run among seven districts
Camisano Vicentino celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December. Since 1961, the Palio delle Contrade has been run: the first edition, on 24 September of that year, pitted seven districts against each other, including Vanzo Nuovo, Vanzo Vecchio, Pomari Centro and Badia.
Saint Nicholas, patron with the Saint John's Day soapy football tournament
📅 Every year, on 6 December; around 24 June a well-known soapy football tournament is held
Motta di Livenza celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the cathedral dedicated to him. Around Saint John's feast, on 24 June, a very well-attended town fair is held, hosting one of Italy's most famous soapy football, or splashball, tournaments.
Saint Nicholas, patron, and an astronomer's gift to his home church
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Perinaldo celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the parish church of San Nicola da Bari, built over an earlier 11th-century structure, which preserves a painting donated in 1672 by the Perinaldo-born astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
Saint Nicholas, Saint Giles and Saint Mary Magdalene, patrons of the Cortili della Storia
📅 Every year, on 6 December for Saint Nicholas; the third Sunday of September brings the Cortili della Storia
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino has three patrons: Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Giles the Abbot and Saint Mary Magdalene. Saint Nicholas's liturgical feast falls on 6 December. On the third Sunday of September, the Medieval-Renaissance Festival «I Cortili della Storia» is held, with a costumed re-enactment of the election of the town's ancient magistrate.
Saint Nicholas, the Holy Face and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, three feasts for a town in two parts
📅 Every year, on 6 December, 6 August and 16 July
Venetico celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December in Venetico Superiore, the Holy Face on 6 August, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness of Venetico Marina, on 16 July.
Saint Nicholas, the patron of a town whose bronze chariot now stands in New York
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Monteleone di Spoleto celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the town gave its name to a famous wooden and bronze chariot from the 6th century BC, now kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York after being smuggled out by an antiquities dealer.
Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas, patrons of Loiri Porto San Paolo
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Loiri Porto San Paolo celebrates Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas on 6 December.
Saint Reparata, patron of the Palio della Romagna Toscana
📅 Every year, on 6 December, in Terra del Sole, with the Palio di Santa Reparata
In Terra del Sole, Saint Reparata is celebrated on 6 December, with the Palio di Santa Reparata e della Romagna Toscana; in nearby Castrocaro Terme, Saint Nicholas is instead celebrated on the same date.
Festival 📍 Cefalù
Magico Natale a Cefalù
📅 Every year from early December to 6 January
From early December to Epiphany, Cefalù fills with nativity scenes, concerts and theatre. The Via dei Presepi along via Decano Martino and the Ninnaredda — carols played through the streets — are the highlights.