Festa di San Rocco a Bianzano

San Rocco, patron saint of Bianzano

The Festa di San Rocco is the patronal festival of Bianzano, a small village in Val Cavallina located at 600 meters altitude, in the Province of Bergamo, overlooking Lake Endine. San Rocco is the patron saint of the village, and an ancient country church, which holds the community's devotion, is dedicated to him. The liturgical feast day falls on August 16th.

The procession of the wooden statue

The most heartfelt moment of the festival is the procession that, on the patron saint's day, winds through the village streets carrying the wooden statue of San Rocco. It is an ancient rite, capable of gathering the inhabitants and the numerous summer visitors who frequent the village, in an atmosphere of devotion and tradition that is renewed from generation to generation.

Tradition and history of the village

In the past, on the occasion of the Feast of San Rocco, an important fair and market was also held in Bianzano, a sign of how central the event was in the life of the village. Even today, the patronal festival remains the most important event of the Bianzano summer, an opportunity to rediscover the roots of a medieval village that preserves, in addition to the devotion to San Rocco, a notable historical heritage, starting with its castle.