Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie
📅 Every year, on 1 and 2 July
On 1 and 2 July Corvara, a municipality of 278 inhabitants in the province of Pescara, celebrates its patroness the Madonna delle Grazie.
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2 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 1
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Saint Martial and Alberto da Chiatina, patrons alongside the Holy Nail
📅 Every year, on 1 July at San Marziale; the relic of the Holy Nail is carried in procession every year
Colle di Val d'Elsa celebrates Saint Martial and Alberto da Chiatina on 1 July, with the patronal feast held at San Marziale, in the hamlet of Gracciano dell'Elsa; the town also holds, according to tradition, one of the nails of Christ's crucifixion, carried in solemn procession every year.
Saint Nicholas, patron of a village built on the foundations of an Italic temple
📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 July, with the patron celebrated on the 3rd after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie
Vastogirardi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 3 July, after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie; the locality once hosted a 3rd-2nd century BC Italic temple, whose walls were reused in the Middle Ages to build a small church.
Saint Theobald, patron of the land of the Oasi Valle della Buora
📅 Every year, on 1 July
Badia Polesine celebrates Saint Theobald on 1 July.
The Madonna della Nova and the 1644 Turkish raid
📅 Every year, on 1 and 2 July, since 1644 in memory of a spared Turkish raid
Rocca Imperiale celebrates the Madonna della Nova on 1 and 2 July. The solemnity became patronal right after a large Turkish fleet, which appeared on 29 June 1644, withdrew without striking the town.