🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 3

Stories and curiosities for July 3, 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… 7

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

Patron saint festival In 249 days 📍 Giovinazzo

Saint Thomas the Apostle, patron alongside Holy Mary of Corsignano

📅 Every year, on 3 July; Holy Mary of Corsignano is celebrated on 18 August

Giovinazzo celebrates Saint Thomas the Apostle on 3 July; the town's co-patron is Holy Mary of Corsignano, on 18 August. From the late 1990s until 2017, the town hosted the Giovinazzo Rock Festival, recognised within the national circuit of music festivals.

Patron saint festival In 249 days 📍 Colle Umberto

Saint Thomas, patron of the hamlet feasts

📅 Every year, on 3 July; late April brings the Saint Mark feast at Menarè

Colle Umberto celebrates Saint Thomas on 3 July, in the church dedicated to him. Among the hamlet feasts, the one for Saint Mark at Menarè is held in late April and the one for Saint Sebastian in late August.