The Italian Almanac for January 17: stories and curiosities

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 72

72 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on January 17

Sant'Antonio abate 68

MisterbiancoSicily Sant'Antonio AbateCampania Aci Sant'AntonioSicily TavagnaccoFriuli Venezia Giulia RosàVeneto Sant'Angelo LodigianoLombardy ValmadreraLombardy Castelletto sopra TicinoPiedmont MalalbergoEmilia-Romagna Monteforte d'AlponeVeneto FivizzanoTuscany AgerolaCampania Recoaro TermeVeneto CastelcovatiLombardy CastelsardoSardinia Pozzo d'AddaLombardy Casnate con BernateLombardy MontàPiedmont Camporotondo EtneoSicily SedeglianoFriuli Venezia Giulia VicovaroLazio Costermano sul GardaVeneto PravisdominiFriuli Venezia Giulia VibonatiCampania CastrofilippoSicily Alano di PiaveVeneto VenianoLombardy BurgioSicily PosadaSardinia MeleLiguria DesuloSardinia BerbennoLombardy RiardoCampania GalluccioCampania SilanusSardinia ValtournencheAosta Valley DolceacquaLiguria Fara Filiorum PetriAbruzzo Rocchetta Sant'AntonioPuglia Cassinetta di LugagnanoLombardy BevilacquaVeneto MontagnarealeSicily Deiva MarinaLiguria Cencenighe AgordinoVeneto Piacenza d'AdigeVeneto MottafolloneCalabria ElloLombardy BolognanoAbruzzo Colli VerdiLombardy PiarioLombardy CropalatiCalabria MaglioloLiguria Pietra de' GiorgiLombardy BorgomaroLiguria TocenoPiedmont RoccasparveraPiedmont Calasca-CastiglionePiedmont LusernettaPiedmont Olmo al BremboLombardy FontainemoreAosta Valley VasiaLiguria Villa Sant'AntonioSardinia MontabonePiedmont LoazzoloPiedmont CortandonePiedmont FontanigordaLiguria Crandola ValsassinaLombardy LevicePiedmont

Other saints of the day 4

Arviersan Sulpizio · Aosta Valley Laivessant'Antonio Abate e san Nicola · Trentino-South Tyrol Tornatasant'Antonio abate e Sant'Ambrogio · Lombardy Decimomannusant'Antonio abate, santa Greca · Sardinia

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Loazzolo

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Loazzolo celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Bevilacqua

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Bevilacqua celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the Castello di Bevilacqua also stands here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Bolognano

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Bolognano celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; on Monte Crocetta stands the Cappella dell'Iconicella, a devotional destination every Friday of March and on 18, 19 and 20 September.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Calasca-Castiglione

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Calasca-Castiglione celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; on 15 August the Milizia Tradizionale di Calasca, of Spanish origin, takes part in the Assumption celebrations.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Cassinetta di Lugagnano

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January (the local calendar also lists a patronal feast on the second Sunday of September)

On 17 January Cassinetta di Lugagnano celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the local calendar also lists a patronal feast on the second Sunday of September, for the Nativity of Mary.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Cencenighe Agordino

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Cencenighe Agordino celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the Museo degli scalpellini, the stonecutters' museum, is also here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Colli Verdi

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Colli Verdi celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the municipal territory preserves the Castello di Torre degli Alberi and the Castello di Verde.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Cortandone

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Cortandone celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the town holds the Festa delle Masche in September and the Sagra della Bagna càuda in November.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Crandola Valsassina

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Crandola Valsassina, a small municipality of 273 inhabitants, celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Cropalati

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Cropalati celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario, dating from around the 10th century, was known before the year 1000 as the church of the Annunciation.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Ello

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Ello celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom one of the town's churches is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Francica

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January and the last Sunday of August

Francica celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January and on the last Sunday of August.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Galluccio

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Galluccio celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot: it was the municipal administration, in the 1970s, that set this date for the patronal holiday.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Levice

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Levice, a small municipality of 246 inhabitants, celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the territory is dotted with "bric", the Piedmontese word for hills.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Lusernetta

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Lusernetta celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the municipal territory includes the Rocche Finestre and the Parco delle Betulle.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Rocchetta Sant'Antonio

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Rocchetta Sant'Antonio celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, whose name became part of the town's own name; the Castello Baronale stands here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Castelletto sopra Ticino

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Castelletto sopra Ticino celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot, in the town where the Ticino leaves Lake Maggiore.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Villa Sant'Antonio

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Villa Sant'Antonio celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, whose name became part of the town's own name; the territory preserves several nuraghi and the Domus de janas of Is Forrus.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Toceno

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Toceno celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Silanus

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Silanus celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the town also celebrates Saint Mary Magdalene on 22 July and Saint Sabina in the second week of September.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Sant'Antonio di Gallura

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January and the last Sunday of September

Sant'Antonio di Gallura celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, whose name became part of the town's own name, on 17 January and on the last Sunday of September.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Montabone

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Montabone celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Roccasparvera

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Roccasparvera celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the parish church is dedicated; the Castello dei Bolleris and the Porta Bolleris stand here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Pietra de' Giorgi

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Pietra de' Giorgi celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; the town preserves the Castello di Pietra de' Giorgi.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Piario

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January (the local calendar also lists a patronal feast on 16 August, for Saint Roch)

On 17 January Piario celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated; on 16 August it also holds the patronal feast of Saint Roch, with stalls and fireworks.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Piacenza d'Adige

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Piacenza d'Adige celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Olmo al Brembo

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Olmo al Brembo celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Campelli is also here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Mottafollone

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Mottafollone celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the feudal castle also stands here.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Tornata

Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Ambrose

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Tornata celebrates its patrons Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Ambrose, to whom the same church of the town is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Pontoglio

Our Lady of the Assumption, patron celebrated with Saint Anthony the Abbot

📅 Every year, on 17 January, together with the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot

Pontoglio celebrates its patron Our Lady of the Assumption on 17 January, on the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot, in the church dedicated to the Assumption. Typical of the town is the Casoncello di Pontoglio De.Co., recognized since 2019.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Sant'Antonio Abate

Saint Anthony Abbot, patron venerated on a magnificent colourful throne

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with the statue on the magnificent throne dedicated to him

Sant'Antonio Abate celebrates its own patron saint on 17 January; his statue, the object of great popular devotion, is placed every year, on the dates surrounding the feast, on a magnificent and colourful throne dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Dolceacqua

Saint Anthony the Abbot and Ludovico Brea's polyptych

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Dolceacqua celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot in the 15th-century church dedicated to him, at the foot of the Doria castle, which holds Ludovico Brea's polyptych of Saint Devota.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Alano di Piave

Saint Anthony the Abbot and Monte Tomba

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Alano di Piave celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Decimomannu

Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Greca, patrons of the land of the Roman bridge

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Decimomannu celebrates its patrons, Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Greca, on 17 January.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Laives

Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Nicholas, patrons of the town of Carnival

📅 Every year, on 17 January; the Laives Carnival is among the largest in the region

Laives celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Nicholas on 17 January; between the municipal capital and the hamlet of Pineta, the Laives Carnival is held every year, one of the largest in the region.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Riardo

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Ferrarelle Springs

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Riardo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the area of the Ferrarelle Springs Park.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Costermano sul Garda

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Festa dell'Ospite

📅 Every year, on 17 January; the Festa dell'Ospite in Marciaga on the last weekend of July

Costermano sul Garda celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him. In the hamlet of Marciaga, the traditional Festa dell'Ospite is held on the last weekend of July.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Aci Sant'Antonio

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Festa Grande

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Aci Sant'Antonio celebrates its patron, an age-old cult dating to the late 16th century; every other summer, the Festa Ranni brings Sicilian carts and cerei into the streets.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Posada

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the great bonfire

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with a great bonfire in the piazza

Posada celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, with a great bonfire in the piazza.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Misterbianco

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Great Feast buried by lava

📅 Every year, on 16-17 January, 12 December and, every 3 years, the first Sunday of August

Misterbianco celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot three times a year, on 16-17 January, on 12 December and, every three years, with the Great Feast on the first Sunday of August; the old town was buried by Etna's lava in 1669.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Desulo

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Prioresses of the confraternities

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Desulo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January. On 16 July comes the Madonna del Carmelo, and on the second Sunday of September Saint Basil, each with the installation of new Prioresses of the respective confraternities.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Genzano di Lucania

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the snowfall that saved the town

📅 Every year, on 17 January; the Madonna delle Grazie on the second Sunday of August

On 17 January Genzano di Lucania celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot, to whom tradition attributes a miraculous snowfall that stopped a siege; the Madonna delle Grazie is celebrated in August.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Berbenno

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the sulphur springs

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Berbenno celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Magliolo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a church dated by a 1443 inscription

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Magliolo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the parish church dedicated to him in the main town, which bears on its facade an inscription reading «1443 DIE 4 APRILIS» and a 15th-century two-storey bell tower with mullioned windows.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Vasia

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a church that received a painting from Van Dyck

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Vasia celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church with the tallest bell tower in the valley; in the summer of 1624 Anthony van Dyck painted the Holy Family for this church and donated it, a work now attributed to his collaborator Jan Roos.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Deiva Marina

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a town born by moving down from the hillside villages

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Deiva Marina celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the old town grew up around the square facing his church, built in 1730 near one of two watchtowers erected by the Republic of Genoa to defend the coast.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Castrofilippo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a town dedicated to a king of Spain

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Castrofilippo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in his sanctuary; the town was founded in 1584 by Stefano Monreale, who dedicated it, as its very name «castra rex Philippi» suggests, to the king of Spain Philip II.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Montagnareale

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a town ruled by the Sidoti dukes

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Montagnareale celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the town, sold in 1639 to Don Basilio Sidoti who took possession of it with the title of duke, grew economically despite plagues, famines and the terrible 1693 earthquake.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Burgio

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a town where Easter is celebrated with the «Rigattiate»

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Burgio celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the particularly ancient and original Holy Week rites culminate in the celebrations honouring Saint Vitus the Martyr and Saint Luke the Evangelist, the so-called «Rigattiate», a religious contest between two confraternities.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Fontainemore

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of a town with the oldest Marian procession in the Aosta Valley

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Fontainemore celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; every five years the procession from Fontainemore to Oropa is held, first recorded as early as 1557, perhaps the oldest Marian procession in the Aosta Valley.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Casnate con Bernate

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Casnate

📅 Every year, on 17 January, in Casnate

In Casnate, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January. In the same town, Saint Ambrose is also honoured on 7 December; in Bernate, Saint Bernard is celebrated on 20 August.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Castelcovati

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Castelcovati

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Castelcovati celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Ostiglia

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Ostiglia

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Ostiglia celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the other patron, Saint Lawrence, is celebrated on 10 August.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Ponti sul Mincio

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Ponti sul Mincio

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Ponti sul Mincio celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, with Saint Cajetan as second patron on 7 August.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Pravisdomini

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Pravisdomini

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Pravisdomini celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Sedegliano

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Sedegliano

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Sedegliano celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Pozzo d'Adda

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the blessing of cars and animals

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with the blessing of cars and animals and the evening bonfire

Pozzo d'Adda celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him. At the end of Mass, cars and animals are blessed, and in the evening the Saint Anthony bonfire is lit at the oratory.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Fivizzano

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the Disfida fra Arcieri di Terra e Corte

📅 Every year, on 17 January; July brings the Disfida fra Arcieri di Terra e Corte, since 1971

Fivizzano celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January. Every July, since 1971, the Disfida fra Arcieri di Terra e Corte is repeated, a historical re-enactment of a singular archery contest held in 1571 in Piazza Medicea, with a parade of over three hundred participants in 16th-century costume.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Camporotondo Etneo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the Etna town of the Madonna della Scala

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Camporotondo Etneo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Novoli

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the Fòcara bonfire up to 25 metres tall

📅 Every year, from 6 to 18 January, with the Fòcara bonfire up to 25 metres tall

Novoli celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January. The celebrations begin on 6 January with a solemn ceremony and end on the 18th with the «Festa dei Paesani». The symbol of the feast and of the town is the Fòcara, an enormous bonfire of vine cuttings that can reach 25 metres in height, unique of its kind in Italy.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Giovo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the hamlet of Verla

📅 Every year, on 17 January

In the hamlet of Verla, part of Giovo, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Tavagnacco

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Adegliacco Mill

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Tavagnacco celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Sant'Angelo Lodigiano

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Offelle

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with the traditional Offelle di Sant'Antonio made by pastry shops and bakers

Sant'Angelo Lodigiano celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the basilica dedicated to him. For the feast, pastry shops and bakers prepare the traditional sweet, the Offelle di Sant'Antonio, called «Ufele de Sant'Antoni» in Lodi dialect.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Rosà

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Palio delle Rose

📅 Every year, on 17 January; in summer the town districts compete in the Palio delle Rose

Rosà celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January. In summer, the town's districts, including Borgo Tocchi, Ca' Dolfin, Ca' Minotto, Carpellina, Lunardon, Nuovo Oratorio, Sant'Antonio and Tigli-Matteotti, compete in two amateur football tournaments and the Palio delle Rose.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Montà

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Roero Wine Not

📅 Every year, on 17 January; hamlet festivals in May, June and July, including Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Montà celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the town's calendar is rich in festivities, from the Festa 'd Magg on the first Sunday of May, to the Roero Wine Not at the end of May, through to the hamlet festivals at San Rocco and San Vito, the latter dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Valmadrera

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Sasso di Preguda

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Valmadrera celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Malalbergo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the land of the Torre Gnudi

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Malalbergo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Monteforte d'Alpone

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the Montefortiana

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with the Montefortiana foot race, born in 1976

Monteforte d'Alpone celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January. On the feast's weekend, or the following one, the Montefortiana is run, a foot race born in 1976 that draws around 20,000 participants every year.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Agerola

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the Path of the Gods

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Agerola celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Recoaro Terme

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the spa town

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Recoaro Terme celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Valtournenche

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the town of Matterhorn guides

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Valtournenche celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; its 15th-century church stands in the town that gave birth to legendary Matterhorn mountain guides such as Jean-Antoine Carrel.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Castelsardo

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of the village the Doria founded as Castelgenovese

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Castelsardo celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January in the concathedral dedicated to him; the village, founded in 1102 by the Genoese Doria family as Castelgenovese, was home for years to Eleonora d'Arborea, wife of Brancaleone Doria.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Vicovaro

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron of Vicovaro

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Vicovaro celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Mele

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron since the first document of 1210

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Mele celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January; the earliest document naming the town's church, dedicated to him, dates from 22 July 1210.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Borgomaro

Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron, and the parish church's 16th-century polyptych

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Borgomaro celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the parish church of 15th-century origin, rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century, which preserves a 1551 polyptych depicting Saints Nazarius and Celsus, attributed to Raffaele De Rossi.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Miane

Saint Anthony the Abbot, the feast of the Vergoman hamlet

📅 Every year, on 17 January

In Vergoman, a hamlet of Miane, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Veniano

Saint Anthony the Abbot, the procession and the bonfire

📅 Every year, on 17 January, with a procession and bonfire on the third Sunday

Veniano celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, with a procession and bonfire dedicated to the saint on the third Sunday of the month. Saint Lawrence, on 10 August, is celebrated with the Faro rite and popular games.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Fontanigorda

Saint Anthony, co-patron, and Giorgio Caproni's verses carved in the Fairy Wood

📅 Every year, on 17 January

Fontanigorda celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot on 17 January, in the church of Santi Antonio e Giacomo; next to the parish church lies the Bosco delle Fate, where a slate path bears the verses the poet Giorgio Caproni dedicated to the valley.

Patron saint festival In 82 days 📍 Arvier

Saint Sulpicius and the Romanesque bell tower

📅 Every year, on 17 January

On 17 January Arvier celebrates Saint Sulpicius in the parish church dedicated to him, recognisable by its Romanesque bell tower; the town also keeps the remains of three medieval castles.