🔔 The Italian Almanac

January 8

Stories and curiosities for January 8, 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… 2

2 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on January 8

Patron saint festival In 73 days 📍 Vibonati

Saint Anthony the Abbot and the emigrants' return

📅 Every year, from 8 to 17 January, with the procession of the 18th-century wooden bust

Vibonati celebrates Saint Anthony the Abbot from 8 to 17 January, drawing hundreds of Vibonati emigrants and faithful from across the Gulf of Policastro.

Patron saint festival In 73 days 📍 Striano

Saint Severinus, patron of the Strianese Carnival

📅 Every year, on 8 January; the Strianese Carnival has paraded through a different spot since 1983

Striano celebrates Saint Severinus on 8 January, in the church dedicated to him. Since 1983, the allegorical floats of the Strianese Carnival have paraded each year through a different part of the town.