🔔 The Italian Almanac

June 13

Stories and curiosities for June 13, 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… 76

76 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 13

Patron saint festival In 276 days 📍 Padua

Feast of Saint Anthony

📅 Every year, on 13 June

On 13 June Padua celebrates the Portuguese Franciscan who died here in 1231 and whom locals call simply "il Santo": his tomb, in the basilica that bears his name, draws pilgrims from across the Christian world.

Patron saint festival In 276 days 📍 Nicolosi

Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua

📅 Every year, on 13 June; 19 February for the finding

Nicolosi's patron falls on 13 June, but the town also keeps 19 February, the anniversary of the finding of the saint's incorrupt tongue.

Patron saint festival In 276 days 📍 Anacapri

Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua

📅 Every year, on 13 June

On 13 June Anacapri celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua, its patron: the feast of the upper town, separate from Capri's, which keeps its own Saint Constantius in May.