Feast of Saint John
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Florence celebrates the Baptist, to whom its baptistery is dedicated. On that day the city magistrates offered the patron the palii, the fine cloths that gave the races their name.
No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
🎉 Celebrations today in… 203
203 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 24
San Giovanni Battista 182
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Other saints of the day 16
Ozzano Monferrato · Piedmont VottignascoMadonna del Bosco · Piedmont Cerrionesan Giovanni Battista (Cerrione) · san Giorgio (Vergnasco) · Madonna del Carmine (Magnonevolo) · Piedmont Voltaggiosan Giovanni Battista de' Rossi · Piedmont Turinsan Giovanni Battista e Madonna della Consolata · Piedmont San Giovanni in Fioresan Giovanni Battista e san Francesco Saverio · Calabria Busto Arsiziosan Giovanni Battista e san Michele Arcangelo · Lombardy Campodolcinosan Giovanni Battista e san Primo · Lombardy MonzaSan Giovanni Battista · San Gerardo dei Tintori · Lombardy SignaSan Giovanni Battista, Giovanna da Signa · Tuscany Pallagoriosan Giovanni Battista, Madonna del Carmine · Calabria Roccapiemontesan Giovanni Battista, Sant'Anna (a Casali) · Campania Cernusco Lombardonesan Giovanni Battista, santa Maria del Rosario (compatrono) · Lombardy Remanzaccosan Giovanni Battista, santi Ermacora e Fortunato, san Martino · Friuli Venezia Giulia Foiano di Val Fortoresan Giovanni Eremita · Campania MezzolombardoSan Pietro · Trentino-South Tyrol
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Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
24 June is the day of Turin's patron saint. The city has two, in fact: alongside the Baptist, who gives the cathedral its name, it venerates the Madonna della Consolata.
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Castelvetrano celebrates the Baptist, its patron. The town's best-known religious tradition, though, is another: the Aurora on Easter morning, unbroken since 1660.
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Riomaggiore celebrates the Baptist in the church that carries his name, above the village of vertical houses that opens the Cinque Terre.
Patron saint festival 📍 Marsala
Feast of St John the Baptist
📅 Every year on 24 June, with celebrations in the days before
Every 24 June Marsala celebrates its co-patron St John the Baptist with a procession and fireworks over the Lungomare Boeo, after days of concerts, themed talks and seafront market stalls.
Patronal Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Genoa celebrates Saint John the Baptist, its patron. Days later, on the first Sunday of July, the gulf hosts the San Pietro rowing palio.