{"id":1252,"date":"2017-01-24T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:53:23","slug":"sicily-most-spectacular-religious-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/sicily-most-spectacular-religious-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"THREE OF SICILY\u2019S MOST SPECTACULAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Easter is probably the most exciting time to <a title=\"holiday in Sicily\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holiday in Sicily<\/a> in terms of religious festivals, but the Sicilian calendar is also punctuated by celebratory events throughout the year, held to commemorate and pay tribute to the patron saints of individual towns and villages. \u00a0These three festivals will give you a taste of celebrating, Sicilian style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festa di Sant\u2019Agata, Catania (Italy)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Festa di Sant\u2019Agata leads the way when it comes to religious devotion in Sicily. Attracting up to a million people over a three-day period, <strong>the first of two annual festivals takes place between 3-5 February<\/strong>, commemorating the saint\u2019s martyrdom. Highlights include the procession on the first day of the <em>cannalori<\/em>, eleven huge heavyweight candles which are carried through the streets to the Piazza Duomo. On the second day, the crowds gather to watch the procession of the saint\u2019s statue out of the Cathedral and through the streets of the city before returning to the Cathedral in the evening. The statue is taken out of the Cathedral again on the third day and, encouraged by the crowd, carried by statue bearers who run up the steep Via San Giuliano as testament to their commitment to the saint. Alongside the religious piety, there are marching bands, cheering crowds, fireworks and food stalls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A second <em>festa<\/em> takes place on 17 August<\/strong>, this one commemorating the return of Sant\u2019Agata\u2019s relics from Constantinople back to Catania in 1126.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1253\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-SantAgata-Catania.jpg\" alt=\"Festa di Sant\u2019Agata, Catania\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-SantAgata-Catania.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-SantAgata-Catania-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festa di Sant\u2019Agata, Catania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festa di Santa Lucia delle Quaglie, Siracusa<br \/>\n<\/strong>There is never a shortage of things to see and do in south east Sicily but in May, you will be spoilt for choice. The patron saint of Syracuse, Santa Lucia, is celebrated on the first two Sundays of May as a thank you for saving the city from the 1642 famine.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the month, nearby Ragusa re-enacts the martyrdom of San Giorgio, followed by one of Sicily\u2019s most spectacular fireworks displays, at the <strong>Festa di San Giorgio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1254\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Lucia-delle-Quaglie-Siracusa.jpg\" alt=\"Festa di Santa Lucia delle Quaglie, Siracusa\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Lucia-delle-Quaglie-Siracusa.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Lucia-delle-Quaglie-Siracusa-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festa di Santa Lucia delle Quaglie, Siracusa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festa di Santa Rosalia, Palermo (Sicily)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palermo in July is party time so <strong>if you are planning a summer holiday in Sicily, the island\u2019s north west coastline is a good place to head for<\/strong>. Palermo\u2019s biggest annual festival celebrates patron saint Santa Rosalia who saved the city from the plague in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century. Events kick off on the evening of 14 July when crowds line the street to cheer the procession of a grand chariot, bearing the saint\u2019s relics, from the Palazzo dei Normanni, through the Quattro Canti, to the waterfront \u2013 at which point street food stalls, festivities, music and fireworks take over.\u00a0 Combining folklore and religion, the five-day event attracts thousands of tourists to the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1255\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Rosalia-Palermo.jpg\" alt=\"Festa di Santa Rosalia, Palermo\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Rosalia-Palermo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festa-di-Santa-Rosalia-Palermo-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festa di Santa Rosalia, Palermo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Festival of San Salvatore, Cefal\u00f9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many of our villas on the north coast of Sicily are within easy reach of Cefal\u00f9<\/strong> where the most important festival (2-6 August) is dedicated to the city\u2019s patron saint San Salvatore. A procession and Cathedral mass are attended by the town\u2019s inhabitants, clergy, military and civil authorities; elsewhere, there are concerts and fireworks and the streets are filled with food stalls and the aroma of the popular Pasta a Taianu dish. The festivities culminate in the ritualistic \u2018<em>ntinna a mari\u2019<\/em> (sea antenna) when locals compete to grab a flag attached to the end of a long pole that is suspended over the water. <a title=\"Cefal\u00f9, Sicily\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/en\/cefalu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cefal\u00f9 is one of Sicily\u2019s most popular holiday towns<\/a>, particularly during August, and so the crowds at the festival, and particularly the sea antenna competition, can be huge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1256\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festival-of-San-Salvatore-Cefalu.jpg\" alt=\"Festival of San Salvatore, Cefal\u00f9\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festival-of-San-Salvatore-Cefalu.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Festival-of-San-Salvatore-Cefalu-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival of San Salvatore, Cefal\u00f9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter is probably the most exciting time to holiday in Sicily in terms of religious festivals, but the Sicilian calendar is also punctuated by celebratory events throughout the year, held to commemorate and pay tribute to the patron saints of individual towns and villages. \u00a0These three festivals will give you a taste of celebrating, Sicilian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do-in-sicily"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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