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February 14

Stories and curiosities for February 14, 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… 27

27 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on February 14

San Valentino 19

TerniUmbria BussolengoVeneto San Valentino TorioCampania Quinto di TrevisoVeneto Vico del GarganoPuglia ManzanoFriuli Venezia Giulia Sernaglia della BattagliaVeneto BrenoLombardy Monastier di TrevisoVeneto PozzoleoneVeneto Camino al TagliamentoFriuli Venezia Giulia GessopalenaAbruzzo SalaraVeneto PalmoliAbruzzo PanchiàTrentino-South Tyrol RoccanticaLazio PredoiTrentino-South Tyrol GrimaccoFriuli Venezia Giulia Fano AdrianoAbruzzo

Sant'Antonino abate 2

SorrentoCampania CampagnaCampania

Santi Modestino, Fiorentino e Flaviano 2

AvellinoCampania MercoglianoCampania

Other saints of the day 4

Trevignanosan Valentino e santa Maria del Carmelo · Veneto Abriolasan Valentino martire · Basilicata Musile di Piavesan Valentino, san Donato d'Arezzo · Veneto AndrianoValentino di Terni · Trentino-South Tyrol
Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Sorrento

Feast of Saint Antoninus

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Sorrento celebrates Saint Antoninus the Abbot: the city's patron falls in the depth of winter, when the coast belongs to the people of Sorrento.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Salara

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Salara celebrates its patron Saint Valentine, to whom the town's church is dedicated; in May the strawberry festival is held.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Terni

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

The saint of lovers was this city's bishop, and 14 February is the day he died. Terni keeps him as its patron, with the basilica that holds his remains.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Roccantica

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Roccantica, a municipality of 605 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; the Eremo San Leonardo is in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Predoi

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Predoi, a municipality of 604 inhabitants in the province of Bolzano, celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; as early as the sixteenth century the village was renowned for its wood carving.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Panchià

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Panchià, a municipality of 771 inhabitants in Trentino, celebrates its patron Saint Valentine, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Palmoli

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Palmoli celebrates the patronal feast of Saint Valentine; on 16, 26 and 27 July, the Madonna del Carmine with the parade of the granoppoli and pacchianelle.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Grimacco

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Grimacco, a municipality of 374 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; its calendar includes the Saint John's kries and the Christmas Novena.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Gessopalena

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Gessopalena celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; on Good Friday, since 1965, the old village hosts a procession with a re-enactment of the Passion.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Fano Adriano

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Fano Adriano, a municipality of 354 inhabitants in the province of Teramo, celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; the Eremo dell'Annunziata and Monte Corvo are in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Camino al Tagliamento

Feast of Saint Valentine

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Camino al Tagliamento celebrates its patron Saint Valentine; between May and June the Fiera del Toro e del Vino is held, with the greasy-pole contest on the Varmo river.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Andriano

Feast of Saint Valentine of Terni

📅 Every year, on 14 February

On 14 February Andriano celebrates its patron Saint Valentine of Terni, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the ruins of Festenstein castle rise above the village.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Rivolta d'Adda

Saint Apollonia, patron of the regional agricultural fair

📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of February, with the Sant'Apollonia agricultural fair

Rivolta d'Adda celebrates Saint Apollonia with the Sant'Apollonia agricultural fair, on the second Sunday of February and the following Monday: a regional fair of goods, crafts and livestock, with exhibitions of cattle and dairy cows.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Musile di Piave

Saint Valentine and Saint Donatus of Arezzo, patrons remembered with the Palio

📅 Every year, on 14 February; from 1995 to 2011 the Palio San Donato was also held, no longer active today

Musile di Piave celebrates its patrons, Saint Valentine and Saint Donatus of Arezzo, on 14 February. From 1995 to 2011, the Palio San Donato was held, with tug of war, an obstacle race and a sack race, among seven districts; it is no longer active today.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Penna in Teverina

Saint Valentine and the Madonna della Neve, depicted together in a 17th-century painting

📅 Every year, on 14 February and the Madonna della Neve on 5 August

Penna in Teverina celebrates Saint Valentine on 14 February and the Madonna della Neve on 5 August, with a tasting of the tortiglione, the town's typical pastry; both appear together in a 17th-century painting in the apse of the parish church, which stands in the square dedicated to the saint.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Bussolengo

Saint Valentine, patron of a fair over three hundred years old

📅 Every year, on 14 February, with the Fiera di San Valentino, a tradition of over three hundred years

Bussolengo celebrates Saint Valentine on 14 February, with the Fiera di San Valentino, the town's main and most distinctive feast, held for more than three hundred years in the week around the occasion.

Patron saint festival In 110 days 📍 Vico del Gargano

Saint Valentine, patron of the lovers' alley

📅 Every year, on 14 February, when Italy's narrowest alley welcomes lovers

Vico del Gargano celebrates Saint Valentine on 14 February. No more than 50 centimetres wide and less than 30 metres long, the town's alley is a meeting place for lovers, who especially during the patronal feast arrange to meet within its narrow walls.