Over 60 percent of the Italian immigrants who settled in Tampa, Florida, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries originated from Santo Stefano Quisquina. This transatlantic heritage is central to the history of this Agrigento municipality, home today to 4,897 residents.
Standing 730 meters above sea level, the town adopted its present name on May 10, 1863, dropping its earlier titles of Santo Stefano di Melia and Santo Stefano di Bivona. It lies 35 kilometers north of Agrigento and 60 kilometers south of Palermo.
Chiesa San Calogero
Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Rosalia, patroness with a missionary co-patron martyred in Nagasaki, Tuesday 8 June
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 71 km away
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📅 Every year, on the Tuesday after the first Sunday of June
Santo Stefano Quisquina celebrates Saint Rosalia on the Tuesday after the first Sunday of June, in the hermitage dedicated to her; since 2017 blessed Giacinto Giordano Ansalone, a Dominican friar born in the town and martyred in Nagasaki in 1634, has also been co-patron.
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Outside Santo Stefano Quisquina, but an easy day trip away.
