🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 12

Stories and curiosities for July 12, 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… 14

14 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 12

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Patron saint festival In 258 days 📍 Savogna

Feast of Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus

📅 Every year, on 12 July

On 12 July Savogna, a municipality of 482 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patrons Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus with a village sagra, music and local theatre.

Patron saint festival In 258 days 📍 Cannero Riviera

Feast of the Madonna del Carmine

📅 Every year, on the second Monday of July

On the second Monday of July Cannero Riviera, a municipality of 973 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patroness the Madonna del Carmine.

Patron saint festival In 258 days 📍 Aquileia

Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus

📅 Every year, on 12 July

On 12 July Aquileia celebrates Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, patrons of a town that was a patriarchal see and today lives around its basilica.

Patron saint festival In 258 days 📍 Grado

The patrons and the Perdòn de Barbana

📅 Every year, on 12 July; the Perdòn de Barbana on the first Sunday of July

Grado's patrons are Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, on 12 July, but the tradition that defines the town is the Perdòn de Barbana: the Madonna carried across the lagoon by a cortege of flower-decked boats.