Patron saint festival
Saint Benedict the Protomartyr, patron whose body arrived from the sea
📅 Every year, on 13 October, with a historical re-enactment and a sea procession
San Benedetto del Tronto celebrates Saint Benedict the Protomartyr on 13 October, with a historical re-enactment and a sea procession; tradition holds his body was thrown into the sea after his martyrdom in 304 and washed up precisely on this shore.
