🔔 The Italian Almanac

May 24

Stories and curiosities for May 24, 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… 8

8 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 24

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Patron saint festival In 209 days 📍 Montescano

Feast of Our Lady of Caravaggio

📅 Every year, on 24 May

On 24 May Montescano, a municipality of 383 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of Caravaggio, to whom the parish church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 209 days 📍 Cassina de' Pecchi

Mary Help of Christians, patron of the land of the Martesana bridge

📅 Every year, on 24 May; on 9 August the co-patrons Saint Fermo and Saint Agatha are celebrated

Cassina de' Pecchi celebrates Mary Help of Christians on 24 May, in the church dedicated to her. On 9 August, the town's co-patrons, Saint Fermo and Saint Agatha, are celebrated: the feast draws people from neighbouring towns for the religious services and the fireworks display that closes it.

Patron saint festival In 209 days 📍 Cabras

Our Lady of the Assumption, patron with the procession of San Salvatore

📅 Every year, on 24 May; the first week of September the procession of San Salvatore

Cabras celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 24 May. One of the most evocative traditions involving the whole community is linked to the procession of San Salvatore, held during the first weekend of September and consisting of a reenactment of the rescue of the saint's statue.

Patron saint festival In 209 days 📍 Sant'Arpino

Saint Elpidius the Bishop, patron of the land of ancient Atella

📅 Every year, on 24 May; in the past, on 3 June, a feast for the Madonna della Lettera was also held, now lost

Sant'Arpino celebrates Saint Elpidius the Bishop on 24 May, in the church dedicated to him. In the past, in tandem with the city on the strait, a feast honouring the Madonna della Lettera was held every 3 June, a celebration now lost with the arrival of new generations.