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Feast of San Gaudenzio

16 August 2027

Monday 16 August

Paspardo · Brescia · Lombardy

August 2027Monday 16 August
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On 16 August Paspardo, a municipality of 646 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patron San Gaudenzio in August rather than in January, so that everyone can be together.

On 16 August Paspardo celebrates the patronal feast of San Gaudenzio of Novara. The saint is traditionally celebrated in August, because 16 August is the feast of San Rocco, co-patron together with San Lorenzo, rather than on 22 January, as the calendar of the saints would have it: this way people, especially the men who once went to work far away, can celebrate together with the whole community once they are back.

On 6 January, for the Epiphany, the Gabénàt was held, in which people exchanged small gifts, especially between sweethearts, such as dried fruit or mandarins. On 25 April, for the Rogazioni di San Marco, it was traditional to hold a procession as far as the Capitello dei Due Pini, near a prehistoric altar.

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