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21 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on January 15
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📅 Every year, on 15 January; the fire night of Grello is held on 23 June
Gualdo Tadino celebrates Blessed Angelo da Gualdo Tadino and Saint Michael the Archangel on 15 January; the hamlets keep alive traditions such as the fire night of Grello, on 23 June, and the barrel race in Rigali, on the first Sunday of August.
📅 Every year, on 15 January and 16 July
Caloveto celebrates its patron Saint John Calybites on 15 January and 16 July with a procession through the streets; local dishes include the "sozizza" sausage and "maccarruni a ferretti" pasta.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Re celebrates its patron Saint Maurice; the town hosts the Santuario della Madonna del Sangue.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Castelnuovo di Ceva celebrates its patron Saint Maurice the Martyr, to whom the parish church is dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Trambileno celebrates its patron Saint Maurus, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the territory also holds the Forte Pozzacchio and the Eremo di San Colombano.
📅 Every year, on 15 January (solemn feast on the first Sunday of May)
Rittana celebrates its patron Saint Maurus on 15 January, with a solemn feast on the first Sunday of May; since 1987 the house façades in the centre have been frescoed by contemporary artists.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Quingentole celebrates its patron Saint Maurus; the town preserves the Palazzo dei vescovi di Mantova and looks out over the Po floodplain.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Marzano celebrates its patron Saint Maurus; the municipality has three parish churches, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Stephen the Protomartyr.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Castelnuovo Parano celebrates its patron Saint Maurus; every three years, on 21 August, the town hosts the meeting of the faithful of Ausonia and Castro dei Volsci linked to the Virgin of the Plain.
📅 Every year, on 15 January (Saint Maurus) and the third Sunday of May (Saint Pudentiana)
Gerenzago has two patrons: Saint Maurus, celebrated on 15 January, and Saint Pudentiana, celebrated on the third Sunday of May; the town preserves the Castello di Gerenzago.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
On 15 January Canterano celebrates its patrons Saint Maurus the Abbot and Our Lady of the Angels, to whom the town's sanctuary is dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Bonito celebrates Saint Bonitus of Clermont on 15 January, in the shadow of the Norman castle.
📅 Every year, on 15 January; Good Friday brings the procession of the Dead Christ
San Costanzo celebrates its patron on 15 January, in the church dedicated to him. The century-old Sagra Polentara is held twice a year, in a winter version in March and a summer version in July.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Capoterra celebrates Saint Ephysius on 15 January, in the church of Sant'Efisio di Su Loi dedicated to him, next to the coastal tower of the same name.
📅 Every year, from 1 to 22 January and the first Sunday of September, culminating on 15 January
Viagrande celebrates Saint Maurus Abbot on 15 January, in one of the most beautiful and best-attended religious feasts in eastern Sicily, held every year from 1 to 22 January and again on the first Sunday of September.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Gessate celebrates Saint Maurus the Abbot on 15 January, with the relics displayed for the faithful's veneration in the parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo. The feast, deeply felt in neighbouring towns too, has drawn worshippers since the previous century.
📅 Every year, on 15 January, with the procession; a second feast, with the burning of the bell tower, falls on the second Sunday of July
Casoria celebrates Saint Maurus the Abbot twice a year: on 15 January, with a procession of his statue through the town, and on the second Sunday of July, with the traditional «burning of the bell tower» of the basilica named after him.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Buscate celebrates Saint Maurus the Abbot on 15 January, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
San Mauro Forte celebrates Saint Maurus the Abbot on 15 January; the following day sees the Sagra del Campanaccio, an age-old festival combining pagan propitiatory rites tied to transhumance with sacred celebrations honouring the saint.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Aci Castello celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January; its 17th-century mother church stands out for its oriental Baroque style with a broad dome, in the town that the poets Virgil and Ovid linked to the love myth of the nymph Galatea and the shepherd boy Aci.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
San Paolo d'Argon celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January.
📅 Every year, on 15 January; the third Saturday of July brings the Stella Maris procession with illuminated boats
Sarnico celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January. On the third Saturday of July, the procession of the Madonna di Stella Maris is held, accompanied by illuminated boats and a fireworks display on the lake.
📅 Every year, on 15 January, with a procession through the town's streets; the Mathi Carnival is among the largest in the area
Mathi celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January, with a religious procession in which the patron's statue is carried through the town's streets, accompanied by songs and prayers; the Mathi Carnival, among the largest in the area, suspended in 2013 for lack of funds, was revived in 2017 with a new organising committee.
📅 Every year, on 15 January
Orta di Atella celebrates Saint Maximus of Nola on 15 January, in the church dedicated to him; the town was the birthplace of the baroque painter Massimo Stanzione, among the leading figures of the 17th-century Neapolitan school.
