Patron saint festival In 198 days
Saint Alexander, patron of a town founded by the Barresi barons
📅 Every year, on 3 May
Barrafranca celebrates Saint Alexander on 3 May; the 15th-century church of Maria Santissima dell'Itria holds the Annunciation by Mattia Preti, while the town, called Convicino in Norman times, took its current name in 1529.
