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78 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on May 8
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📅 Every year, on 8 May
Gualdo Cattaneo celebrates Blessed Ugulino and the martyr saints Anthony and Antoninus on 8 May; the church dedicated to them dates from 1260, while the town's mighty fortress was built between 1494 and 1498 by the lords of Foligno.
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On 8 May Pacentro, a municipality of 1,211 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of Mercy; in summer the re-enactment of the Caldoreschi wedding returns.
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On 8 May Montalcino celebrates Our Lady of Succour: a devotion born in Palermo in 1306 that counts one Tuscan town among its own, the town of Brunello.
📅 Every year, on 8, 9 and 10 May
On 8, 9 and 10 May Ardara, a municipality of 800 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, celebrates its patroness Our Lady of the Kingdom.
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On 8 May Castelli, a municipality of 1,224 inhabitants in the province of Teramo, celebrates its patron Saint Eusanius; the town is famous for Castelli maiolica.
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On 8 May Ortona dei Marsi, a municipality of 592 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, holds the patronal feast in honour of Saint Generosus.
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On 8 May Gagliole, a municipality of 655 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patron Saint Michael; on the last weekend of July a medieval historical re-enactment is held.
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On 8 May Garbagna Novarese, a municipality of 1,350 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron Saint Michael, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Torre Cajetani, a municipality of 1,388 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel.
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On 8 May Tufo, a municipality of 924 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Sassinoro, a municipality of 659 inhabitants in the province of Benevento, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Aritzo, a municipality of 1,328 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; on the last weekend of October the chestnut and hazelnut festival is held.
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On 8 May Montefalcone Appennino, a municipality of 445 inhabitants in the Fermo area, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel.
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On 8 May Montelparo, a municipality of 861 inhabitants in the Fermo area, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Ripe San Ginesio, a municipality of 860 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Albidona, a municipality of 1,463 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the feast draws many emigrants every year.
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On 8 May Bari celebrates Saint Nicholas. His relics reached the city on 9 May 1087, carried by sixty-two Bari sailors who had taken them from Myra, in Lycia.
📅 Every year, on 8 and 9 May
On 8 and 9 May Castelfranci, a municipality of 2,104 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari with religious services, brass bands and evening entertainment.
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On 8 May Mese, a municipality of 1,747 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom the parish church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Momperone, a municipality of 219 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, after whom, with Saint Peter, the town's church is named.
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On 8 May Formigliana, a municipality of 550 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom one of the town's churches is dedicated.
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On 8 May Sizzano, a municipality of 1,446 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom the parish church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Perletto, a municipality of 305 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Casalzuigno, a municipality of 1,304 inhabitants in the province of Varese, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, after whom the town's old church is named.
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On 8 May Caiolo, a municipality of 1,035 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Brezzo di Bedero, a municipality of 1,185 inhabitants in the province of Varese, celebrates its patron Saint Victor, to whom the collegiate church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Gaverina Terme, a municipality of 871 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patron Saint Victor the Martyr, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Esino Lario, a municipality of 750 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, celebrates its patron Saint Victor the Martyr, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
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On 8 May Rosignano Monferrato, a municipality of 1,641 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Saint Victor the Moor, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
📅 Every year, on 8 May and on the second Sunday of May
On 8 May and on the second Sunday of May Asigliano Vercellese, a municipality of 1,401 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron San Vittore.
📅 Every year on the third Sunday of May
Sambuca's biggest night of the year: on the third Sunday of May, a statue carved by Antonello Gagini is carried through the old town until nearly dawn, greeted with folk chants at eleven decorated stops.
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Serramazzoni celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary on 8 May.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Falconara Marittima celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary on 8 May; the history of the town, inhabited since prehistoric times, is also preserved in the Museum of the Resistance and in the castle of Rocca Priora.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the solemn procession of the Patron Saint
Tarquinia celebrates Our Lady of Valverde on 8 May with a solemn procession; her icon, which arrived from the Holy Land in 1189 at the time of the Third Crusade, is kept in the sanctuary raised to that rank in 1984, in the town that was the cradle of Etruscan civilisation.
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Sessa Aurunca celebrates Pope Saint Leo IX on 8 May; the municipality's many hamlets, however, hold their own distinct devotions, such as the Madonna della Libera at Cascano, celebrated on the first Sunday of May.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the Ottocento Festival in the first week of August
Saludecio celebrates Saint Amatus Ronconi on 8 May. In the first week of August, the Ottocento Festival is held, with antique markets and street performances in 19th-century style.
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Piombino celebrates Saint Anastasia on 8 May, remembered by an old convent named after her; the town's very name seems to derive from «Populino», little Populonia, the ancient Etruscan city whose decline, after centuries of raids, gave rise to the present town facing the channel separating it from Elba.
📅 Every year, on the two central weekends of May, postponed from the calendar date of 3 February
Orbetello celebrates Saint Blaise during the May festivities, on the two central weekends of the month, postponed from the actual calendar date of 3 February. At the same time, the Corsa dei barchini is held, a traditional maritime palio in the lagoon's waters among the town's five districts.
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Sinagra celebrates Saint Leo of Catania on 8 May; the town, whose settlement was already assigned to the church of Messina in the 11th century, holds a church dedicated to the saint and a medieval castle ruled from the 16th century by the Afflitto family, who later ceded it to the Ventimiglia.
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Broccostella celebrates Saint Michael on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
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Contrada celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the cave dedicated to him.
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Grammichele celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Catherine of Alexandria on 8 May, to whom the town's cathedral is dedicated; the town was founded by Prince Carlo Maria Carafa Branciforte three months after the 1693 earthquake, with a hexagonal layout unique in Italy.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the Festa dei Manoppi on the second Sunday of July
Colonnella celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, the patronal feast. On the second Sunday of July, the Festa di Maria Santissima del Suffragio, or Festa dei Manoppi, is held, the most deeply felt by the population.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Chiusano di San Domenico celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, amid the mountains surrounding the town.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the Palio de li Normanni at Ferragosto
Sant'Angelo d'Alife celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May. Around Ferragosto comes the Palio de li Normanni, three days dedicated to the history of the Norman Tower of Rupe Canina.
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Morolo celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the civic feast is held in the first week of September
Marcianise celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, with religious celebrations repeated in civic form during the first week of September; the town also keeps traditions tied to the Santissima Annunziata and the Madonna della Libera.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the Procession of the Holy Cross is held on 3 May
Ottaviano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, one of the most important feasts in the whole Vesuvius area, included in the Milan Expo 2015 circuit; on 3 May, instead, the Procession of the Holy Cross is held, with the precious relics kept in the collegiate church of San Michele.
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Citerna celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May; its parish church holds a Crucifixion by Niccolò Circignani and two terracotta Madonna and Child works attributed to Luca and Andrea della Robbia, while the church of San Francesco holds a Madonna and Child by Donatello, rediscovered in the early 2000s.
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Baranello celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the Neoclassical church dedicated to him; the municipal coat of arms depicts the ceremonial marriage handshake, drawn from an ancient Oscan-Samnite funerary stele.
📅 Every year, on 7 and 8 May
Supersano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 7 and 8 May. The town's other patron, the Madonna di Coelimanna, is celebrated on the first Sunday of July.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
San Michele Salentino celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
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Sant'Angelo a Cupolo celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, in the patron's cave sanctuary
Olevano sul Tusciano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the Grotta di San Michele Arcangelo, a sanctuary carved into the rock.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; on the first Sunday of August the Contesa dello Stivale
Filottrano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May. On the first Sunday of August, the «Contesa dello Stivale» is held; the hamlets fill the year with their own fairs, from the Walnut Fair at Cantalupo to the Rabbit Porchetta-Style Fair at San Biagio.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the Palio dei Rioni, an equestrian competition since 1977, is held the third Sunday of June
Castiglion Fiorentino celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May. The Palio dei Rioni, an equestrian competition contested in its modern era since 1977, is held on the third Sunday of June and pits against each other the three districts into which the town is divided, including Cassero and Porta Romana.
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Monte Urano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
On 8 May Sant'Arcangelo celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel: the town was founded by the Lombards of the Duchy of Benevento in the 7th century and took its name from their patron saint.
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Cerveteri celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him in 1756; the town stands on the ancient Etruscan Caere and preserves the Banditaccia necropolis, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the statue of the Archangel Michael's Victory over Satan
Cinquefrondi celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him, with a three-day fair filling the town centre and a procession of the statue of the Archangel's Victory over Satan, a work by Vincenzo Scrivo.
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Sturno celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel, its protector, on 8 May, with a second observance on 29 September.
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Fratta Todina celebrates Saint Michael on 8 May; the town arose around a medieval castle that belonged to the bishop of the diocese of Todi, passing in the early 15th century to Braccio da Montone before returning under the city's rule.
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Cagnano Varano celebrates Saint Michael on 8 May, in the cave shrine dedicated to him; the other patron, Saint Cataldus, is celebrated on 10 May.
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Vitorchiano celebrates Saint Michael on 8 May.
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Corciano celebrates Saint Michael on 8 May.
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Rocca d'Evandro celebrates Saint Roch on 8 May.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; co-patron since 1955 Our Lady of Miracles, on 17 April
Corbetta celebrates Saint Victor the martyr on 8 May; co-patron since 1955 is Our Lady of Miracles, venerated in the sanctuary of the same name and celebrated on 17 April.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Arcisate celebrates its patrons, Saint Victor and Saint Felicissima, on 8 May, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the popular feast in the second half of August
Vallerano celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May. The popular patronal feast, with historical re-enactments and fireworks, is held in the second half of August.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; on 5 August, Our Lady of the Snows, recalling the 1509 battle
Agnadello celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him. On 5 August, the community still celebrates, at the site, Our Lady of the Snows, in memory of the events tied to the famous battle fought here in 1509.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the Feast of the Most Holy Pietà is held on 8 January
Cannobio celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him; on 8 January, the Feast of the Most Holy Pietà is held, venerated in the town's sanctuary of the same name.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Buguggiate celebrates Saint Victor the Martyr on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
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Varese celebrates Saint Victor the Moor on 8 May; the saint appears on the city's coat of arms holding the martyr's palm, while his basilica, with the city's tallest bell tower, stands beside the ancient baptistery, not far from the Sacro Monte.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Villa Cortese celebrates Saint Victor the Moor on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the statue carried by the town's eighteen-year-olds
Terno d'Isola celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, with the Solemn Mass and a procession through the town's streets, in which the saint's statue is carried by eighteen-year-olds. Usually in the third week of June, the Palio di San Donato among the town's districts is also run.
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Lainate celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him, whose high altar, dating from the early 17th century, is adorned with an 18th-century polychrome stucco antependium.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, with the blessing of the Lake
Verbania celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May with a procession ending in the blessing of the Lake; proclaimed patron in 1992, the saint is venerated in the basilica built on the site of a very ancient 5th-century Christian church.
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Bottanuco celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
San Vittore del Lazio celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May.
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the first and second weekend of October brings the Festa dei Crotti
Albavilla celebrates Saint Victor the Martyr on 8 May, in the town's main church, dedicated to him. On the first and second weekend of October, the Festa dei Crotti is held along the town's streets, an important gathering moment for the whole area.
📅 Every year, on 8 May
Arsago Seprio celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the basilica dedicated to him.
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Missaglia celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May, in the basilica dedicated to him.
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Rho celebrates Saint Victor on 8 May in the collegiate basilica dedicated to him, overlooking the square of the same name, the heart of the settlement since Roman times, when the borough's Christianisation was completed here between the 4th and 5th centuries.
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Bedizzole celebrates its patrons, Saints Stephen, Hermolaus and Acacius the Martyrs, on 8 May, in the church dedicated to them.
📅 Every year, on 8 May, «San Barbato di penitenza»
Castelvenere celebrates its patron Saint Barbatus a second time on 8 May, with the observance known as «San Barbato di penitenza».
📅 Every year, on 8 May; the first Saturday of August brings the Medieval Feast
Coreglia Antelminelli celebrates the Archangel Michael on 8 May. The first Saturday of August brings the Medieval Feast, recreating the atmosphere of the ancient Vicaria with crossbowmen and flag-wavers.
📅 Every year, on the Saturday before the second Sunday of May; Saint Peter Damian, secondary patron, is celebrated on 21 February
Faenza celebrates the Blessed Virgin of Grace on the Saturday before the second Sunday of May; her image was crowned in 1631, during a fresh outbreak of plague, while the secondary patron Saint Peter Damian is remembered on 21 February.
📅 Every year, on 8 May and the first Sunday of October
On 8 May and the first Sunday of October tens of thousands of pilgrims reach the sanctuary for the Supplication, recited at the same moment by devotees of the Rosary wherever they are.
