The Italian Almanac for November 13: stories and curiosities

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 10

10 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on November 13

In 17 days 📍 Perugia

Eurochocolate

📅 Every October, approximate dates

The chocolate festival that turns central Perugia into an open-air chocolaterie.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Atzara

Feast of Saint Antiochus

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November Atzara celebrates its patron Saint Antiochus; the municipal territory preserves nuragic remains, including the Nuraghe Abbagadda.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Lozza

Feast of Saint Antoninus the Martyr

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November Lozza celebrates its patron Saint Antoninus the Martyr, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Avise

Feast of Saint Brice

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November Avise celebrates Saint Brice, the bishop of Tours who, falsely accused, carried burning coals in his mitre to Saint Martin's tomb without being burned.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Cossogno

Feast of Saint Brice

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November Cossogno celebrates its patron Saint Brice, to whom the parish church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Cremona

Feast of Saint Homobonus

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November Cremona celebrates Saint Homobonus, a cloth merchant made a saint. The same month fills the city for the Torrone Festival.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 San Daniele Po

Feast of Saint Homobonus

📅 Every year, on 13 November

On 13 November San Daniele Po celebrates its patron Saint Homobonus; the town hosts the Museo Paleoantropologico del Po.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Ozieri

Saint Antiochus, patron of the land of the Basilica of Bisarcio

📅 Every year, on 13 November

Ozieri celebrates Saint Antiochus on 13 November, in the basilica dedicated to him.

Patron saint festival In 17 days 📍 Città di Castello

Saint Florido, the bishop who tradition says rebuilt the town after Totila

📅 Every year, on 13 November

Città di Castello celebrates Saint Florido on 13 November; according to tradition, the town was destroyed in the 6th century by the Ostrogoth Totila and later rebuilt precisely by Bishop Florido, later canonised and proclaimed the town's patron.