Patron saint festival In 14 days
Saint Felix and Umbria's only catacomb
📅 Every year, on 30 October
On 30 October Massa Martana celebrates Saint Felix; in its hamlet of Villa San Faustino lies the only Christian catacomb in all of Umbria.
In papal times it was simply Massa; the Martana was added by a royal decree of 29 March 1863, after the Vicus ad Martis, the Roman settlement that stood here on the Via Flaminia.
The consular road left stones and churches behind it: Santa Maria in Pantano, the abbey of San Faustino, that of Saints Fidenzio and Terenzio. The village, scarred by the earthquake of 1997, has been put back on its feet by restoration; you enter through a medieval gate, beside the sanctuary of the Madonna della Pace. The 3,822 residents make Colli Martani oil and nociata, the local walnut sweet.
The Massa Martana guide
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24 places to stay · top rated: Residenza D'Epoca San Lorenzo Tre 9.7 · Relais Todini - Residenza d'epoca - Luxury Historic house 9.5
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Next up: Saint Felix and Umbria's only catacomb, Friday 30 October
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Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 36 km away
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