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📅 Every year, 3–5 February
Every 3-5 February Catania stops for its patron saint: two long processions, the towering candelore of the old guilds, and hundreds of thousands of devotees in white tunics following the silver reliquary float.
📅 Every year on 3 February, with rites from the last Sunday of January
On 3 February Bronte honours its co-patron with a procession from the church of San Sebastiano and the traditional blessing of throats; the rites begin on the last Sunday of January.
📅 Every year, on 9 February
On 9 February Melfi celebrates Saint Alexander of Bergamo, patron of a Lucanian town that carries the name of a northern saint.
📅 Every year, on 11 February
On 11 February Monreale celebrates Saint Castrensis, its patron, in the church that carries his name — a different address from the cathedral the town is known for.
📅 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.
📅 Every year, on 25 February
Agrigento's patron is Saint Gerland, celebrated on 25 February, and the cathedral carries his name. In town, however, the stronger devotion is to Saint Calogerus, co-patron.
📅 Every year, at carnival
The village carnival keeps the tradition of the sentenze, the one day a year when people could speak their mind to their lords.
📅 Every year between Fat Thursday and Shrove Tuesday
In the run-up to Lent, Cefalù fills with masks, confetti and events for children. The town hall builds the programme from proposals by local associations and parishes; the 2026 edition ran 12-17 February.
Giant allegorical floats have paraded the seafront avenues since 1873: political satire in papier-mâché.
📍 Viareggio →The carnival with Europe's oldest origins (1394) closes on Shrove Tuesday.
📍 Putignano →The Emilian carnival twinned with Rio de Janeiro: floats, masks and a samba partnership.
📍 Cento →The week when all of Italy watches the same theatre: the song festival since 1951.
📍 Sanremo →At month's end, the market fair of the prized black truffle of the Sibillini mountains.
📍 Norcia →
