Feast of Saint Victorinus
📅 Every year, on 8 June
On 8 June Pioraco, a municipality of 1,250 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patron Saint Victorinus; on 14 September the Festa dei cartai (Papermakers' Festival) is held.
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Saint Felician, patron of the land of the Cardo Storto
📅 Every year, on 8 June; on 16 August the traditional Turkey Fair and Barbera and Cardo Storto festival
Incisa Scapaccino celebrates Saint Felician on 8 June; on 16 August the traditional Turkey Fair is held, while the Sagra del Barbera e del Cardo Storto offers tastings of bagna càuda, barbera wine and local farm produce.
Saint Medard, patron of the Grape Feast
📅 Every year, on 8 June; the last weekend of September brings the Grape Feast
Arcevia celebrates Saint Medard on 8 June, in the collegiate church dedicated to him. The last weekend of September brings the Festa dell'Uva, with allegorical float parades, a Palio and food-and-wine stalls.
Saint Rosalia, patroness with a missionary co-patron martyred in Nagasaki
📅 Every year, on the Tuesday after the first Sunday of June
Santo Stefano Quisquina celebrates Saint Rosalia on the Tuesday after the first Sunday of June, in the hermitage dedicated to her; since 2017 blessed Giacinto Giordano Ansalone, a Dominican friar born in the town and martyred in Nagasaki in 1634, has also been co-patron.
Saint Severinus and Saint Pacificus, patrons of the land of the Palio dei Castelli
📅 Every year, on 8 June; the first two weeks of the month also hold the 15th-century Palio dei Castelli
San Severino Marche celebrates Saint Severinus and Saint Pacificus on 8 June. Every year, in the first two weeks of June, the Palio dei Castelli association organizes celebrations in honour of the patron, set in the 15th century, when the town was ruled by the Smeducci lordship.
Saint Severinus, patron with co-patron the Blessed Giolo, a 13th-century hermit
📅 Every year, on 8 June
Sellano celebrates Saint Severinus on 8 June, in the 14th-century church dedicated to him; the town's co-patron is the Blessed Giolo, a hermit who lived between 1250 and 1315, whose remains are kept in the town.
Procession 📍 Gangi
Feast of the Holy Spirit
📅 Every year on the Monday after Pentecost, between late May and June
On the Monday after Pentecost, some forty statues of saints are carried on shoulders through Gangi to the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, ending with ritual runs across the churchyard.