🔔 The Italian Almanac

May 17

Stories and curiosities for May 17, 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… 10

10 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 17

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Brugnato

Feast of Saint Paschal

📅 Every year, on 17 May

On 17 May Brugnato celebrates Saint Paschal; for Corpus Christi, instead, the streets of the old centre are covered with a carpet of flowers.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Laviano

Feast of Saint Paschal

📅 Every year, on 17 May

On 17 May Laviano, a municipality of 1,485 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron Saint Paschal; at carnival the theatrical performance of the months of the year takes place.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Stio

Feast of Saint Paschal Baylon

📅 Every year, on 17 May and on the last Sunday of August

On 17 May and on the last Sunday of August Stio, a municipality of 942 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patron Saint Paschal Baylon, a feast established in 1730.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Oricola

Feast of Saint Restituta

📅 Every year, on 17 May

On 17 May Oricola, a municipality of 1,155 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, holds the patronal feast in honour of Saint Restituta.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Ravascletto

Feast of the Holy Spirit

📅 Every year, on Whit Monday

On Whit Monday Ravascletto, a municipality of 560 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patron the Holy Spirit.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Montefusco

Feast of the Most Holy Sacred Thorn

📅 Every year, on 17 and 18 May

On 17 and 18 May Montefusco, a municipality of 1,393 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates the feast of the Most Holy Sacred Thorn, given as the town's patron.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Merano

Saint Nicholas, patron of Merano

📅 Every year, on Whit Monday

The patron of Merano is Saint Nicholas, to whom the parish church at the end of the arcades is dedicated, and the patron's public holiday falls on Whit Monday.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Castel Bolognese

Saint Petronius, patron with the Pentecost Fair since 1966

📅 Every year, on Whit Monday, with the Pentecost Fair since 1966

Castel Bolognese celebrates Saint Petronius on Whit Monday, in the church dedicated to him; the co-patron is Saint Emygdius. In the same period, a feast in honour of the Blessed Virgin has been celebrated for centuries, instituted as thanksgiving for averting the scourge of the plague, joined since 1966 by the traditional Pentecost Fair.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Lacco Ameno

Saint Restituta, patron of the minor basilica

📅 Every year, on 16, 17 and 18 May, with solemn festivities at the basilica

Lacco Ameno celebrates Saint Restituta on 17 May, with solemn festivities from 16 to 18 May in the basilica dedicated to her, raised to the dignity of minor basilica by John Paul II in 2001.

Patron saint festival In 202 days 📍 Blufi

The Madonna dell'Olio, patron who gave the town its name

📅 Every year, on the Tuesday after Pentecost

Blufi celebrates the Madonna dell'Olio on the Tuesday after Pentecost, in the sanctuary dedicated to her, whose origin is said to date to the 8th century; it is precisely in a document relating to this sanctuary that the town's current name first appears.