Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Festival
Edition 2025 Finished Free Sacred music Brass band Pyrotechnic show

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Festival

20 Jun 2025 — 21 Jun 2025
Santa Cesarea Terme — Lecce (075)

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Edition 2025 — Saint Aloysius Gonzaga in Vitigliano

In 2025, the Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Festival in Vitigliano began on June 20th with religious rites and concerts, culminating on the saint's day, June 21st. The community of the Santa Cesarea Terme hamlet gathered to honor the saint with mass, a procession, a brass band concert, and fireworks, following the tradition upheld by the Vitigliano Festival Committee.

The 2025 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Festival

The 2025 edition of the Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Festival in Vitigliano, a hamlet of Santa Cesarea Terme (Lecce, Puglia), kicked off on June 20th with the first religious and musical events, concluding on June 21st, the day of the saint's liturgical feast. The program intertwined, as per tradition, religious rites—with mass in honor of the saint and the procession of the statue through the village streets—and civic festivities, featuring illuminations, a brass band concert in the square, and a final fireworks display. The event was organized by the Vitigliano Festival Committee (Vitillianum Association).

Programme

June 20: Opening of the festivities with religious rites and concerts. June 21 (Feast of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga): Solemn mass, procession with the saint's statue through the village streets, brass band concert, and fireworks to close the evening.

Where does it take place — Saint Aloysius Gonzaga in Vitigliano

Vitigliano, centro storico e Chiesa Madre

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga in Vitigliano in brief

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History of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga in Vitigliano

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