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4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on February 12
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📅 Every year, on 12 February
Cosenza celebrates Our Lady of Pilerio on 12 February, a cult dating to 1576; according to the legend passed down by the historian Jordanes, it was in Cosenza that the Visigothic king Alaric died, buried with his treasure in the diverted bed of the Busento river.
📅 Every year, on 12 February, with the Sagra di San Bello
In Berbenno di Valtellina, Saint Benignus is celebrated on 12 February with a popular fair known as the Sagra di San Bello.
📅 Every year, on 12 February
Nave celebrates Saint Constantius on 12 February.
📅 Every year, on 12 February
Fara Novarese celebrates Saint Damian on 12 February.
📅 Every year, on 12 February; the co-patron Saint Francis of Paola is celebrated on 2 April
Luzzi celebrates its patron, the Immaculate Conception, on 12 February; the co-patron, Saint Francis of Paola, is celebrated on 2 April. The first Sunday of September draws a large pilgrimage from many towns of Calabria for Saint Aurelia Marcia, whose body was brought to a church in the town in the 18th century thanks to Cardinal Firrao.
📅 Every year, on 12 February; on 1 May, thousands of pilgrims walk to the convent of Saint Francis of Paola
Montalto Uffugo celebrates the Madonna della Serra on 12 February; every 1 May, thousands of pilgrims, setting out from the hamlet of Parantoro, cross the coastal range on foot to reach the convent of Saint Francis of Paola.
📅 Every year, the feast was born on 12 February 1626; today's re-enactment is on the last weekend of February
Taggia venerates the Madonna Miracolosa: in 1855 one of her statues reportedly moved its eyes repeatedly, which the Church declared miraculous. The oldest feast, though, dates from 1626.
