Events & festivals · Santa Margherita di Belice

Patron saint festival In 352 days

Saint Rosalia and the Crucifix venerated by John Paul II in his anathema against the Mafia

📅 Every year, on 4 September; the Most Holy Crucifix, also held to be a legitimate patron, is celebrated on the first Sunday of May

Santa Margherita di Belice celebrates Saint Rosalia on 4 September; the town also venerates as patron the 14th-century Crucifix of the mother church, before which John Paul II celebrated mass in 1993, launching his famous anathema against the Mafia.