Festa di San Giorgio - Festa Patronale di Corte Palasio

Saint George, patron saint of Corte Palasio

Corte Palasio is a municipality in the province of Lodi, in the fertile Lodi plain made up of farmhouses, fields, and ancient rural courtyards. Its patron saint is Saint George the Martyr, the knight saint venerated throughout Christianity, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated. The patronal festival in his honour is the most important event in the local religious and community calendar.

The first Sunday of October

Although the liturgical feast day of Saint George falls on April 23rd, the patronal festival of Corte Palasio is traditionally celebrated on the first Sunday of October, according to a widespread custom that places the civil and community celebrations in a more favourable period of the year. In 2026, the feast day falls on October 4th.

The celebrations

The heart of the festival consists of liturgical moments: solemn masses and the procession with the statue of the patron saint, accompanied by the participation of the faithful. Around the religious celebrations, the moments of social interaction that have always characterised village festivals develop, providing an opportunity for meeting and a renewed sense of community.

A tradition of the Lodi plain

The Festa di San Giorgio is an example of the rich tradition of patronal festivals in the Po Valley plain, where devotion to the patron saint intertwines with the identity of the village. For Corte Palasio, in the province of Lodi, it is the event that every autumn brings the town together around its church and its roots.