🔔 The Italian Almanac

January 27

Stories and curiosities for January 27, 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… 3

3 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on January 27

Patron saint festival In 92 days 📍 Accettura

Saint Julian and the Maggio, the marriage of the trees

📅 Every year, on 27 January

Accettura celebrates Saint Julian on 27 January, but its most famous feast is the Maggio, an ancient arboreal and propitiatory rite held on Pentecost Sunday that brings into town the trunk of a Turkey oak grafted with the top of a holly tree.

Patron saint festival In 92 days 📍 Giugliano in Campania

Saint Julian of Sora, patron venerated alongside Our Lady of Peace

📅 Every year, on 27 January; Our Lady of Peace, co-patron, is celebrated from the Saturday before Pentecost to the following Sunday

Giugliano in Campania celebrates Saint Julian of Sora on 27 January in the Treasury Chapel of the church of Santa Sofia; the co-patron Our Lady of Peace, recognised by the Vatican in 1739, is instead celebrated from the eve of Pentecost through the following week.

Patron saint festival In 92 days 📍 Sparanise

Saint Vitalian, patron of the Gran Carnevale Caleno

📅 Every year, on 27 January; the Gran Carnevale Caleno parades every year

Sparanise celebrates its patron Saint Vitalian on 27 January, in the church dedicated to him. The Gran Carnevale Caleno, a very popular masked parade, is also held every year.