The patron saint of Frazzanò is Saint Lawrence of Frazzanò, whose feast, deeply felt by the people of Frazzanò and drawing crowds from the whole Fitalia valley, unfolds in faith, tradition and folklore from 8 to 10 August. On the site where his church stands today once stood the Greek-rite church of San Nicolò di Bari, whose bells, according to an old legend, rang by themselves in celebration when the saint was born, around 1120. The present church was begun in 1555, after the collapse of the earlier one in the old San Lorenzo quarter, and enlarged around 1699; for the bell tower, built in 1623, stone from the Saracen castle of Belmonte was used, while the Baroque façade, with four twisted local-marble columns, was completed in 1714. The imposing high altar holds the saint's venerated relics and his statue, carved at the monastery of Fragalà by the Palermo sculptor Antonio Pellegrino.
The celebrations begin on 8 August with Saint Calogero; on 9 August, the vigil of Saint Lawrence, the morning is dedicated to the Madonna Annunziata and in the afternoon the «Serra Serra» procession is held, attended by thousands of the faithful: the bust containing the saint's skull is carried across the mountain overlooking the town, stopping at the Fragalà monastery. The feast culminates on 10 August with the saint's «Scinnuta» (descent) and his procession; in the evening the statue is carried to the little church of TuttiSanti, which tradition holds was built by Saint Lawrence himself, before returning to the church amid fireworks. Not far from the town stands the abbey of San Filippo di Fragalà, also known as di Demenna, a Basilian monastic institute built in 1090 by Abbot Gregorio thanks to favours from Count Roger and Queen Adelasia del Vasto, who according to tradition also had the mother church of the Annunziata built in 1117, as a vow after a shipwreck.
