🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 6

Stories and curiosities for July 6, 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… 6

6 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 6

Patron saint festival In 252 days 📍 Torre di Ruggiero

Feast of Saint Domenica

📅 Every year, on 6 July

On 6 July Torre di Ruggiero, a municipality of 1,131 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, celebrates its patroness Saint Domenica (Santa Domenica).

Patron saint festival In 252 days 📍 Scorrano

Saint Domenica, protector of the town of illuminations

📅 Every year, from 5 to 9 July, with grand illuminations and a fireworks competition

Scorrano celebrates Saint Domenica, its protector, from 5 to 9 July, with grand illuminations and a daytime and nighttime fireworks competition with prizes for master pyrotechnicians.

Patron saint festival In 252 days 📍 Latina

Saint Maria Goretti, patron of one of Italy's youngest cities

📅 Every year, on 6 July, with a night-time pilgrimage the night before; Saint Mark the Evangelist, co-patron, is celebrated on 25 April

Latina celebrates Saint Maria Goretti on 6 July, with a night-time pilgrimage on foot the night before; the city, founded as Littoria in 1932 after the reclamation of the Agro Pontino, also venerates Saint Mark the Evangelist, to whom the cathedral is dedicated.