Feast of the Madonna dell’Olmitello, Deliceto’s patron saint
Three days of celebration in September, recalling the cholera vow of 1837.
📅 Every year from 21 to 23 September, procession on the 22nd — exact dates to be confirmed
📍 Mother church
🧭 Deliceto
À PROPOS DE Feast of the Madonna dell’Olmitello, Deliceto’s patron saint
Every year from 21 to 23 September, Deliceto celebrates the Madonna dell’Olmitello, its protector. Tradition says that in 1837, during a cholera epidemic, the villagers carried her statue in procession on 22 September and the village was spared. The statue is now kept in the mother church. Check the 2027 programme before you go.
Photo: RoccoDiDeliceto, domaine public / Wikimedia Commons
