Events & festivals · Province of Viterbo

65 events with verified sources in Viterbo, in calendar order.

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Patron saint festival In 26 days 📍 Onano

Feast of Saint Tryphon

📅 Every year, on 10 November

On 10 November Onano celebrates its patron Saint Tryphon; the town is also home to the Castello di Santa Cristina.

Patron saint festival In 27 days 📍 Graffignano

Feast of Saint Martin

📅 Every year, on 11 November

On 11 November Graffignano celebrates its patron Saint Martin; the municipal territory holds the Castello di Sipicciano.

Patron saint festival In 39 days 📍 Latera

Feast of Saint Clement

📅 Every year, on 23 November

On 23 November Latera celebrates its patron Saint Clement, to whom the town's church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 50 days 📍 Barbarano Romano

Feast of Saint Barbara

📅 Every year, on 4 December

On 4 December Barbarano Romano celebrates its patron Saint Barbara; the municipal territory preserves the Etruscan archaeological area of San Giuliano.

Patron saint festival In 73 days 📍 Valentano

Saint John and the Straight Furrow of the Assumption

📅 Every year, on 27 December; the Fiera del cedro since 1461 and the Solco dritto in August

Valentano celebrates Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist on 27 December. The Fiera del cedro, established in 1461 by Pier Luigi Farnese, is held on the third Sunday of May; on 14 and 15 August comes the Festa del Solco dritto, a harvest thanksgiving rite.

Patron saint festival In 90 days 📍 Faleria

Feast of Saint Julian

📅 Every year, on 13 January

On 13 January Faleria celebrates its patron Saint Julian; the municipal territory preserves the Castello degli Anguillara.

Patron saint festival In 97 days 📍 Capodimonte

Feast of Saint Sebastian

📅 Every year, on 20 January (Saint Sebastian) and 16 August (Saint Roch)

On 20 January Capodimonte celebrates its patron Saint Sebastian, venerated as patron of municipal police: officers gather in the town to lay a wreath for the fallen; on 16 August Saint Roch is celebrated with fireworks over the lake.

Patron saint festival In 187 days 📍 Proceno

Feast of Saint Agnes Segni

📅 Every year, on 20 April

On 20 April Proceno celebrates its patroness Saint Agnes Segni; on 5 August, for Our Lady of the Snows, a great fair sanctioned by a Brief of Pope Leo X in 1519 was held.

Patron saint festival In 191 days 📍 Bomarzo

Feast of Saint Anselm and the Palio

📅 Every year, on 24 April, with the Palio on 25 April

On 24 April Bomarzo celebrates its patron Saint Anselm the bishop and on the 25th the Palio di Sant'Anselmo is run between the five districts, with the Renaissance historical procession.

Patron saint festival In 207 days 📍 Farnese

Feast of Saint Isidore

📅 Every year, on 10 May

On 10 May Farnese, a municipality of 1,631 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron Saint Isidore.

Patron saint festival In 217 days 📍 Piansano

Feast of Saint Bernardino of Siena

📅 Every year, on 20 May

On 20 May Piansano, a municipality of 2,147 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron Saint Bernardino of Siena, to whom the parish church is dedicated.

Patron saint festival In 273 days 📍 Bagnoregio

Saint Bonaventure and the Good Friday procession

📅 Every year, on 15 July; the Good Friday procession with over 300 performers

Bagnoregio celebrates Saint Bonaventure on 15 July, in the church dedicated to him. The night-time Good Friday procession, with over 300 costumed performers, is thought to have begun in Civita in the mid-1600s.

Patron saint festival In 278 days 📍 Montefiascone

Saint Margaret of Antioch and Saint Flavian, patrons of the land of Est! Est!! Est!!!

📅 Every year, on 20 July; in August the Wine Fair celebrates the famous Est! Est!! Est!!!

Montefiascone celebrates Saint Margaret of Antioch and Saint Flavian on 20 July. August brings the Wine Fair, established in 1958, celebrating the town's historic wine-growing tradition and its renowned Est! Est!! Est!!! wine, tied to the legend of prelate Giovanni Deuc, known as Defuk, and his servant Martino, sent around 1111 to search for the best wine.

Patron saint festival In 280 days 📍 Gradoli

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

📅 Every year, on 22 July

On 22 July Gradoli, a municipality of 1,474 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patroness Saint Mary Magdalene (santa Maria Maddalena).

Patron saint festival In 282 days 📍 Bolsena

Saint Christina and the Eucharistic miracle of 1264

📅 Every year, on 24 July; in 1264 the Eucharistic miracle gave rise to Corpus Domini

Bolsena celebrates Saint Christina on 24 July, in the basilica dedicated to her, where in 1263 the famous Eucharistic miracle occurred that led to the institution of the feast of Corpus Domini.

Patron saint festival In 297 days 📍 Gallese

Saint Famian and the memory of the first miracle

📅 Every year, on 8 August; the 17 July procession for the first miracle

Gallese celebrates Saint Famian on 8 August, in the basilica dedicated to him. On the morning of 17 July, the townspeople process to the small church where the saint's first miracle in Gallese is remembered.

Patron saint festival In 299 days 📍 San Lorenzo Nuovo

Feast of Saint Lawrence the Martyr

📅 Every year, on 10 and 11 August

On 10 August San Lorenzo Nuovo, a municipality of 2,166 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron Saint Lawrence the martyr (san Lorenzo martire), with the fiera di San Lorenzo on the 11th.

Patron saint festival In 305 days 📍 Arlena di Castro

Feast of San Rocco

📅 Every year, on 16 August

On 16 August Arlena di Castro, a municipality of 886 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron San Rocco.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Nepi

Saints Ptolemy and Romanus, patrons of the silent procession of the Dead Christ

📅 Every year, on 24 and 25 August; on Good Friday the silent procession of the Dead Christ

Nepi celebrates its patrons, Saints Ptolemy and Romanus, on 24 and 25 August. On Good Friday, the procession of the «Dead Christ» is held: the statues of Christ taken down from the cross and of the Sorrowful Mother are carried on the shoulders through the town's streets by the confraternities, in a silent funeral cortege.

Patron saint festival In 313 days 📍 Ronciglione

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, patron of one of Italy's most beautiful carnivals

📅 Every year, on 24 August; the Carnival ranks among Italy's ten most beautiful

Ronciglione celebrates Saint Bartholomew the Apostle on 24 August. Born from the Renaissance and Baroque Roman carnival tradition, the Ronciglione Carnival is considered among the ten most beautiful in Italy, with the Hussars' cavalcade recalling a historical 19th-century ride of French soldiers.

Patron saint festival In 317 days 📍 Acquapendente

Saint Hermes, patron of the Festa dei Pugnaloni

📅 Every year, on 28 August; the third Sunday of May brings the Festa dei Pugnaloni

Acquapendente celebrates Saint Hermes on 28 August. On the third Sunday of May, the Festa dei Pugnaloni is held, one of the oldest folk celebrations in Tuscia, originally also called festa di Mezzomaggio.

Patron saint festival In 321 days 📍 Cellere

Feast of Sant'Egidio

📅 Every year, on 1 September

On 1 September Cellere, a municipality of 1,230 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron Sant'Egidio.

Patron saint festival In 321 days 📍 Orte

Saint Giles the Abbot, patron solemnised by Pope Boniface IX

📅 Every year, on 1 September, with the eve procession on the evening of 31 August

Orte celebrates Saint Giles the Abbot on 1 September. It is a feast of ancient tradition, solemnised by Pope Boniface IX in 1396 with the granting of the same indulgences as the Porziuncola of Assisi. Even today the eve procession, on the evening of 31 August, draws great participation.

Patron saint festival In 324 days 📍 Viterbo

Saint Rose, patron who died at eighteen and is carried skyward on a 30-metre tower

📅 Every year, on 4 September, with the Transport of the Macchina di Santa Rosa on the evening of the 3rd

Viterbo celebrates Saint Rose on 4 September; on the evening of the 3rd, a hundred men called «Facchini di Santa Rosa» carry the Macchina di Santa Rosa on their shoulders through the city's darkened streets, a 30-metre illuminated tower, UNESCO heritage since 2013.

Patron saint festival In 325 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».

Through the year

Patron saint festival 📍 Celleno

Feast of Saint Donatus

📅 Every year, on 14 September

On 14 September Celleno celebrates Saint Donatus; in September the historic centre also becomes an open-air stage for the Teverina Buskers, the international street artists' festival.

Patron saint festival 📍 Monterosi

Feast of Saints Vincent and Anastasius

📅 Every year, on 14 September and 22 January

On 14 September Monterosi celebrates Saints Vincent and Anastasius, also honoured on 22 January; early in the year the town also holds the Sagra della Pizzantiella, its typical stuffed crêpe.

Patron saint festival 📍 Calcata

Feast of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian

📅 Every year, on 16 September

On 16 September Calcata celebrates Saints Cornelius and Cyprian; the village also keeps the story of a relic discovered in 1557, venerated ever since and tied to an indulgence for pilgrims.

Patron saint festival 📍 Civita Castellana

Feast of Saints John and Marcian

📅 Every year, on 16 September

On 16 September Civita Castellana celebrates Saints John and Marcian, Roman martyrs; the town also has two cherished traditions, the historic Carnevale Civitonico and the Ludi Borgiani, the procession re-enacting the arrival of Pope Alexander VI Borgia.

Patron saint festival 📍 Sutri

Feast of Saint Dulcissima

📅 Every year, on 16 and 17 September

On 16 September, the dies natalis of its patron, Sutri celebrates Saint Dulcissima with a procession; on the evening of the 17th the fireworks display and torchlight procession are held inside the Roman amphitheatre.

Patron saint festival 📍 Fabrica di Roma

Feast of Saint Matthew

📅 Every year, on 21 September

On 21 September Fabrica di Roma celebrates Saint Matthew; the municipal territory includes the archaeological area of Falerii Novi, the ancient Roman city.