Feast of Saint Benedict
📅 Every year, on 21 March and 11 July
The principal patron of Europe was born here, in 480. Norcia celebrates him on 21 March, the day of his death at Montecassino, and on 11 July.
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9 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on March 21
San Benedetto 4
San Benedetto Abate 2
San Benedetto da Norcia 2
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Feast of Saint Benedict
📅 Every year, on 21 March
On 21 March Montemonaco celebrates its patron Saint Benedict; on 20 January the feast of Saint Sebastian is held, born of a vow after the great seventeenth-century plague.
Feast of Saint Benedict
📅 Every year, on 21 March
On 21 March Montezemolo, a municipality of 270 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron Saint Benedict, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Benedict
📅 On 21 March (Saint Benedict) and 14 May (Saint Victor of Caesarea)
On 21 March Pertosa celebrates its patron Saint Benedict of Nursia; 14 May is the turn of Saint Victor of Caesarea, while in August the Caves host the Negro Festival.
Feast of Saint Benedict
📅 Every year, on 21 March
On 21 March Zenson di Piave, a municipality of 1,783 inhabitants in the province of Treviso, celebrates its patron Saint Benedict, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Benedict the Abbot
📅 Every year, on 21 March
On 21 March San Benedetto Ullano celebrates its patron Saint Benedict the Abbot; Holy Week brings ancient rites such as the procession of the «Açiomeri».
Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas
📅 Every year, on 21 March
On 21 March Belcastro celebrates its patron Saint Thomas Aquinas, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the Castello di Belcastro stands in the municipality.
Saint Benedict of Nursia, patron of a small municipality between two ancient castles
📅 Every year, on 21 March
Lisciano Niccone celebrates Saint Benedict of Nursia on 21 March; its territory holds the remains of the ancient castle once belonging to the Marquises of Sorbello and the Castle of Reschio, part of the chain of walled settlements on the border between the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Saint Benedict of Nursia, patron of Cassino and of Europe
📅 Every year, on 21 March, with the «Terra Sancti Benedicti» historical procession since 1994
Cassino celebrates Saint Benedict of Nursia on 21 March, the day of his death at Montecassino in 547; since 1994 the town has hosted the historical procession «Terra Sancti Benedicti», a re-enactment of medieval traditions, customs and costumes.
Saint Benedict the Abbot and Tradizioni e Sapori di Controguerra
📅 Every year, on 21 March
Controguerra celebrates Saint Benedict the Abbot on 21 March. Between late July and early August, since 1985, the food and wine festival «Tradizioni e Sapori di Controguerra» is held.
Saint Benedict, patron of Pavone del Mella
📅 Every year, on 21 March
Pavone del Mella celebrates Saint Benedict on 21 March, in the church dedicated to him.