Patron saint festival In 297 days
Saint Lawrence, the patron chosen in honour of the judge who stopped the lava with Saint Agatha's veil
📅 Every year, on 10 August (solemn vespers on the evening of the 9th)
Sant'Agata li Battiati celebrates Saint Lawrence on 10 August; according to tradition he was chosen as patron in honour of judge Lorenzo D'Arcangelo, who had the Chapel of the Veil built, where in 1444 Saint Agatha's relic stopped a flow of lava.
