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🔔 The Italian Almanac

September 29

Stories and curiosities for September 29, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

Busted myths

Fettuccine Alfredo, the Italian classic Italy has never heard of

Ask for fettuccine Alfredo in a restaurant in Italy and you will mostly get a puzzled look. Yet the dish genuinely was born in Rome: restaurateur Alfredo Di Lelio began serving it between 1908 and 1914, dressed with nothing but butter and plenty of Parmesan. Silent-film stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford tasted it in Rome on their 1920 honeymoon and carried the legend back to America. In Italy it survives under a plainer name: fettuccine with butter and Parmesan.

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Today's tidbits

Saying of the day

Moving day by the saints' calendar: the Italian art of doing San Michele

September 29 is Saint Michael's day, and in the farming world of the Po Valley, in northern Italy, the saints also set moving day. Fare San Martino, doing Saint Martin, still means packing up house and job: farm contracts expired on November 11, and labourers who were not kept on loaded the cart. Around Bologna the same thing is called fare San Michele, with a twist: the traditional date there was not September 29 but May 8, the archangel's other feast, the one recalling his apparition on the Gargano.

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Bell-tower rivalries 2000

One dark drop, two capitals: the traditional balsamic feud

Traditional balsamic vinegar ages for at least twelve years, moving through a battery of casks that must be odd in number and more than five. But Modena and Reggio Emilia, two neighbouring cities in Emilia-Romagna, have never agreed on who guards the orthodoxy: on 17 April 2000 the European Union acknowledged the rivalry by recognising two separate protected designations of origin, one for each city, each with its own consortium. Same cooked grape must, same patience, and the same unshakeable certainty of being the one true keeper of the black gold.

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🎉 Celebrations today in… 168

168 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on September 29

San Michele Arcangelo 139

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San Michele 22

CasagioveCampania VigasioVeneto Canicattini BagniSicily MapelloLombardy BregnanoLombardy Figino SerenzaLombardy Pontirolo NuovoLombardy RotondiCampania NeivePiedmont RipalimosaniMolise CinigianoTuscany SgonicoFriuli Venezia Giulia Soiano del LagoLombardy ArbaFriuli Venezia Giulia Ronzo-ChienisTrentino-South Tyrol BellosguardoCampania VillaromagnanoPiedmont Castello dell'AcquaLombardy PremiaPiedmont GabyAosta Valley VillamiroglioPiedmont RimellaPiedmont

Arcangelo Michele 2

ApriliaLazio Appiano sulla strada del vinoTrentino-South Tyrol

Other saints of the day 5

Cheremulesan Gabriele · Sardinia Pietralungasan Gaudenzio · Umbria Caltanissettasan Michele Arcangelo · Cristo Nero (Signore della Città) · Sicily Cuneosan Michele arcangelo, beato Angelo Carletti (protettore) · Piedmont Arsierosan Rocco · Veneto
Patron saint festival 📍 Arpaia

Feast of Our Lady of Grace

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Arpaia celebrates its patron Our Lady of Grace, also remembered on 2 July; the village preserves ancient Lombard walls and milestones from the Appian Way.

Patron saint festival 📍 Cheremule

Feast of Saint Gabriel the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Cheremule celebrates its patron Saint Gabriel the Archangel, in the 16th-century Gothic-Aragonese parish church; the municipal territory also preserves the Moseddu necropolis.

Patron saint festival 📍 Pietralunga

Feast of Saint Gaudentius

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Pietralunga celebrates Saint Gaudentius; the village also hosts the "S. Bambini" ornithological and natural history museum.

Patron saint festival 📍 Cuneo

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Cuneo celebrates its patron, Saint Michael the Archangel. Alongside him the city venerates Blessed Angelo Carletti, who, tradition says, turned aside the French cannonballs during the siege.

Patron saint festival 📍 Arba

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Arba celebrates Saint Michael; the village's main church bears the same title.

Patron saint festival 📍 Casagiove

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Casagiove celebrates Saint Michael; the village borders the Royal Gardens of the Caserta Palace park.

Patron saint festival 📍 Cinigiano

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Cinigiano celebrates Saint Michael; between September and October the village also holds the Grape Festival, with a parade of floats from its three districts.

Patron saint festival 📍 Gaby

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Gaby celebrates Saint Michael in the parish church dedicated to him; the municipality also preserves the Vourry sanctuary.

Patron saint festival 📍 Mapello

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Mapello celebrates Saint Michael in the church dedicated to him; the village also preserves the sanctuary of the Madonna di Prada.

Patron saint festival 📍 Neive

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Neive celebrates Saint Michael; the village, among the wine towns of the Langhe hills, also preserves the Castello di Neive.

Patron saint festival 📍 Premia

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Premia celebrates Saint Michael in the parish church dedicated to him; the village also hosts the Don Giovanni Bonomo Mineralogical Museum.

Patron saint festival 📍 Rimella

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Rimella celebrates Saint Michael in the church dedicated to him; the village, a historic Walser community, preserves the Rimella Walser Ethnographic Museum.

Patron saint festival 📍 Ripalimosani

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Ripalimosani celebrates Saint Michael; the village is also known for the Palio delle Quercigliole, a horse race in honour of Our Lady of the Snows dating back to 1588.

Patron saint festival 📍 Ronzo-Chienis

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Ronzo-Chienis celebrates Saint Michael; the municipal territory also preserves an Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeological site.

Patron saint festival 📍 Rotondi

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Rotondi celebrates Saint Michael; the village is also known for the sanctuary of Maria Santissima della Stella, home to a medieval statue of the Madonna.

Patron saint festival 📍 Sgonico

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Sgonico celebrates Saint Michael; the municipal territory includes the Grotta Gigante, one of the largest show caves in the world.

Patron saint festival 📍 Villamiroglio

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Villamiroglio celebrates Saint Michael in the church of Santi Filippo e Michele; the municipal territory includes the Bricco delle Pietre.

Patron saint festival 📍 Villaromagnano

Feast of Saint Michael

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Villaromagnano celebrates Saint Michael in the church dedicated to him; the municipal territory includes Monte Bosso and Monte Gambera.

Patron saint festival 📍 Alghero

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Alghero celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel. The most intense stretch of its religious year, though, remains Holy Week, with the Friday rite of the Deposition.

Patron saint festival 📍 Vasto

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

Protector of Vasto since the seventeenth century, Saint Michael became so officially in 1837, when prayers to him were credited with turning aside the typhus and malarial fevers rising from the coast.

Patron saint festival 📍 Procida

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September; the apparition on 8 May

Procida celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 29 September and on 8 May, the day of the apparition. But the island sees itself above all in Holy Week, with the hooded Apostles and the Mysteries.

Patron saint festival 📍 Acquaviva Collecroce

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Acquaviva Collecroce celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel, preceded the day before by the traditional Fiera di San Michele; the village, home to a Molise Croatian minority, has bilingual place names, such as Kruc for the village itself.

Patron saint festival 📍 Albenga

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Albenga celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, to whom the city's cathedral is dedicated; every July the city relives the Middle Ages with the Palio Storico, a contest among its four historic quarters.

Patron saint festival 📍 Alto

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Alto celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel with a traditional procession through the streets of the village; with just 121 residents, it is one of the smallest municipalities in Piedmont.

Patron saint festival 📍 Amorosi

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Amorosi celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village is known for the Panorra, a humble dish from farming tradition recognised in 2025 as a traditional agri-food product.

Patron saint festival 📍 Aprilia

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Aprilia celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the city, inaugurated by Mussolini in 1937, was settled by colonists from Friuli, Veneto and Romagna, as well as Tyrolean-descended farmers who came from Bosnia and Romania.

Patron saint festival 📍 Arielli

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Arielli celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's church of Santa Brigida was built in tribute to a saint who made a 14th-century pilgrimage to Ortona to visit the remains of Saint Thomas.

Patron saint festival 📍 Ausonia

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Ausonia celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in the collegiate church dedicated to him; the municipal territory lies within the Monti Aurunci park.

Patron saint festival 📍 Belgioioso

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Belgioioso celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in 1965 the town's Santa Cecilia band was conducted for a few minutes by Herbert von Karajan during an event at the University of Pavia.

Patron saint festival 📍 Benestare

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Benestare celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's religious calendar also includes the feast of the Holy Rosary on the first Sunday of October.

Patron saint festival 📍 Borgo d'Ale

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Borgo d'Ale celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village is known for the Bella di Borgo d'Ale peach, a Slow Food Presidium, honoured every year by the Peach Festival.

Patron saint festival 📍 Brisighella

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Brisighella celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1980 the village and the Rocca Manfrediana relive the Feste Medioevali, among the best-known historical re-enactments in Romagna.

Patron saint festival 📍 Campolieto

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Campolieto celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; on 26 July it celebrates Saint Anne, the village's co-patron, with the Giglio, a popular auction of sweets and gifts.

Patron saint festival 📍 Carmignano

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, from 29 September, for three days

On 29 September Carmignano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel with a three-day feast that has, since 1937, pitted the village's four districts against each other with floats and street performances.

Patron saint festival 📍 Casaprota

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Casaprota celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in the church of San Domenico e San Michele Arcangelo; the village also preserves the church of Santa Maria della Neve.

Patron saint festival 📍 Cavaglià

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Cavaglià celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1974 the feast has been paired with the Palio dei Rioni, a contest among the town's eight districts.

Patron saint festival 📍 Celico

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Celico celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the municipal territory lies within the Sila plateau, with the Tasso-Camigliatello Silano nature reserve and Monte Scuro.

Patron saint festival 📍 Chiuppano

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Chiuppano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the current parish church dedicated to him was commissioned in 1930 and its foundation stone blessed in 1938.

Patron saint festival 📍 Contigliano

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Contigliano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in the collegiate church dedicated to him; the municipal territory includes the Laghi Lungo e Ripasottile nature reserve.

Patron saint festival 📍 Crosia

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Crosia celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in its old town; during the celebrations the traditional "incanto" auction is held, where the faithful offer goods to fund the feast.

Patron saint festival 📍 Esterzili

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Esterzili celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; on 12 August the village instead holds the sagra de su Frigadòri e de is Cocoèddas, dedicated to its typical products.

Patron saint festival 📍 Gianico

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Gianico celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village also preserves the sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte, destination of an old procession.

Patron saint festival 📍 Greccio

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Greccio celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village is famous as the place where Saint Francis of Assisi staged the first living nativity scene in history in 1223.

Patron saint festival 📍 Liscia

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Liscia celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in the sanctuary dedicated to him; the saint is also remembered on 8 May, the day of his apparition.

Patron saint festival 📍 Maddaloni

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Maddaloni celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in August the statue comes down from the hillside sanctuary to the Corpus Domini basilica, returning there once the celebrations end.

Patron saint festival 📍 Minervino Murge

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Minervino Murge celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel at the cave dedicated to him; the town's other patron, the Madonna del Sabato, is celebrated on the second Saturday after Easter.

Patron saint festival 📍 Mondaino

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Mondaino celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1988 the village has also hosted the Palio de lo Daino, a historical re-enactment among its districts.

Patron saint festival 📍 Mondavio

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Mondavio celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village is dominated by the Rocca roveresca fortress, host to a mid-August Renaissance re-enactment.

Patron saint festival 📍 Monteroduni

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Monteroduni celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1991 the village has also hosted the Eddie Lang Jazz Festival, named after the jazz guitarist whose parents emigrated from here.

Patron saint festival 📍 Mornago

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September the main town of Mornago celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the municipality's hamlets keep their own patronal feasts, such as Crugnola and Montonate on the first two Sundays of September.

Patron saint festival 📍 Morro d'Alba

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Morro d'Alba celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village gives its name to the Lacrima di Morro d'Alba DOC wine, celebrated every year by the Sagra del Lacrima.

Patron saint festival 📍 Neviano

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Neviano celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's other patron, Our Lady of the Snows, is celebrated on 5 August at the sanctuary dedicated to her.

Patron saint festival 📍 Oyace

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Oyace celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; on 5 August the village instead holds the pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Snows to the Verdonaz sanctuary.

Patron saint festival 📍 Patù

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Patù celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's other patron, Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated on 24 June with an old fair.

Patron saint festival 📍 Pesche

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Pesche celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel in the village's fortified old town; the other patron, Our Lady of the Rosary, is celebrated on the first Sunday of October.

Patron saint festival 📍 Piano di Sorrento

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Piano di Sorrento celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in the basilica dedicated to him; the town has a long tradition of training merchant navy officers, producing shipowners such as Achille Lauro.

Patron saint festival 📍 Pigna

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Pigna celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; every year the village recalls, with a great ravioli feast, the legendary victory of its inhabitants against a Saracen siege.

Patron saint festival 📍 Pimonte

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Pimonte celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel at the sanctuary dedicated to him; the village is also known for the living nativity scene staged in the Grotta di San Catello.

Patron saint festival 📍 Platania

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Platania celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; from 19 to 28 September a novena of prayer vigils is held across all the settlements of the municipality.

Patron saint festival 📍 Polino

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Polino celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; with just 246 inhabitants, it is one of Umbria's smallest municipalities and also preserves the Rocca di Polino fortress.

Patron saint festival 📍 Ribordone

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Ribordone, one of Piedmont's smallest municipalities with around 70 inhabitants, celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; its territory includes the Prascondù sanctuary.

Patron saint festival 📍 Rosora

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Rosora celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in October the village holds the Festa della Sapa, with a 16th-century costumed historical re-enactment.

Patron saint festival 📍 San Michele Mondovì

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September the municipality of San Michele Mondovì, which takes its name from the saint, celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's other patron, Saint Justina, is celebrated on the third Sunday of July.

Patron saint festival 📍 Sarule

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Sarule celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village also preserves the sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Gonare, on the mountain of the same name.

Patron saint festival 📍 Silea

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Silea celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; each hamlet of the municipality has its own festival, such as the rose festival in Sant'Elena and the Cendon festival.

Patron saint festival 📍 Solofra

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September, the archangel's liturgical feast day, Solofra re-celebrates its patron Saint Michael with an evening procession; the town's main feast, though, is held on the third Sunday of June, with illuminations, marching bands and fireworks.

Patron saint festival 📍 Strangolagalli

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Strangolagalli celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's oldest feast, though, is on 8 September, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with a traditional morning fair.

Patron saint festival 📍 Torrioni

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Torrioni celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village holds the annual Palio della Torre di Torrioni at the archaeological site of the Turris Ayonis ruins.

Patron saint festival 📍 Vallecorsa

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Vallecorsa celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in 1960 director Vittorio De Sica filmed a scene of Two Women, which won Sophia Loren an Oscar, at the local church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Patron saint festival 📍 Valvasone Arzene

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September the hamlet of Arzene, in the municipality of Valvasone Arzene, celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the other hamlet, Valvasone, has Saints Peter and Paul as patrons, celebrated on 29 June.

Patron saint festival 📍 Villasalto

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Villasalto celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel, marked only with religious rites; the village's most heartfelt feast is instead that of Saint Barbara, on the first Monday of June, drawing pilgrims from across the Sarrabus area.

Patron saint festival 📍 Volla

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Volla celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the people of Volla, though, are especially devoted to Saint Anthony of Padua, celebrated on 13 June with a further procession on the following Sunday.

Patron saint festival 📍 Santa Maria del Cedro

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Santa Maria del Cedro celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel at the castle dedicated to him; the village lends its name to the Santa Maria del Cedro citron, a local product with its own protection consortium and museum.

Patron saint festival 📍 Giustenice

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Giustenice celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1972 the village has re-enacted the 1448 siege between Genoa and the Del Carretto family with the Palio dei Carri.

Patron saint festival 📍 Dinami

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Dinami celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the village's other patron, Our Lady of the Chain, is celebrated on the second Sunday of July, when maccarruna pasta with goat sauce is served.

Patron saint festival 📍 Bitetto

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Bitetto celebrates co-patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the town venerates three patrons in all, with Blessed James on 27 April and Our Lady of Sorrows on the first Sunday of September.

Patron saint festival 📍 Candiana

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every even year, on 29 September

In even years, such as 2026, Candiana celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel on 29 September; in odd years the feast instead honours Saint Leonard of Noblac.

Patron saint festival 📍 Caselle in Pittari

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 8 May and 29 September Caselle in Pittari celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel at the sanctuary dedicated to him; the municipal territory lies within the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park.

Patron saint festival 📍 Roccacasale

Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel

📅 Every year, on 8 May and 29 September

On 8 May and 29 September Roccacasale, a municipality of 724 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron Saint Michael the Archangel; the Festa delle Fate has been held since 1999.

Patron saint festival 📍 Arsiero

Feast of Saint Roch

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Arsiero celebrates Saint Roch; the village also preserves Forte Casa Ratti, a First World War fortification.

Patron saint festival 📍 Stroppiana

Feast of San Michele Arcangelo

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Stroppiana, a municipality of 1,258 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael the Archangel).

Patron saint festival In 337 days 📍 Caltanissetta

Saint Michael and the Black Christ

📅 Every year, on 29 September

On 29 September Caltanissetta celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel, who by tradition saved it from the plague of 1625; the co-patron, the Black Christ, comes out on Good Friday instead.

Patron saint festival 📍 Mirano

Saint Michael the Archangel, patron of the town of the Saint Matthew Fair

📅 Every year, on 29 September; the Grand Saint Matthew Fair is held on the Sunday following the third Monday of September

Mirano celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel on 29 September; the town is also known for the Saint Matthew Fair, authorised by the Senate of the Republic of Venice in 1477 and still among the area's most cherished events today.