Festino di Santa Rosalia When is the Feast of Saint Rosalia? The Feast of Saint Rosalia is a regional public holiday in Palermo, Italy on July 15th each year. The day honours the patron saint of the city, who is credited with saving the city from plague in 1624. History of Feast of ...
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St. RosaliaHermitess, greatly venerated at Palermo and in the whole of Sicily of which she in patroness. Her feast is celebrated on 4 September. A special feast of the translation of her relics is kept in Sicily 15 June. There is no account of her before Valerius Rossi (about 1590), ...