🔔 The Italian Almanac

May 1

Stories and curiosities for May 1, 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… 7

7 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 1

Patron saint festival In 233 days 📍 Maratea

The translation of Saint Blaise

📅 Every year, from the Saturday before the first Sunday of May to the second Sunday

Eight days of feasting in May, with the statue carried in procession four times. What is remembered is not the saint's martyrdom but the day his relics reached Maratea.