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🔔 The Italian Almanac

September 5

Stories and curiosities for September 5, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

Impossible geography 📅 1946

Salorno, the gorge where the German-speaking world ends

At Salorno, in the province of Bolzano in Italy's far north, the Adige valley squeezes between Monte Alto and the Favogna plateau. Through this gorge runs the language border between the German-speaking and Italian-speaking areas, a line that took shape around 1600, hardened in the nineteenth century and ignores every political frontier. On 5 September 1946, on the margins of the Paris Peace Conference, Alcide De Gasperi and Austria's foreign minister Karl Gruber signed the agreement granting South Tyroleans schooling in their mother tongue and official use of German. That sheet of paper became Annex IV of the 1947 peace treaty.

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Today's tidbits

On the table today

Cles, the Alpine town that runs on apples

In Cles, the main town of the Val di Non in Trentino, northern Italy, the local economy is built on apples. The Mela Val di Non, a protected designation of origin (DOP) since 2003, comes in three varieties: Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Renetta Canada, the latter introduced in the nineteenth century. Since 1989 the valley's cooperatives have been united in the Melinda consortium, some 5,200 growers in one of Europe's most productive fruit-growing areas. Nor is the fame new: apples from these mountains were already winning international awards at the Vienna World's Fair of 1873.

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Place names

Ne: the Italian municipality whose name is two letters long

In the Graveglia valley, in the hills behind Genoa in Liguria, sits a municipality whose entire name is Ne. It shares the record for the shortest municipal name in Italy with Re, in Piedmont, and Vo', in the Veneto. Scholars trace the name to the Latin nemus, 'wood', and more precisely a grove planted by human hands, perhaps the olive groves that covered the valley in antiquity. And there is a final twist: no village called Ne actually exists. It is a scattered municipality, and the town hall stands in the hamlet of Conscenti.

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🎉 Celebrations today in… 5

5 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on September 5

Other saints of the day 5

Tione di Trento · Trentino-South Tyrol MontottoneSan Fabiano e san Sebastiano · Marche Serracapriolasan Mercurio · Puglia Andrettasant'Antonio di Padova · Campania Colli al MetauroSanta Teresa di Calcutta · Marche
Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Abbadia Cerreto

Feast of Maria Santissima Assunta

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Abbadia Cerreto, a municipality of 297 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Tripi

Feast of Saint Vincent the martyr

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Tripi celebrates Saint Vincent the martyr, in the village grown beside ancient Abakainon.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Lignana

Feast of San Germano

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Lignana, a municipality of 579 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patron San Germano.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Camisano

Feast of San Giovanni Battista

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Camisano, a municipality of 1,303 inhabitants in the province of Cremona, celebrates its patron San Giovanni Battista.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Borgo San Giovanni

Feast of San Giovanni Decollato

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Borgo San Giovanni, a municipality of 2,213 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates its patron San Giovanni Decollato.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Besate

Feast of San Michele

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Besate, a municipality of 2,022 inhabitants in the province of Milan, celebrates its patron San Michele.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Montaldo Bormida

Feast of San Michele Arcangelo

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Montaldo Bormida, a municipality of 708 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Michele Arcangelo.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Falvaterra

Feast of San Sossio Levita e Martire

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Falvaterra, a municipality of 567 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, celebrates its patron San Sossio Levita e Martire.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Nicorvo

Feast of San Terenziano

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Nicorvo, a municipality of 364 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patron San Terenziano.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 San Tomaso Agordino

Feast of San Tommaso Apostolo

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September San Tomaso Agordino, a municipality of 683 inhabitants in the province of Belluno, celebrates its patron San Tommaso Apostolo.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Gioia dei Marsi

Feast of San Vincenzo

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Gioia dei Marsi, a municipality of 2,111 inhabitants in the province of L'Aquila, celebrates its patron San Vincenzo.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Andretta

Feast of Sant'Antonio di Padova

📅 Every year, on 5 September

On 5 September Andretta, a municipality of 2,056 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patron Sant'Antonio di Padova.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 San Ponso

Feast of Sant'Ilario

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September San Ponso, a municipality of 279 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patron Sant'Ilario.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Locana

Feast of the Madonna del Cantellino

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Locana, a municipality of 1,601 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patroness the Madonna del Cantellino.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Bruzzano Zeffirio

Feast of the Madonna della Catena

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Bruzzano Zeffirio, a municipality of 1,211 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Catena.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Ozzero

Feast of the Madonna della Cintura

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Ozzero, a municipality of 1,467 inhabitants in the province of Milan, celebrates its patroness the Madonna della Cintura.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Boffalora d'Adda

Feast of the Nativity of Mary

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Boffalora d'Adda, a municipality of 1,705 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates the Nativity of Mary.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Aisone

Feast of the Nativity of Mary

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

On the first Sunday of September Aisone, a municipality of 254 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates the Nativity of Mary.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Pratola Serra

Our Lady of Sorrows, Saint Gerard and the Calata degli Angeli

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the Calata degli Angeli on Easter Monday

Pratola Serra celebrates Our Lady of Sorrows and Saint Gerard on the first Sunday of September. On Easter Monday, the Calata degli Angeli is held, before the procession for the Madonna di Montevergine and the Risen Christ.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Robbio

Our Lady of the Rosary, patron of the Palio dl'Urmon

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the last Sunday of August brings the Palio dl'Urmon

Robbio celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary on the first Sunday of September. On the last Sunday of August, the Palio dl'Urmon begins, lasting a week and recalling the felling of a great elm tree.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Ischia

Saint John Joseph of the Cross

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the memorial on 5 March

Ischia's patron was born on the island, and locals call him the fairest flower of Aenaria. His memorial falls on 5 March, but the patronal feast is another date: the first Sunday of September.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Caponago

Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, patron of the Palio di Avucat

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the following Sunday brings the Palio di Avucat

Caponago celebrates Saint Juliana of Nicomedia on the first Sunday of September, a feast that derives from the old end-of-summer harvest festivals. The following Sunday brings the traditional Palio di Avucat.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Mammola

Saint Nicodemus and the Stockfish Festival

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September; the Stockfish Festival on 9 August since 1978

Mammola celebrates a second patronal feast of Saint Nicodemus on the first Sunday of September. Every 9 August, since 1978, the Sagra dello Stocco is held, dedicated to the famed stockfish of Mammola.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Toritto

Saint Roch and Our Lady of Grace, patrons of the triumphal cart

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September, instituted in 1724 after an epidemic

Toritto celebrates Saint Roch and Our Lady of Grace on the first Sunday of September, with a feast instituted in 1724 after the end of a typhus and «cane blight» epidemic. A triumphal cart, twelve metres tall, is paraded in procession.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Concesio

Saint Roch, patron of the birthplace of Paul VI

📅 Every year, on the first weekend of September; Concesio is also the birthplace of Paul VI

Concesio celebrates its patron Saint Roch on the first weekend of September. From 11 to 20 September, the Palio of the San Vigilio districts is held. The house where the future Pope Paul VI was born now houses the Paul VI Nativity Scene Museum, drawing a yearly pilgrimage of many faithful.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Milazzo

Saint Stephen and the Berrettella

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

Milazzo celebrates Saint Stephen the protomartyr on the first Sunday of September; its co-patron, Saint Francis of Paola, on the first Sunday of May, and two days later comes the Berrettella.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Capranica

Saint Terentianus, patron of the cocciarelle procession

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September, with the cocciarelle procession

Capranica celebrates its patron Saint Terentianus on the first Sunday of September, even though the liturgical feast, marking the anniversary of his death and martyrdom, falls on the 1st of that month. The procession is called by locals the «processione delle cocciarelle».

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Ciminna

Saint Vitus and the Crucifix of the 1651 miracles

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September

Ciminna celebrates Saint Vitus on the first Sunday of September; but the most heartfelt feast is that of the Holy Crucifix, on the first Sunday of May, first celebrated in 1651 after events considered miraculous.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Cornaredo

Saints James and Philip, patrons of the church opened to worship in 1863

📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of September, in memory of the consecration of the parish church

Cornaredo celebrates Saints James and Philip on the first weekend of September, in memory of the consecration of the parish church dedicated to them, built in neoclassical style in the second half of the 19th century and opened to worship on 4 October 1863.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Castell'Alfero

Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the town of «Gianduja al sò pais»

📅 Every year, on the weekend of the first Sunday of September; January-February, start of Carnival with Gianduja al sò pais

Castell'Alfero celebrates Saints Peter and Paul on the weekend of the first Sunday of September; between January and February, «Gianduja al sò pais» marks the start of Piedmontese Carnival with Gianduja and Giacometta of the Famija Turineisa, while in June, at Callianetto, the Mixed Fry Festival is held.