🔔 The Italian Almanac

February 1

Stories and curiosities for February 1, 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… 4

4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on February 1

Patron saint festival In 97 days 📍 Santa Brigida

Feast of Santa Brigida

📅 Every year, on 1 February

On 1 February Santa Brigida, a municipality of 597 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Brigida d'Irlanda (Saint Brigid of Ireland).

Patron saint festival In 97 days 📍 Spezzano della Sila

Saint Blaise, patron of the Feast of Saint Francis

📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 February; September brings the Saint Francis feast with drums and a novena

Spezzano della Sila celebrates Saint Blaise from 1 to 3 February, in the church dedicated to him. The feast of Saint Francis, the quintessential feast of Spezzano, opens in September with drumming through the streets.

Patron saint festival In 97 days 📍 Cogne

Saint Ursus and the Désarpa

📅 Every year, on 1 February

Cogne's patron is Saint Ursus, on 1 February; and on the meadows that bear his name, on 29 September, the Désarpa ends, when the herds come down from the high pastures.

Patron saint festival In 97 days 📍 Jovençan

Saint Ursus and the tyrants' castle

📅 Every year, on 1 February

The patron of Jovençan is Saint Ursus, on 1 February; above the village, on the Châtelair headland, stand the ruins of the castle the Count of Savoy razed to the ground in the 14th century.