🔔 The Italian Almanac

June 3

Stories and curiosities for June 3, 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… 10

10 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on June 3

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Patron saint festival In 220 days 📍 Laureana Cilento

Feast of Saint Cono

📅 Every year, on 3 June

On 3 June Laureana Cilento, a municipality of 1,151 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron Saint Cono.

Patron saint festival In 220 days 📍 Alfiano Natta

Feast of Saint Marcian

📅 Every year, on 3 June

On 3 June Alfiano Natta, a municipality of 754 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Saint Marcian, to whom the parish church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 220 days 📍 Castro dei Volsci

Saint Oliva, patron since the Middle Ages

📅 Every year, on 3 June, with the gilded metal throne of 1912

Castro dei Volsci celebrates Saint Oliva on 3 June, in the church dedicated to her, carried in procession on a gilded metal throne made in 1912. The townspeople's devotion dates back to the early Middle Ages.

Patron saint festival In 220 days 📍 Messina

The Madonna della Lettera

📅 Every year, on 3 June; the Vara of the Assumption on 15 August

Messina's patron is the Madonna della Lettera, celebrated on 3 June. But the day the city gives its all is another: 15 August, when the Vara comes out for the Assumption.

Patron saint festival In 220 days 📍 Torreglia

The Sacred Heart of Jesus, patron of the Festa della Mira

📅 Every year, on the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi; the last weekend of May brings the Festa della Mira

Torreglia celebrates the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi, in the church dedicated to him. On the last weekend of May, the Festa della Mira is held, a cultural event on the hill of the same name in the town centre.