🔔 The Italian Almanac

May 25

Stories and curiosities for May 25, 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 25

Patron saint festival In 210 days 📍 San Basile

Feast of Saint John the Baptist

📅 Every year, on 25 May (Saint Mary Hodegetria after Pentecost)

On 25 May San Basile, a municipality of 1,065 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates the feast of its patron Saint John the Baptist; Saint Mary Hodegetria is the other patroness.

Patron saint festival In 210 days 📍 Collesano

Maria Santissima dei Miracoli

📅 Every year, on 25, 26 and 27 May

On 25, 26 and 27 May Collesano celebrates its patroness, Maria Santissima dei Miracoli: the procession through the streets is on the 26th.

Patron saint festival In 210 days 📍 Calitri

Saint Canius, patron of the May pilgrimages

📅 Every year, on 25 May, with pilgrimages on the Sundays of May

Calitri celebrates Saint Canius on 25 May, in the church dedicated to him. Every Good Friday, the procession re-enacting the Passion of Christ is held, and on the Sundays of May, pilgrimages to the small countryside churches.

Patron saint festival In 210 days 📍 Potenza Picena

Saint Girio, patron of the town of the Living Nativity

📅 Every year, on 25 May; at Christmas the Living Nativity in the woods of the Convent of the Friars Minor

Potenza Picena celebrates Saint Girio on 25 May in the sanctuary dedicated to him; at Christmas, about two hundred characters bring to life the Living Nativity in the woods of the Convent of the Friars Minor, over an area of two thousand square metres.

Patron saint festival In 210 days 📍 Larino

The feast of Saint Pardus and its carts

📅 Every year, from 25 to 27 May

From 25 to 27 May some one hundred and thirty carts drawn by oxen, cows and sheep, covered in hand-made paper flowers, re-enact for Larino the procession of 842 with the body of Saint Pardus.