Patron saint festival In 214 days
Saint Possidonius, patron of the town bearing his name
📅 Every year, on 16 May
San Possidonio celebrates its patron on 16 May, in the church dedicated to him.
The village was called Garfaniana, and it was a small posting station on the road between north and south. It took the name it has now when the bishop of Reggio, Azzo, obtained from Louis II the relics of Saint Possidonius and brought them here: the church that keeps them already appears in a document of 962.
In 1789 don Giuseppe Andreoli was born here, a carbonaro priest whom duke Francesco IV had executed at Rubiera in 1822: the monument in the square shows him beside Italy and a soldier. The earthquake of 2012 brought down the bell tower and half the church; the civil protection services of Tuscany and Lazio pitched the tents, and the streets where the temporary houses later arrived are still called via Toscana and via Lazio.
The San Possidonio guide
What to eat here 2
Tagliatelle al Ragù · Aceto Balsamico di Modena
Where to stay
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saint Possidonius, patron of the town bearing his name, Sunday 16 May
Getting there
Nearest airport: Bologna Marconi, 45 km away
🎉 Festivals and feasts in San Possidonio 1
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🍝 The flavours of San Possidonio
Aceto Balsamico di Modena cooked grape must and wine vinegar, dense and sweet-and-sour
Cooked grape must and wine vinegar aged in wooden barrels: Aceto Balsamico di Modena has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2009.
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Near San Possidonio
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside San Possidonio, but an easy day trip away.
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola 📍 Carpi · 11 km Jesuit church of 1670-1682 in Carpi, on a Greek-cross plan, with scagliola altars and the diocesan museum. Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Carpi · 11 km Carpi cathedral begun in 1514 to Peruzzi's design, reopened in 2017 after the 2012 earthquake. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello 📍 Carpi · 12 km Romanesque pieve of 1184, the oldest church in Carpi, with a Peruzzi façade and twelfth-century frescoes. Chiesa di San Bernardino da Siena 📍 Carpi · 12 km Patron church of Carpi, begun in 1604, with the reliquary bust of Saint Bernardino of Siena.