🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 23

Stories and curiosities for July 23, 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… 3

3 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 23

Patron saint festival In 316 days 📍 Ravenna

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.

Patron saint festival In 316 days 📍 Sepino

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.