In 298 days Patron saint festival
21 August 2027
Saturday 21 August
Cividale del Friuli · Udine · Friuli Venezia Giulia
Cividale's patrons fall on 21 August. But the date the town never misses is 6 January, with the Mass of the Broadsword and the procession recalling the patriarch's entry in 1366.
The patrons of Cividale del Friuli are Saints Donatus and Romulus, celebrated on 21 August.
The date the town never misses, though, is another: on 6 January comes the Messa dello Spadone, the Mass of the Broadsword, a religious rite accompanied by a procession in period costume that re-enacts the entry into Cividale of Patriarch Marquard von Randeck in 1366. It is the mark of a town that was a Lombard capital and a patriarchal see, and that stages that past once a year.
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Places to see before or after the feast. All 2 places in Cividale del Friuli →
Founded in the 8th century, this UNESCO World Heritage site is the most intact architectural legacy of the Lombards.
The Lombard museum in their first Italian capital, in a Palladian palace.
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