In 34 days Patron saint festival
17 November 2026
Tuesday 17 November
Grumento Nova · Potenza · Basilicata
Grumento Nova celebrates the Madonna del Monserrato on the last Sunday of August and Saint Laverius on 17 November: the day the saint, born in Acerenza, died a martyr at Grumentum in 312.
Grumento Nova has two patrons: the Madonna del Monserrato, celebrated on the last Sunday of August, and Saint Laverius, on 17 November.
The second date ties the village to Acerenza, where the saint was born. Laverius died a martyr at Grumentum on 17 November 312, so on the same day he is celebrated by two Lucanian towns: the one where he was born and the one where he died.
Places to see before or after the feast. All 4 places in Grumento Nova →
Hannibal was beaten below these walls in 207 BC; Lucania's only amphitheatre stands here.
Elephant tusks, Oenotrian spiral armlets and a portrait of Livia, over two floors.
Half-excavated in 1951, the Augustan theatre was restored only between 1964 and 1968.
An inscription of 1118 already names it; below lie the remains of a temple of Serapis.
Grumentum · Museo nazionale dell'Alta Val d'Agri · Teatro romano di Grumento Nova and 1 more
17 places to stay · top rated: B&B Nonna Rosa 9.7 · B&B zio Domenico 9.3
Next up: Saint Laverius and the Madonna del Monserrato, Tuesday 17 November
Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 120 km away
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