Events & festivals · Iglesias

Patron saint festival In 298 days

Saint Clare, patron of the town of the Mid-August candlesticks

📅 Every year, on 11 August; on 15 August the Festa di Sancta Maria di Mezo di Gosto with the candelieri is held

Iglesias celebrates Saint Clare on 11 August; a few days later, on 15 August, the Festa di Sancta Maria di Mezo di Gosto is held, a religious procession with shoulder-borne votive structures called «candelieri», in honour of the Assumed Virgin.