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🔔 The Italian Almanac

March 19

Stories and curiosities for March 19, 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… 66

66 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on March 19

San Giuseppe 59

BagheriaSicily LadispoliLazio Fonte NuovaLazio CecinaTuscany San Giuseppe VesuvianoCampania DalmineLombardy OrvietoUmbria VillabateSicily Santa MarinellaLazio CapursoPuglia Sant'Agata di MilitelloSicily Monte CompatriLazio RandazzoSicily CasteldacciaSicily RamaccaSicily Fiumefreddo di SiciliaSicily SermonetaLazio BolanoLiguria Santa Maria di LicodiaSicily MontecassianoMarche Pieve di CentoEmilia-Romagna ZanèVeneto Nova SiriBasilicata ArzergrandeVeneto GrosioLombardy MazzarroneSicily Cattolica EracleaSicily Castions di StradaFriuli Venezia Giulia VidorVeneto Nizza di SiciliaSicily FaggianoPuglia GimiglianoCalabria VillafratiSicily Lozzo AtestinoVeneto MilenaSicily Jolanda di SavoiaEmilia-Romagna Monte di MaloVeneto LetojanniSicily MolochioCalabria CalabrittoCampania Golfo AranciSardinia San SostiCalabria Treppo GrandeFriuli Venezia Giulia SalaparutaSicily RoccamenaSicily FariniEmilia-Romagna Chies d'AlpagoVeneto SciglianoCalabria ValstronaPiedmont MontegabbioneUmbria CarpinoneMolise Pellegrino ParmenseEmilia-Romagna San Martino sulla MarrucinaAbruzzo FiligheraLombardy ForcolaLombardy CassaroSicily Corte BrugnatellaEmilia-Romagna SamoneTrentino-South Tyrol Dolegna del CollioFriuli Venezia Giulia

Other saints of the day 7

BrembioNatività di Maria · Lombardy Piombino Desesan Biagio e san Giuseppe · Veneto Moggio Udinesesan Gallo · Friuli Venezia Giulia Marzabottosan Giuseppe e san Carlo · Emilia-Romagna Taipanasan Giuseppe e san Mattia · Friuli Venezia Giulia Grossosan Lorenzo martire, santo Stefano, san Giuseppe · Piedmont Uggiate-Trevanosanti Pietro e Paolo · Lombardy
Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Moggio Udinese

Feast of Saint Gall

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Moggio Udinese celebrates its patron Saint Gall, after whom the Abbey is named; the Creta Grauzaria and Monte Pisimoni are in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Orvieto

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

Orvieto's patron is celebrated on 19 March. The two occasions that made the city famous are others: Corpus Christi, instituted here in 1264, and the Palombella at Pentecost.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Chies d'Alpago

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Chies d'Alpago celebrates its patron Saint Joseph, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the town has the Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Alpago.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Corte Brugnatella

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Corte Brugnatella celebrates its patron Saint Joseph; at the area's festivities the Apennine piffero leads the dances, and Marsaglia keeps the calendimaggio rite.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Dolegna del Collio

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Dolegna del Collio, a municipality of 390 inhabitants in the province of Gorizia, celebrates its patron Saint Joseph; the Castello di Trussio stands in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Ferruzzano

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 On 19 March and the first Sunday of August

On 19 March and the first Sunday of August Ferruzzano celebrates its patron Saint Joseph; the town has the Arco Trionfale dei Carafa.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Filighera

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Filighera celebrates its patron Saint Joseph, after whom the parish church is named; the town has the gate of the walled village and the Santuario Madonna della Colombina.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Forcola

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Forcola celebrates its patron Saint Joseph, after whom the parish church is named; the Pizzo Torrenzuolo lies in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Grosso

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Grosso, a municipality of 1,040 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patrons Saint Lawrence, Saint Stephen and Saint Joseph; the parish church is dedicated to Lawrence and Stephen.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Pazzano

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 On 19 March (Saint Joseph) and on the first Sunday after 5 August (Most Holy Saviour)

On 19 March Pazzano celebrates its patron Saint Joseph with a procession of the statue; the most important feast remains that of the Most Holy Saviour, in August.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Samone

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Samone, a municipality of 544 inhabitants in Trentino, celebrates its patron Saint Joseph, to whom a church in the town is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 San Sosti

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March San Sosti, a municipality of 2,200 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron Saint Joseph; the Santuario-basilica della Madonna del Pettoruto stands in its territory.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Valstrona

Feast of Saint Joseph

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Valstrona, a municipality of 1,268 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patron Saint Joseph; the town has the Campello Monti ecomuseum.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Scigliano

Feast of Saint Joseph and Fair

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Scigliano celebrates its patron Saint Joseph with its characteristic fair; other feasts with fairs are the Holy Cross, the Madonna di Monserrato and Saint Michael the Archangel.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Farini

Feast of Saint Joseph and Fair

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Farini celebrates its patron Saint Joseph with the Fiera di San Giuseppe; between April and May the potato pie festival is held.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Taipana

Feast of Saint Joseph and Saint Matthias

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Taipana, a municipality of 679 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patrons Saint Joseph and Saint Matthias; the town has the Museo di Prossenicco and the Casa Nera.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Godrano

Feast of San Giuseppe

📅 Every year, on 19 March

On 19 March Godrano, a municipality of 1,153 inhabitants in the province of Palermo, celebrates its patron San Giuseppe.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Piombino Dese

Saint Blaise and Saint Joseph, patrons with the October feast of the Dedication

📅 Every year, on 19 March; a brass lamp for the Body of Christ was already recorded in 1522

Piombino Dese celebrates its patrons, Saint Blaise and Saint Joseph, on 19 March. Since ancient times, the feast of the Dedication of the church fell on the second Sunday of October; as early as 1522, a brass lamp is recorded for illuminating the Most Holy Body of Christ.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Mirabella Imbaccari

Saint Joseph and Our Lady of Grace, patrons in the town of the tombolo lace

📅 Every year, on 19 March (Saint Joseph) and the second-to-last Sunday of August (Our Lady of Grace)

Mirabella Imbaccari celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March; the town's real patronal feast, however, is that of Our Lady of Grace, always held on the last Sunday of August, moved in recent years to the second-to-last to make it easier for emigrants to attend.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Salorno

Saint Joseph and the Carnival of the dwarf Perkeo

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the Carnival of the dwarf Perkeo

Salorno celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March. In 2010, an attempt was made to revive the town's carnival, with a parade dedicated to the dwarf Perkeo, a historical figure born in Salorno and who lived in Heidelberg.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Faggiano

Saint Joseph and the Living Nativity of La Campana

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the Living Nativity with over a hundred performers

Faggiano celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March. In the rock-cut setting of the La Campana district, a Living Nativity is held with over a hundred performers in traditional costume.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Vidor

Saint Joseph and the Palio di Vidor

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the Palio di Vidor since 1996, on the second Sunday of September

Vidor celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March. Since 1996, the Palio di Vidor has been raced, recalling the many assaults the fortress suffered in medieval times and beyond.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Jolanda di Savoia

Saint Joseph and the Rice Days

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the Rice Days in late August

Jolanda di Savoia celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church dedicated to him. In late August, the Rice Days are held, dedicated to promoting the Po Delta PGI rice.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Randazzo

Saint Joseph and the Vara of the Assumption

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the Vara of the Assumption on 15 August

The patron of Randazzo is Saint Joseph, on 19 March; but on 15 August, through the lava-paved streets, parades the Vara, an 18-metre float dedicated to Maria Santissima Assunta, the town's patroness.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Nizza di Sicilia

Saint Joseph, patron «aeque principalis» together with the Madonna Assumed into Heaven

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the co-equal patroness is the Madonna Assumed into Heaven, celebrated on 15 August

Nizza di Sicilia celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, patron «aeque principalis» of the town together with the Madonna Assumed into Heaven, whose feast instead culminates with the procession of 15 August and descends from the ancient Sagra di Treaire.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 San Marzano di San Giuseppe

Saint Joseph, patron between the Arbëreshë community and the bundle procession

📅 Every year, on 19 March, coinciding with Father's Day, with the bundle procession

San Marzano di San Giuseppe celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, a date that coincides with Father's Day and falls in the olive-pruning season. The feast anticipated the abstinence from meat and dairy that the Arbëreshë observed during Advent and Lent; the origin of the bundle procession dates back to an event of the early 19th century.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Roccamena

Saint Joseph, patron celebrated twice a year with the «Altars»

📅 Every year, on 19 March, with a second feast in the second week of August

Roccamena celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March with the traditional «Altars», banquets offered to the poor in thanks for a grace received, and again in the second week of August with the «Funzioni», a sacred play drawn from the apocryphal gospels.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Zanè

Saint Joseph, patron of the bigoli co' l'arna feast

📅 Every year, during the week of 19 March; the first Sunday of October brings the bigoli co' l'arna feast

Zanè celebrates Saint Joseph during the week of 19 March. On the first Sunday of October, since the early 1970s, the sagra dei bigoli co' l'arna is held, with the classic egg bigoli pasta served in duck sauce.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Montecassiano

Saint Joseph, patron of the Palio dei Terzieri

📅 Every year, on 19 March; the third week of July brings the ten-day Palio dei Terzieri

Montecassiano celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March. From the third week of July, for about ten days, the traditional Palio dei Terzieri is held: the town dives back into the Middle Ages, with costumes and challenges among the three thirds, culminating in the final joust.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Piovene Rocchette

Saint Joseph, patron of the Rocchette parish

📅 Every year, on 19 March, for the Rocchette parish

The Rocchette parish, in Piovene Rocchette, celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March; the Piovene parish celebrates Saint Stephen the Protomartyr on 26 December, and the Grumello parish the Nativity of Mary on 8 September.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Milena

Saint Joseph, patron of the town of the Carnival's allegorical floats

📅 Every year, on 19 March; Carnival brings lavish allegorical floats between February and March

Milena celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church of the Immaculate, popularly known as San Giuseppe; the year's first feast coincides with Carnival, between February and March, with lavish allegorical floats parading around a display of masks admired by an increasing number of tourists.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Letojanni

Saint Joseph, patron of the town of the Cathedral opened in 1931

📅 Every year, on 19 March; in the past, the first Sunday of August held a spectacular sea procession

Letojanni celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March; the Cathedral, built partly on the ruins of the Palazzo del Marchese Reitano, was inaugurated precisely on 19 March 1931, on the day of the feast. In the past, on the first Sunday of August, a spectacular sea procession was also held, with the saint's statue placed on a boat.

Patron saint festival In 143 days 📍 Sermoneta

Saint Joseph, patron with the Polenta Festival and the Lepanto reenactment

📅 Every year, on 19 March; in January the Polenta Festival, a local dish

Sermoneta celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church dedicated to him. The second Sunday of January holds the Polenta Festival, a local dish; followed by the Festa dei fauni on 18 March, the Sermoneta in Folklore International Festival in August and the age-old Fiera di San Michele in September.