🔔 The Italian Almanac

January 22

Stories and curiosities for January 22, 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… 36

36 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on January 22

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Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Boca

Feast of Saint Gaudentius

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Boca celebrates its patron Saint Gaudentius, whose name is also borne by one of the town's four districts.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Baceno

Feast of Saint Gaudentius

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Baceno celebrates its patron Saint Gaudentius, to whom the monumental church is dedicated; the town also has the Museo della Funivia di Goglio.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Cavallirio

Feast of Saint Gaudentius

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Cavallirio celebrates its patron Saint Gaudentius, after whom the parish church is named; the territory holds the Torre di Cavallirio and La Cammilluccia.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Secugnago

Feast of Saint Gaudentius

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Secugnago celebrates its patron Saint Gaudentius of Novara, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the town also has Villa Rossi-Cerri.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Occimiano

Feast of Saint Valerius

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Occimiano celebrates its patron Saint Valerius, after whom the town's church is named, identified with Valerius of Saragossa.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Vinchio

Feast of Saint Vincent

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Vinchio, a municipality of 657 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patron Saint Vincent; among the town's sites is a fossil observation area.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Saint-Vincent

Feast of Saint Vincent

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Saint-Vincent celebrates Saint Vincent of Saragossa, who gives the town its name and his own to its 12th-century Romanesque church.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Mirabello Monferrato

Feast of Saint Vincent

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Mirabello Monferrato celebrates its patron Saint Vincent, after whom the parish church is named; in May and June the town hosts the Folke'bello and the Festa d'estate.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Pauli Arbarei

Feast of Saint Vincent

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Pauli Arbarei, a municipality of 651 inhabitants in Sud Sardegna, celebrates its patron Saint Vincent; the territory preserves nuraghi and a sacred well.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Casorzo

Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa

📅 Every year, on 22 January

On 22 January Casorzo celebrates its patron Saint Vincent of Saragossa, to whom the town's church is dedicated; among the municipality's sites is the Gelso Bialbero.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Cerete

Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa in Cerete Basso

📅 On 22 January in Cerete Basso (Saint Vincent of Saragossa) and on 3 May in Cerete Alto (Saints Philip and James)

On 22 January Cerete Basso celebrates its patron Saint Vincent of Saragossa; Cerete Alto has Saints Philip and James as patrons instead, on 3 May.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Agugliano

Saint Anastasius, patron of the Peruzzini canvas

📅 Every year, on 22 January, with the seventeenth-century Peruzzini canvas

Agugliano celebrates its patron Saint Anastasius on 22 January, in the church dedicated to him, built in the sixteenth century, which holds a seventeenth-century canvas by the Ancona-born painter Antonio Francesco Peruzzini.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Novara

Saint Gaudentius, patron beneath Italy's tallest brick dome

📅 Every year, on 22 January, following a rite preserved since the 15th century

Novara celebrates Saint Gaudentius on 22 January with a rite preserved since the 15th century, culminating in the «Flower Ceremony»; his basilica is topped by the famous 121-metre dome by Alessandro Antonelli, among the tallest brick domes in the world.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Miggiano

Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron of Miggiano

📅 Every year, on 22 January, with procession and civic events

Miggiano celebrates Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron of the town and titular of the parish, on 22 January, with liturgical celebrations, the procession of the saint's statue and civic events.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Ugento

Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron of the town and the diocese

📅 Every year, on 22 January, patronal feast and fair; the saint is also patron of the whole diocese

Ugento celebrates Saint Vincent of Saragossa on 22 January, with the patronal feast and fair; the saint is also patron of the entire Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca. The feast of the Holy Physicians Cosmas and Damian is also deeply felt, with light displays and a procession from the sanctuary dedicated to them.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Cernobbio

Saint Vincent the Martyr, patron of the ancient shrine

📅 Every year, on 22 January, in the shrine that was once the parish church

Cernobbio celebrates Saint Vincent, martyr and deacon of Zaragoza, on 22 January. The Shrine of San Vincenzo, one of the town's main places of worship, was the ancient parish and provostal church until 1935.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Calcinato

Saint Vincent, patron of the land of the Festa delle alberelle

📅 Every year, on 22 January; late July the Sagra di Sant'Anna, mid-February the Ponte San Marco patronal feast

Calcinato celebrates Saint Vincent on 22 January, in the church dedicated to him. Late July brings the Sagra di Sant'Anna, honouring Saints Anne and Joachim, while in the hamlet of Ponte San Marco the patronal feast of Saints Faustinus and Jovita is held in mid-February. The two weeks after Easter bring the Festa delle alberelle.

Patron saint festival In 87 days 📍 Pieve Vergonte

Saints Vincent and Anastasius, patrons with their own liturgy granted by the Rites

📅 Every year, on 22 January; a dedicated liturgical celebration, granted in 1879, is held the last Sunday of October

Pieve Vergonte celebrates Saints Vincent and Anastasius on 22 January; in 1879 the Sacred Congregation of Rites granted the parish its own office and liturgy for a solemn annual celebration, still held today on the last Sunday of October.