Feast of Saint Felix and Saint Elizabeth
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Cervara di Roma, a municipality of 472 inhabitants in the province of Rome, celebrates its patrons Saint Felix of Rome and Saint Elizabeth.
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🎉 Celebrations today in… 29
29 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 2
Madonna delle Grazie 7
Maria Santissima della Visitazione 6
Maria SS. delle Grazie 3
Madonna della Visitazione 2
Other saints of the day 11
Carpignano SalentinoMadonna della Grotta · Puglia Rocca ImperialeMadonna della Nova · Calabria Tavernola BergamascaMadonna di Cortinica · Lombardy Rodi GarganicoMaria Santissima della Libera e san Cristoforo · Puglia CamogliNostra Signora del Boschetto · Liguria ChiavariNostra Signora dell'Orto · Liguria RapalloNostra Signora di Montallegro · Liguria Cervara di Romasan Felice di Roma e santa Elisabetta · Lazio Vastogirardisan Nicola · Molise AcquappesaSanta Maria del rifugio · Calabria Bagnolo Mellasanti Processo e Martiniano · Lombardy
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Feast of Santa Maria del Rifugio
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Acquappesa, a municipality of 1,910 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria del Rifugio (Our Lady of Refuge).
Feast of Santa Maria delle Grazie
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Lustra, a municipality of 1,100 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria delle Grazie (Our Lady of Graces).
Feast of the Madonna della Bruna
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Matera builds a triumphal papier-mâché float and, at the end of the day, lets the crowd tear it apart. It has done so since 1389, and the following year the float is built again from scratch.
Feast of the Madonna della Visitazione
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Claviere, a municipality of 192 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Visitazione.
Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Siddi, a municipality of 696 inhabitants in Sud Sardegna (South Sardinia), celebrates its patroness the Madonna delle Grazie; in late July the Appetitosamente festival takes place.
Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Roghudi, a municipality of 1,172 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria, celebrates its patroness the Madonna delle Grazie.
Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Nemoli, a municipality of 1,512 inhabitants in the province of Potenza, celebrates its patroness the Madonna delle Grazie.
Feast of the Madonna di Cortinica
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Tavernola Bergamasca, a municipality of 2,140 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness the Madonna di Cortinica, at the sanctuary on the hill.
Feast of the Visitation
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Malborghetto Valbruna, a municipality of 969 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patroness Maria santissima della Visitazione.
Feast of the Visitation
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Campotosto, a municipality of 586 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima della Visitazione.
Feast of the Visitation of Mary
📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Roch on 16 August
On 2 July Costa Valle Imagna, a municipality of 620 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Saint Mary of the Visitation; on 16 August comes the feast of Saint Roch.
Maria Santissima della Libera, Saint Christopher and Saint Valentine of the citrus groves
📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Valentine, protector of the citrus groves, since 1618
Rodi Garganico celebrates Maria Santissima della Libera and Saint Christopher on 2 July. Since 1618, Saint Valentine, protector of the citrus groves, has also been celebrated, with a procession on 14 February.
Mary Most Holy of Grace, patron of Mugnano del Cardinale
📅 Every year, on 2 July, with the memory of Antonio Settembre
Mugnano del Cardinale celebrates Mary Most Holy of Grace on 2 July. Every year during the town feast, a commemoration is held in honour of Antonio Settembre, with a procession recalling his deeds.
Mary Most Holy of Graces, the patroness who unites Alia with its emigrants in the United States
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Alia celebrates Mary Most Holy of Graces on 2 July, drawing back many emigrants; residents of Alia living in the United States, unable to take part, had an identical copy of the statue made, carried in procession at the same time.
Our Lady of Charity, patron celebrated twice a year
📅 Every year, on 2 July (first Sunday of July)
Santa Maria la Carità celebrates its patron, Our Lady of Charity, locally also called Santa Maria delle Grazie, on 2 July (first Sunday of July) and on 21 November.
Our Lady of Grace and the Zigni torchlight procession
📅 Every year, on 2 July, with the flower carpets and the Zigni torchlight procession
Verbicaro celebrates Our Lady of Grace on 2 July. In the morning, flower-petal carpets are prepared along the town's streets, crossed in the late afternoon by the procession, which meets the Zigni torchlight procession at its midpoint.
Our Lady of Grace, patron of a town of ancient coastal towers
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Isola delle Femmine celebrates Our Lady of Grace on 2 July; the town takes its name from the islet crowned by an ancient tower, at the centre of legends such as the unfounded one that it once served as a prison for women only.
Our Lady of Grace, the town's former patron
📅 Every year, on 2 July; the former patron, celebrated before Saint Joseph
San Marzano di San Giuseppe celebrates Our Lady of Grace, the town's former patron, on 2 July, in the sanctuary dedicated to her. The current patron is Saint Joseph, celebrated on 19 March.
Our Lady of Graces and the betrayed castle
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Calizzano celebrates Our Lady of Graces on 2 July; the sanctuary dedicated to her, possibly from the 9th century, holds a frescoed Romanesque portico, while the 13th-century Del Carretto castle was destroyed after a betrayal in the 15th century.
Our Lady of Montallegro, patron who appeared in 1557 to a farmer
📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 July, with the procession on the 3rd
Rapallo celebrates Our Lady of Montallegro on 2 July; according to tradition the Virgin appeared on 2 July 1557 to the farmer Giovanni Chichizola on a hill 612 metres high, where the townspeople built the sanctuary that houses her image the following year.
Our Lady of the Garden, patron who appeared in 1610 to a fellow townsman
📅 Every year, on 2 and 3 July, with a procession, fair and market stalls
Chiavari celebrates Our Lady of the Garden on 2 and 3 July; according to tradition the Virgin appeared on 2 July 1610 to fellow townsman Sebastiano Descalzo, and the cathedral, co-patron with Our Lady of Montallegro of the diocese, rose on the site of the apparition three years later.
Our Lady of the Grotto and the Festa te lu mieru
📅 Every year, on 2 and 3 July
Carpignano Salentino celebrates Our Lady of the Grotto on 2 and 3 July. The first weekend of September brings the Festa te lu mieru, one of the most famous fairs of the Salento summer, held since 1974.
Saints Processus and Martinian, patrons of the land of the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Stella
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Bagnolo Mella celebrates Saints Processus and Martinian on 2 July.
The Golden Ship of the Madonna della Visitazione
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July one hundred and twenty-four men carry the Golden Ship of 1590 through upper Enna, bearing the statue of the Madonna of the Visitation covered in gold offered by the faithful, all the way to the church of Montesalvo.
The Madonna del Boschetto
📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Fortunato on the second Sunday of May, Saint Prospero on 31 August
On 2 July Camogli recalls the apparition seen in 1518 by Angiola Schiaffino where the sanctuary now stands. But the town has three patrons, each with a date and a story.
The Madonna della Visitazione, patroness first recorded in expense accounts from 1706
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Pace del Mela celebrates the Madonna della Visitazione on 2 July, first attested by an expense account as early as 1706; the wooden group of the Visitation, made in 1870 by the Messina sculptor Michele Cangeri, is carried in procession through the town's streets.
The Visitation and the valley's craftsmen
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Rhêmes-Notre-Dame celebrates the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; on the second-to-last Sunday of July, instead, craftsmen from across the Aosta Valley arrive.
The Visitation, patroness of a town with a church turned into a fortress
📅 Every year, on 2 July
Cipressa celebrates the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 2 July; her 17th-century Baroque parish church stands in the historic centre, while the hamlet of Lingueglietta holds the rare fortress-church of San Pietro, converted for defence against Barbary raids.