22 events with verified sources in Caltanissetta, in calendar order.
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📅 Every year, on 4 December
Sommatino celebrates Saint Barbara on 4 December: patroness of the town and protector of miners, she is the object of deeply felt devotion by the whole population, who dedicate a solemn procession to her.
📅 Every year, on 19 March; Carnival brings lavish allegorical floats between February and March
Milena celebrates Saint Joseph on 19 March, in the church of the Immaculate, popularly known as San Giuseppe; the year's first feast coincides with Carnival, between February and March, with lavish allegorical floats parading around a display of masks admired by an increasing number of tourists.
📅 Every year, on 4 May; Saint Joseph, protector, is celebrated on 19 March
Resuttano celebrates the Holy Crucifix on 4 May; the town was founded on 7 June 1627 by Giuseppe di Napoli, duke of Campobello, who bought the barony on behalf of his son Gerolamo, giving rise to a settlement of Madonie-origin people.
📅 Every year, on 10 May
San Cataldo celebrates its patron saint on 10 May; the town's mother church, commissioned by Baron Vincenzo Galletti di Fiumesalato and consecrated in 1739 by the baron's brother, the bishop of Catania Pietro Galletti, was only rededicated to the Immaculate Conception in 2019.
📅 Every year, on 16 July
Sutera celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 16 July; in the church dedicated to her is kept the statue of the Madonna del Soccorso, commissioned in 1503 by Francesco Salamone, one of the thirteen knights of the famous Challenge of Barletta.
📅 Every year, on the last Sunday of July, with the barefoot pilgrimage for San Calogero ricco
Campofranco celebrates Saint Calogerus on the last Sunday of July: at least once in their lifetime, the people of Campofranco make the barefoot journey from their home to the church of San Francesco for the celebrations of «San Calogero ricco».
📅 Every year, on the first Saturday of August
Marianopoli celebrates Saint Prosper the martyr on the first Saturday of August, in the 18th-century mother church; his relics were likely transferred from the palace of the Catania baronial family that owned the fief.
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August; the month of the Madonna from 21 April to 21 May
Niscemi celebrates Maria Santissima del Bosco twice a year: the month of the Madonna in spring and the patronal feast in summer, when the image crosses the town in procession.
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August (liturgical date 6 November)
Serradifalco celebrates Saint Leonard, Abbot of Noblac, on the second Sunday of August, although his feast day falls on 6 November; the solemn mass at the mother church is followed by a procession deeply felt even by faithful coming from all over Sicily.
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Butera celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August: his statue is kept in the town's sanctuary, while the Arab-Norman castle overlooking the town, once held by the Alagona family and later by the Catalan prince Ugo di Santapau, is said by popular tradition to be linked to Falconara castle by underground tunnels.
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August)
On the first Sunday after Ferragosto (15 August) Villalba, a municipality of 1,731 inhabitants in the province of Caltanissetta, celebrates its patron San Giuseppe.
📅 Every year, on 4 September
Delia celebrates Saint Rosalia on 4 September; in the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, built in 1500 on the ruins of the church of San Nicola di Mira, a painting of the saint by Pietro D'Asaro of Racalmuto, known as il Monocolo, is preserved.
📅 Every year, on 8 September
On 8 September Gela celebrates its patroness, the Madonna dell'Alemanna: the Byzantine panel that depicts her was found by a farmer where her sanctuary now stands.
📅 Every year, on 8 September (also venerated on 15 September)
Mussomeli celebrates Mary Most Holy of Miracles on 8 September; the sanctuary dedicated to her was founded by Father Francesco Langela, while since 1370 the Manfredonico Castle, nicknamed the «eagle's nest», has stood on the town's crag.
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of September
Riesi celebrates Our Lady of the Chain on the second Sunday of September, with folk rites and processions; the town preserves the Trabia Tallarita mining complex, once home to one of Sicily's most important sulphur mines.
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of September
On the third Sunday of September Acquaviva Platani, a municipality of 1,041 inhabitants in the province of Caltanissetta, celebrates its patron the Santissimo Crocifisso delle Grazie.
📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Caltanissetta celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel, who by tradition saved it from the plague of 1625; the co-patron, the Black Christ, comes out on Good Friday instead.
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of September
Mazzarino celebrates Mary Most Holy of the Mazzaro on the third Sunday of September; the basilica-sanctuary dedicated to her was designed in 1739 by the Syracusan architect Carmelo Natale Bonajuto, at the wish of the Capuchin friar Ludovico Napoli da Mazzarino.
📅 Every year, on 25 September
On 25 September Santa Caterina Villarmosa celebrates the patron the municipality is named after; the village also preserves the Castello di Risicudia.
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of September
Bompensiere celebrates the Holy Crucifix on the fourth Sunday of September, in the only church historically present in the town; the village was founded on the Nadore fief, part of the Barony of Mussomeli since 1486, at the will of Don Giovanni Lanza.
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of September
Vallelunga Pratameno celebrates Our Lady of Loreto on the fourth Sunday of September.
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of October
Montedoro celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary on the first Sunday of October, in the church in the historic centre; the town, once a mining centre, today preserves the memory of this vocation in the Angelo Petix Sulfur Mine Museum.
