Feast of Saint Apollinaris
📅 Every year, on 23 July; the Madonna Greca on the Sunday after Easter
Ravenna has two patrons and two dates: Saint Apollinaris, the city's first bishop, on 23 July; the Madonna Greca on the Sunday after Easter.
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4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 23
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Feast of Saint Apollinaris
📅 Every year, on 23 July
On 23 July Mercatino Conca, a municipality of 1,108 inhabitants in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, celebrates its patron Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna (sant'Apollinare).
Our Lady of Terzito, patron venerated between two mountains of Salina
📅 Every year, on 23 July
Leni celebrates Our Lady of Terzito on 23 July, in the 1630 sanctuary set in a hollow between Monte Fossa delle Felci and Monte dei Porri, which houses an 18th-century painting of the Virgin protecting the Aeolian Islands.
Saint Apollinaris, patron of the land of the Fiera dei sette dolori
📅 Every year, on 23 July; the Fair of the Seven Sorrows, the oldest sagra in Ravenna province, dates to the 17th century
Russi celebrates Saint Apollinaris on 23 July, in the church dedicated to him. The Fīra di sët dulūr (Fair of the Seven Sorrows), the oldest sagra in Ravenna province, dates back to the 17th century and was tied to the Servite friars once present in Russi, who celebrated Our Lady of Sorrows.
Saint Christina, twice a year
📅 Every year, on 23 and 24 July; 8, 9 and 10 January for the arrival of the relics
Sepino celebrates its patron on 23 and 24 July, together with Bolsena, its twin town. But the feast felt most deeply falls in January, and recalls the arrival of the relics in 1099.
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Apollinaris, patrons of the land of the Abbey of Agnano
📅 Every year, on 23 July
Bucine celebrates its patrons, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Apollinaris, on 23 July.