Feast of Saint Ampelio
📅 Every year, on 14 May
On 14 May Bordighera celebrates Saint Ampelio with the procession and fireworks launched from the cape that bears his name: the hermit to whom legend owes the first palm tree.
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18 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 14
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📅 Every year, on 14 May
On 14 May Bordighera celebrates Saint Ampelio with the procession and fireworks launched from the cape that bears his name: the hermit to whom legend owes the first palm tree.
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On 14 May Capri celebrates Saint Constantius, its patron, in the church that carries his name — and it does so before the island enters the summer.
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On 14 May Castelpoto, a municipality of 1,326 inhabitants in the province of Benevento, celebrates its patron Saint Constantius; at the end of April the town dedicates a fair-market to its red sausage.
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On 14 and 15 May Monte Romano, a municipality of 2,007 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patroness Saint Corona and Saint Isidore.
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On 14 May Montaldo Torinese, a municipality of 749 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom, together with Saint Corona, the town's church is dedicated.
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On 14 May Otricoli celebrates Saint Victor; in summer, instead, the town goes back to AD 168 with the Ocriculum re-enactment.
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On 14 May Grazzano Badoglio, a municipality of 618 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patrons Saints Victor and Corona with the procession of Saint Victor's reliquary arm.
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Cerchiara di Calabria celebrates Saint Boniface of Tarsus on 14 May, with Our Lady of the Armi as second patron on 25 April.
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Oratino celebrates Saint Boniface on 14 May; the town preserves the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, with a fresco of the Assumption signed and dated 1791 by the painter Ciriaco Brunetti, rediscovered and restored in the vault of the central nave.
📅 Every year, on 14 May, with a pilgrimage to the town's churches
Popoli Terme celebrates Saint Boniface on 14 May, with homage paid in the Church of San Francesco, where the saint's relics are kept, and a pilgrimage to the town's main churches.
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Canepina celebrates its patron, Saint Corona, on 14 May, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 14 May; Saint Albert is celebrated on 7 August
Palazzolo sull'Oglio celebrates Saint Fidelis of Como on 14 May; also deeply felt is the feast of Saint Albert, on 7 August, celebrated in a different town church.
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Calangianus celebrates Saint Justa of Cagliari on 14 May.
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Uta celebrates Saint Justa on 14 May.
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Santa Giusta celebrates its patron, Saint Justa, on 14 May, in the cathedral dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Pentecost, for over three centuries since 1699
Bientina celebrates Saint Valentine the Martyr on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Pentecost. His remains, brought in 1699 from the catacombs of San Callisto on the Via Appia, have been kept in a gilded urn for over three centuries.
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Campolongo Maggiore celebrates its patrons, Saints Felix and Fortunatus, on 14 May.
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Limena celebrates Saints Felix and Fortunatus on 14 May, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 14 May; since 1980 the Palio di Feltre, known as the Fifteen Ducats Palio, has also been held
Feltre celebrates Saints Victor and Corona on 14 May; since 1980 the Palio di Feltre has been held, also known as the Palio dei Quindici Ducati, recalling the town's entry into the Republic of Venice.
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Castelfidardo celebrates Saints Victor and Corona on 14 May; the town is also known for the historic 1860 battle, commemorated by the National Monument of the Marche and the Risorgimento Museum.