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8 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 18
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📅 Every year, on the Tuesday after Pentecost and on the Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August)
On the Tuesday after Pentecost and on the Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August) Papasidero, a municipality of 808 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patroness Nostra Signora di Costantinopoli and its co-patron San Rocco.
📅 Every year, on Pentecost Tuesday, with the «chariot race» the preceding Monday
Portocannone celebrates Our Lady of Constantinople on Pentecost Tuesday; the previous Monday hosts the famous ox-drawn «chariot race», recalling the arrival of Arbëreshë exiles led by Giorgio Castriota Skanderbeg in 1461.
📅 Every year, on 18 May, in the shrine dedicated to them
Lovere celebrates Saint Bartholomea Capitanio and Saint Vincentia Gerosa on 18 May, in the shrine dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on Pentecost Tuesday
San Salvatore Monferrato celebrates Saint Cyriacus together with Pentecost on Pentecost Tuesday.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
Carpino celebrates Saint Cyril on 18 May, in the parish church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
Cantalice celebrates Saint Felix of Cantalice on 18 May: the statue, dressed in the Capuchin habit, climbs in procession along the stairs of the old town.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
Spello celebrates Saint Felix of Massa Martana on 18 May; the town, once «Splendidissima Colonia Julia» at the will of Caesar and Augustus, is today famous for the Corpus Domini flower carpets and for Pinturicchio's frescoes in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
Raiano celebrates Saint Venantius on 18 May, in the hermitage dedicated to him among the rocks.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
San Venanzo celebrates its patron Saint Venantius the martyr on 18 May; the municipal territory sits on one of the three «bonsai volcanoes» identified by recent studies, and is home to venanzite, a volcanic rock unique in the world visible in an ancient quarry.
📅 Every year, on 18 May
Galliera celebrates Saint Venantius on 18 May. The town has two more patrons: Saints Vincent and Anastasius, on 22 January, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, on 16 July.
📅 Every year, on 18 May; the first weekend of August brings the Antica Fiera
Lagosanto celebrates Saint Venantius on 18 May. The first weekend of August brings the Antica Fiera, a centuries-old tradition that reached its 449th edition in 2023.
📅 Every year, on 18 May, with the sword race and Palio held since 1982
Camerino celebrates Saints Venantius and Ansovinus on 18 May. Since 1982, the corsa alla spada e Palio has been held, a historical re-enactment of the late 15th century, during the week of the feast of patron Saint Venantius the martyr.
