In 188 days Patron saint festival
23 April 2027
Friday 23 April
Stilo · Reggio Calabria · Calabria
On 23 April Stilo celebrates Saint George. In summer, on the first Sunday of August, the Palio di Ribusa returns, named after the fair held in the village since the seventeenth century.
The patron of Stilo is Saint George and his day falls on 23 April.
The village's other date comes in summer: on the first Sunday of August the Palio di Ribusa is run, named after the fair held in Stilo since 1600. It is the day when the town of the Byzantine Cattolica revisits its past as the market town of the valley.
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Featured on the Italian passport, the Cattolica di Stilo is a 9th-century Byzantine masterpiece with five iconic domes.
The Norman fortress on the mountain above Stilo, its cistern under the chapel.
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