🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 20

Stories and curiosities for July 20, 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… 26

26 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 20

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Coreno Ausonio

Celebrations of Saint Margaret

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Coreno Ausonio, a municipality of 1,671 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patroness Saint Margaret (Santa Margherita); on the first Sunday of August the Palio delle Contrade takes place.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Santa Margherita Ligure

Feast of Saint Margaret

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Santa Margherita Ligure celebrates the martyr of Antioch who gives the town its name, in the basilica begun in 1658 over the remains of a 13th-century church.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Laerru

Feast of Saint Margaret

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Laerru, a municipality of 945 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patroness Saint Margaret (Santa Margherita).

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Cassinelle

Feast of Saint Margaret

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Cassinelle, a municipality of 937 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Saint Margaret (Santa Margherita).

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Castino

Feast of Saint Margaret of Antioch

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Castino, a municipality of 500 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Saint Margaret of Antioch; the co-patron is Saint Joseph.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Ferla

Feast of Saint Sebastian

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Ferla celebrates Saint Sebastian in the church that bears his name. But the town's most deeply felt feast is Easter, with processions that no longer exist elsewhere.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Olivadi

Feast of Sant'Elia

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Olivadi, a municipality of 587 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, celebrates its patron Sant'Elia.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Villaurbana

Feast of Santa Margherita

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Villaurbana, a municipality of 1,731 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patroness Santa Margherita.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Premeno

Feast of Santa Margherita

📅 Every year, on 20 July

On 20 July Premeno, a municipality of 746 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patroness Santa Margherita.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Montefiascone

Saint Margaret of Antioch and Saint Flavian, patrons of the land of Est! Est!! Est!!!

📅 Every year, on 20 July; in August the Wine Fair celebrates the famous Est! Est!! Est!!!

Montefiascone celebrates Saint Margaret of Antioch and Saint Flavian on 20 July. August brings the Wine Fair, established in 1958, celebrating the town's historic wine-growing tradition and its renowned Est! Est!! Est!!! wine, tied to the legend of prelate Giovanni Deuc, known as Defuk, and his servant Martino, sent around 1111 to search for the best wine.

Patron saint festival In 266 days 📍 Licodia Eubea

The month of Margaret

📅 Every year, on 20 July, with the vigil on the 19th

On 20 July Licodia Eubea celebrates Saint Margaret of Antioch in Pisidia: the celebrations, though, begin at the start of the month, in the «mese margheritiano».