🔔 The Italian Almanac

May 7

Stories and curiosities for May 7, 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… 4

4 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 7

Patron saint festival In 192 days 📍 Ghemme

Blessed Panacea, patron of the town of the Castello-ricetto

📅 Every year, on the first Friday of May, alongside the wine market in the castle

Ghemme celebrates Blessed Panacea, born in Quarona, on the first Friday of May: a religious feast of very ancient tradition, today accompanied by secular events mostly linked to the wine market, held between late April and early May within the town's castle.

Patron saint festival In 192 days 📍 Monteleone Sabino

Feast of Santa Vittoria

📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of May and the two days before it

On the second Sunday of May and the two days before it Monteleone Sabino, a municipality of 1,232 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, celebrates its patroness Santa Vittoria.

Patron saint festival In 192 days 📍 Penne

Saint Maximus, patron of the land of the Good Friday Procession

📅 Every year, on 7 May; the Good Friday Procession was established in 1570 by Father Girolamo da Montefiore

Penne celebrates Saint Maximus on 7 May, in the cathedral dedicated to him. The Good Friday Procession, stopping at the Church of Santa Croce, was solemnly established in 1570 by the Umbrian Capuchin friar Girolamo da Montefiore, and is still deeply felt by the population today. The six districts of the historic centre compete each year in the Palio dei Rioni.