🔔 The Italian Almanac

June 22

Stories and curiosities for June 22, 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 22

Patron saint festival In 239 days 📍 Nola

Saint Paulinus of Nola, patron remembered by the Festa dei Gigli, a UNESCO heritage

📅 Every year, on the Sunday after 22 June, with the Festa dei Gigli, a UNESCO heritage; Saint Felix, co-patron, is celebrated on 15 November

Nola celebrates Saint Paulinus on the Sunday after 22 June with the centuries-old Festa dei Gigli, recognised by UNESCO in 2013; the saint, to whom tradition attributes the invention of bells, is remembered for his return from barbarian captivity in the 5th century.