Traditions in Italy divided by date

Updates

January

• 6 January: Befana
• 6 January: Befana of the policeman
• 17 January: St. Anthony the Abbot
• 29, 30, 31: The Days of the Merla (Blackbird Hen)

February

• 3 February: San Biagio (Blaise)
• 5 February: Sant'Agata, [St. Agatha]
• Carnival
• 14 February: St. Valentine of Terni

March

• The 100 Giorni
• 19 March, San Giuseppe

April

• Lunedì dell'Angelo (Easter Monday)
• 25 April: Festa della Liberazione ("Le Querce di Monte Sole")

May

• 7-8-9 May: San Nicola's celebrations in Bari
• Second Sunday, Festa della Mamma / Mother's Day

June

• 24 June: Traditions on St. John's night: the nocino liquor
• 29 June: Saints Peter and Paul

July

• July 16: Madonna del Carmine
• July 24: Santa Cristina

August

• 5 August: Madonna della Neve
• 15 August, Ferragosto and the Assumption
• 16 August, San Rocco

September

• 4 September, Santa Rosalia
• 15 September, Madonna Addolorata
• 19 September, San Gennaro

November

• 1st and 2nd November: Ognissanti, Giorno dei Morti
• 4th November: End of WW1 for Italy
• 11 November: San Martino

December

• Naples, the crib market at San Gregorio Armeno
• 6 December, St. Nicholas, ancestor of Santa Claus; San Nicola's celebrations in Bari
• 8 December, Procession of the Immaculate Conception in Torre del Greco
• Gubbio, the world's biggest Christmas Tree
• 13 December, Santa Lucia
• 25 December: Why is Christmas celebrated on this day?
• 31 December, San Silvestro and Capodanno