In 203 days Patron saint festival
8 May 2027
Saturday 8 May
Montalcino · Siena · Tuscany
On 8 May Montalcino celebrates Our Lady of Succour: a devotion born in Palermo in 1306 that counts one Tuscan town among its own, the town of Brunello.
The patron of Montalcino is Maria Santissima del Soccorso, Our Lady of Succour, celebrated on 8 May.
It is a devotion that comes from far away: the cult of the Virgin of Succour, the Succurre Miseris, was born in Palermo in 1306 and made her patron above all of southern towns — Sciacca, Castellammare del Golfo, Caltavuturo, San Severo — as well as Cori, in Lazio. Montalcino is the Tuscan exception on the list.
Places to see before or after the feast. All 10 places in Montalcino →
An 11th-century Vallombrosan abbey in Montalcino with Romanesque architecture and a 12th-century crypt.
A sixteenth-century church on Via Osticcio, the old road to the Maremma, remodelled in 1756.
A Montalcino church tied to the 1553 siege, housing artworks by Tamagni and Vanni alongside an 1850 Agati organ.
Historic Montalcino church featuring 17th-century marble altars and paintings by Ventura Salimbeni.
badia Ardenga · chiesa della Madonna del Latte · chiesa della Madonna del Soccorso and 7 more
Bistecca alla Fiorentina · Panforte di Siena
24 places to stay · top rated: Villa MonteLandi 9.9 · Palazzo Saloni 9.8
Next up: Feast of Our Lady of Succour, Saturday 8 May
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 83 km away
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