Feast of the Blessed Virgin Immaculate
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Seulo celebrates its patroness, the Blessed Virgin Immaculate; the town is often cited in gerontological literature as an example of successful longevity.
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21 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on December 8
Immacolata Concezione 11
Maria Santissima Immacolata 5
Madonna dell'Immacolata 2
Other saints of the day 3
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Andalo Valtellino celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Tenno celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; the town is known for the Castello di Tenno, above the lake of the same name.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December; 20 January for co-patron Saint Sebastian
On 8 December Seneghe celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception, to whom the town's church is dedicated; on 20 January it also celebrates co-patron Saint Sebastian, invoked during the 17th-century plague.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Ronzone celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; this Trentino town also hosts the Giardino della Rosa.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Roascio celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; the small town also preserves the Cappella di San Grato.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Portula celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; the municipal territory hosts the Santuario della Novareia.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December (the patron, Saint Marcellinus, is also celebrated on 2 June)
On 8 December Luogosano celebrates the Immaculate Conception; the evening before, bonfires known as "Fuochi Allavorati", a tradition of pre-Christian origin, are lit throughout the town.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Londa celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; the town is also known for the Palio della Brocca, a contest among eight teams with roots in the 13th century.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Fiumara solemnly celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception, with a procession.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Colazza celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the apples
📅 Every year, on 8 December (co-patroness), 29 May for the patron saints
On 8 December Cremella celebrates its co-patroness, the Immaculate Virgin, with the traditional "festa dell'Immacolata e dei pomm"; the town's main patrons, Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, are celebrated instead on 29 May.
Mary Most Holy Immaculate, patron who alternates with Calogero and Paola
📅 Every year, on 8 December; Saint Calogerus and Saint Paula alternate in August
San Calogero celebrates Mary Most Holy Immaculate on 8 December, the patronal feast. The first Sunday of August alternates yearly between Saint Calogerus and Saint Paula.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, patron of a town born with the duty of a church
📅 Every year, on 8 December
Lucca Sicula celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December; the town arose in the 17th century thanks to the ius populandi privilege, which required the baron, among other duties, to provide the new settlement with a church for the faithful.
Saint Mary Immaculate, patron of the Gelato Fair
📅 Every year, on 8 December, home of the International Handmade Gelato Exhibition since 1959
Longarone celebrates Saint Mary Immaculate on 8 December, in the church dedicated to her. In December 1959, the town gave rise to the first Gelato Fair, and today hosts the International Handmade Gelato Exhibition.
The Immaculate Conception and the feast of the «scupiddi»
📅 Every year, on 7 and 8 December
Floridia celebrates Mary Most Holy Immaculate on 8 December; on the eve, the faithful process to the mother church from the church of the Carmine with decorated candles, recalling the old custom of the «scupiddi», the brooms once used to sweep the streets as the statue passed.
The Immaculate Conception and the Ring-Tilting Race
📅 Every year, on 8 December; the Ring-Tilting Race on 12 August
Osilo celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December. On 12 August, the Corsa all'anello is held, a very popular horseback skill competition, not to be confused with the Sartiglia.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of a town famous for its murals
📅 Every year, on 8 December and 12 August
Diamante celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December and 12 August; the patron's statue, about two metres tall and carved from an olive trunk, was donated to the basilica by Prince Tiberio Carafa, in a town now known for its murals.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of a town whose name joins a cross and a family of popes
📅 Every year, on 8 December
Crocefieschi celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December; the town's name, assigned in 1750, joins «Croce» (cross) with the surname of the Fieschi, lords of the place from 1253 until 1797, when Napoleon abolished imperial fiefs.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of the land of the Garibaldi Museum
📅 Every year, on 8 December
Melito di Porto Salvo celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December, in the church dedicated to her.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of the Passion play
📅 Every year, on 8 December; Palm Sunday brings the Passion play, held since 2002
Rogliano celebrates its patron, the Immaculate Conception, on 8 December. Since 2002, on Palm Sunday, the parish of San Pietro has organized a staged re-enactment of the Passion through the town's streets.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of the pepper town
📅 Every year, on 8 December
Carmagnola celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December; the town's best-known event, though, is the National Fair of the Carmagnola Pepper, traditionally held between late August and early September.
The Immaculate Conception, patron of the town of the old market's palio
📅 Every year, on 8 December; the Sagra di San Biagio is held on 3 February
Montebelluna celebrates the Immaculate Conception on 8 December; on 3 February the Antica Sagra di San Biagio is held, while since 1990 on the first Sunday of September the town's districts compete in the Palio del vecchio mercato.
The Madonna Nostra and Saint Vitus the Martyr, patrons of the land of the Mother Church
📅 Every year, on 8 December for the Madonna Nostra; co-patron Saint Vitus the Martyr on the 2nd Sunday of August
Carmiano celebrates the Madonna Nostra on 8 December and the co-patron Saint Vitus the Martyr on the second Sunday of August. It is a common mistake to identify the «Madonna Nostra» with the Assumption, since the celebrations take place close to Ferragosto and the Mother Church is dedicated to her.