Patron saint festival
Saint Romulus, patron who gave the city its name by living as a hermit in its woods
📅 Every year, on 13 October
Sanremo celebrates Saint Romulus on 13 October; bishop of Genoa who lived in the 5th century, he spent much of his life in the city's woods and died there as a hermit, leading the city to change its name from Civitas Matuciana to Civitas Sancti Romuli.
