Patron saint festival In 53 days
Saint Nicholas of Bari, the patron whose statue moved in the Easter Octave of 1797
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Gioiosa Marea celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December; the moving of his statue from the old town of Gioiosa Guardia, abandoned after the 1783 earthquake, was the community's most important event and took place in the Easter Octave of 1797.
