Feast of Saint Bernard of Menthon
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Lamporo, a municipality of 546 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron Saint Bernard of Menthon.
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55 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 15
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📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Lamporo, a municipality of 546 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron Saint Bernard of Menthon.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Ailoche, a municipality of 330 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patron Saint Bernard of Menthon.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Capaccio Paestum celebrates Saint Vitus, its patron, in the municipality of the Greek temples of Paestum.
📅 Every year, on 15 June (Saint Justa on 1 August)
On 15 June Tufillo, a municipality of 468 inhabitants in the province of Chieti, celebrates Saint Vitus; the other patron, Saint Justa, is remembered on 1 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 June and the last Sunday of August (Saint Vitus); Saint Stephen on 3 August
On 15 June and on the last Sunday of August Santo Stefano del Sole, a municipality of 2,189 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates Saint Vitus; the other patron, Saint Stephen the Protomartyr, is remembered on 3 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June San Vito di Cadore, a municipality of 1,813 inhabitants in the province of Belluno, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Monte Vidon Corrado, a municipality of 777 inhabitants in the province of Fermo, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Gergei, a municipality of 1,298 inhabitants in Sud Sardegna (South Sardinia), celebrates its patron Saint Vitus.
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On 15 June Felitto, a municipality of 1,296 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus with a 7-kilometre procession and taralli given to the faithful.
📅 Every year, on 15 June (Saint Augustine on 28 August)
On 15 June Coli, a municipality of 955 inhabitants in the province of Piacenza, celebrates Saint Vitus, one of its two patrons; the other is Saint Augustine, on 28 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Ceranova, a municipality of 1,894 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Aieta, a municipality of 839 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Recanati celebrates its patrons, Saint Vitus and Saint Flavian, with the church of San Vito that gives the feast its name.
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On 15 June Polignano a Mare celebrates Saint Vitus the martyr. The town keeps his relics — a fragment of the arm and the kneecap — and on the coast to the north lies the hamlet named after him, with the abbey on its little harbour.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Banzi, a municipality of 1,406 inhabitants in the province of Potenza, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus the Martyr.
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On 15 June San Vito sullo Ionio, a municipality of 1,830 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro, celebrates its patron Saint Vitus the Martyr.
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On 15 June Brenta, a municipality of 1,798 inhabitants in the province of Varese, celebrates its patrons Saint Vitus and Saint Modestus.
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On 15 June Mombaroccio, a municipality of 2,134 inhabitants in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, celebrates its patrons Saint Vitus and Saint Modestus.
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On 15 June Andalo, a municipality of 1,026 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates its patrons Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia.
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On 15 June San Vito di Fagagna, a municipality of 1,682 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patrons Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the Seris di Fieste sagra from Friday to Monday after the feast
On 15 June San Vito al Torre, a municipality of 1,333 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patrons Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia; after the feast, from Friday to Monday, the Seris di Fieste sagra takes place.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June Valdilana celebrates Saint Bernard of Menthon, proclaimed patron of mountain-dwellers and mountaineers by Pius XI: his sanctuary stands in the Oasi Zegna, near Bielmonte.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; on 8 September the feast of the Nativity of Mary with vespers and the auctioned offering
Prato Sesia celebrates Saint Bernard of Menthon on 15 June, whose statue stands in the first chapel of the left nave of the parish church; on 8 September, the feast of the Nativity of Mary is celebrated, with the age-old tradition of vespers, the auctioned offering and outings in the vineyards.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Castri di Lecce celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 15 June and the first Monday of August
Atella celebrates Saint Vitus, patron of the town, on 15 June, and Our Lady of the Snows, titular of the mother church, on the first Monday of August with a dawn procession of the painting of the Madonna della Neve.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Burago di Molgora celebrates Saints Vitus and Modestus on 15 June, in the parish church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 15 June, with the solemn town procession
San Vito dei Normanni celebrates Saint Vitus and Saint Vincent Ferrer on 15 June, the day on which the patron's statue can be admired in a solemn procession through the streets of the historic centre.
📅 Every year, on 15 June, with the Sagra del Cassero on the third weekend of July
Montalto delle Marche celebrates Saint Vitus the Martyr on 15 June, with numerous events. The third weekend of July brings the Casserata, the Sagra del Cassero.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the Assumption on 15 August
Positano has two patrons and two dates: Saint Vitus on 15 June, when the season has just begun, and the Assumption on 15 August, when the town is at its fullest.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Badia Calavena celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him. On the last Sunday of July, in Sprea, the statue of Saint Roch climbs in procession to Monte Casteche for the Festa dell'Avoto.
📅 Every year, on 15 June, with a festival and solemn procession
Barbariga celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, with a traditional festival and a solemn procession. Since 2004, the local casoncello pasta has held municipal origin recognition.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
On 15 June San Vito Lo Capo opens its patron's feast with a ten-metre soaped beam suspended over the sea, and closes it with the landing of the Saints at sunset.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the feast of the Carmine on 16 July
Avigliano's patron is Saint Vitus, on 15 June, but the greatest religious feast is that of the Carmine: since 1696, every 16 July, the Virgin comes down from the mountain to the town and then goes back up.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the Sagra de sa Pratzira on the last Saturday of July
San Vito celebrates its patron on 15 June. On the last Saturday of the third ten-day period of July, the Sagra de sa Pratzira e de sa Petza de Craba is held, with the distribution of pratzira and roasted goat meat.
📅 Every year, on 15 June or the nearest Sunday, with the traditional flower carpet
San Vito Romano celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June or the nearest Sunday, with the traditional flower-petal carpet and procession.
📅 Every year, on 15 June and the first Sunday of August
Mascalucia celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June and the first Sunday of August; a 1969 plaque recalls how the patron saint and the veil of Saint Agatha were said to have saved the district from the destruction that spared it alone during Etna's 1669 lava flow.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Campobello di Mazara celebrates Saint Vitus the martyr on 15 June; the town's history is tied to the medieval castle that in the 13th century was a residence of Frederick II of Swabia, while the municipal territory holds the Cave di Cusa, from which the columns of the nearby Selinunte temples were quarried.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; also celebrated on 20 March
San Vito Chietino celebrates Saint Vitus the Martyr a second time on 15 June, after the first feast on 20 March.
📅 Every year, on 15 June, with the Fiera di San Vito on the second or third Sunday
Monte San Vito celebrates Saint Vitus the Martyr on 15 June. The Fiera di San Vito is held on the second or third Sunday of the month.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Rapone celebrates Saint Vitus the martyr on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him; the patron does not coincide with the dedicatee of the town's mother church, dedicated to Bishop Saint Nicholas, a sign of two distinct devotions coexisting in Rapone's religious history.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Partanna celebrates Saint Vitus, its main patron, on 15 June; the town was hard hit by the Belice earthquake of January 1968, which damaged the mother church and completely destroyed the church of San Nicola.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Albano di Lucania celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, venerated together with Saints Modestus and Crescentia; the townspeople's devotion dates from 1773, when the Sacred Congregation of Rites elected him protector of the town at the request of the clergy and people.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Condrò celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June; the church dedicated to him, from 1571, is also named for Our Lady of Tindari.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the Ferragosto week holds the «festa di mezz'agustu» of the Assumption
Ravanusa celebrates its patron Saint Vitus on 15 June; but it is on 15 August that the great feast of Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven is held, called «festa di mezz'agustu» because it falls in mid-August and lasts a whole week.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Barzanò celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 15 June, with flower carpets handed down for centuries
Sapri celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June. On the feast day, the town fills with infiorate, carpets drawn and decorated with flowers and leaves, a tradition handed down for centuries as a sign of veneration and thanks to the saint.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Civate celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Modestus.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Bagnolo San Vito celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Forio celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June; the town holds La Colombaia, the villa that was the residence of film director Luchino Visconti.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Montignoso celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; on 19 March bread and laurel altars for Saint Joseph, and in early August the Folklore Festival
Vita celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June; on 19 March, in the Church of the Purgatorio, devotional altars to Saint Joseph are set up with bread and laurel, while the first week of August has hosted, since 1996, the Città di Vita International Folklore Festival.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Tricase celebrates Saint Vitus on 15 June; the municipal territory also holds Torre Palane and Torre del Sasso, as well as the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Eboli celebrates Saints Vitus and Berniero on 15 June; the second saint is honoured with an 18th-century chapel holding his oldest known panel depiction, while the first gives his name to the ancient church of San Vito al Sele, dating from the 10th century.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Aldeno celebrates Saints Vitus and Modestus on 15 June.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Lipomo celebrates Saints Vitus and Modestus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Lusia celebrates Saints Vitus and Modestus on 15 June, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, in mid-June; Levà brings the Speo dei Morti run by the Quail Brotherhood
Montecchio Precalcino celebrates Saints Vitus and Modestus with the Sagra dei Santi Patroni in mid-June. In the hamlet of Levà, the Quail Brotherhood organizes the Sagra dello Spiedo in September and the Speo dei Morti in late October.
📅 Every year, on 15 June
Paularo celebrates Saints Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia on 15 June, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the Madonna di Rosa is celebrated on 8 September with a great town festival
San Vito al Tagliamento celebrates Saints Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia on 15 June; on 8 September, a great town festival is held in honour of the Madonna di Rosa. Since 2021, the town has also hosted the Animation Film Festival.
📅 Every year, on 15 June; the festino between the second-to-last and the last week of August
Mazara's patron is Saint Vitus, on 15 June, but the festino is held in August: it opens with a proclamation in 17th-century dress and closes with the statue taken aboard a fishing boat.