🔔 The Italian Almanac

June 17

Stories and curiosities for June 17, 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… 4

4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 17

Patron saint festival In 234 days 📍 Petralia Sottana

Saint Calogerus and the 1,800-kilogram float

📅 Every year, on 17 and 18 June

Petralia Sottana celebrates Saint Calogerus on 17 and 18 June, after a week of preparation known as the settina; the saint's heavy float, weighing 1,800 kilograms, is carried up the town's steep streets without the confraternities, because it is a feast of the people.

Patron saint festival In 234 days 📍 San Nicandro Garganico

Saints Nicander, Marcian and Daria, patrons of the town of the October Fair

📅 Every year, on 17 June; the Immaculate Conception co-patroness on 8 December

San Nicandro Garganico celebrates Saints Nicander, Marcian and Daria on 17 June; co-patroness is the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on 8 December. Every year, the Fiera d'Ottobre del Gargano, dating back to 1842, enlivens the town, while bonfires in different districts open the Carnevale Sannicandrese.