Benedictine Celebrations - Feast of Saint Benedict of Norcia

In 2025, Norcia once again celebrated Saint Benedict, Patron of Europe, around March 21st. The ritual of the Benedictine Torch "Pro Pace et Europa Una" — which arrived from Cassino after its usual journey through Subiaco and Rieti — opened the Celebrations, carrying the message of peace and European unity linked to the figure of the saint.

The religious celebrations, including the solemn mass, the historical procession, and the procession through the historic center, reaffirmed the deep bond of the Norcian community with its most illustrious saint, in a path of rebirth for the city after the 2016 earthquake.