🔔 The Italian Almanac

June 16

Stories and curiosities for June 16, 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… 9

9 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 16

Patron saint festival In 233 days 📍 Lenta

Feast of Saint Olympius

📅 Every year, on 16 June

On 16 June Lenta, a municipality of 878 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron Saint Olympius (sant'Olimpio).

Patron saint festival In 233 days 📍 Venafro

Feast of Saints Nicander, Marcian and Daria

📅 Every year, on 16, 17 and 18 June

On 16, 17 and 18 June Venafro celebrates its martyrs: two Roman soldiers stationed in the town and the wife of one of them, sentenced to death in 303 for refusing to renounce their faith.

Patron saint festival In 233 days 📍 Pisa

Saint Ranieri and the Luminara

📅 Every year, on 16 and 17 June

Pisa's patron falls on 17 June, but the night before the city turns off the lights: the Luminara outlines the buildings along the Arno with oil lamps, the high point of the Giugno Pisano.