🔔 The Italian Almanac

March 7

Stories and curiosities for March 7, 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… 3

3 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on March 7

San Tommaso d'Aquino 2

Other saints of the day 1

Patron saint festival In 131 days 📍 Valdobbiadene

Saint Gregory the Great, patron of the Ancient Fair

📅 Every year, on the preceding Sunday and second Monday of March, with the Ancient Fair of Saint Gregory the Great

Valdobbiadene celebrates Saint Gregory the Great on the preceding Sunday and the second Monday of March, with the Ancient Fair of Saint Gregory the Great, the town's patronal feast with celebrations in the ancient church. In the hamlet of Funer, instead, Saint Agatha, patron of the hamlet, is celebrated on 5 February.

Patron saint festival In 131 days 📍 Aquino

Saint Thomas Aquinas, main patron

📅 Every year, on 7 March

Aquino celebrates its main patron, Saint Thomas Aquinas, on 7 March. The co-patron, Saint Constantius, is celebrated on 1 September, with the Palio della Contea.

Patron saint festival In 131 days 📍 Priverno

Saint Thomas Aquinas, patron of the land of the Abbey of Fossanova

📅 Every year, on 7 March; the Palio del Tributo, established 1993, reenacts events from the 16th-19th century

Priverno celebrates Saint Thomas Aquinas on 7 March, the day in 1274 when the great Dominican theologian and philosopher died right at the Abbey of Fossanova. The town also hosts the «Palio» del Tributo, established in 1993, a historical reenactment of events documented from the 16th to the 19th century, whose origins are thought to date back to the 9th-10th century.

Patron saint festival In 131 days 📍 Monte San Giovanni Campano

Saint Thomas Aquinas, patron of the land of the Madonna del Suffragio

📅 Every year, on 7 March; on Low Sunday, the Madonna del Suffragio feast with a goods and livestock fair

Monte San Giovanni Campano celebrates Saint Thomas Aquinas on 7 March. On Low Sunday, the feast of the Madonna del Suffragio is celebrated instead, marked by a grand procession and an imposing goods and livestock fair, ending after seven days of Marian festivities on the day of the Octave.