Saint Gerard Majella Festival (Solemnity of Materdomini)

The 2025 edition

The 2025 Saint Gerard Majella Festival confirmed the appeal of the Materdomini Sanctuary in the municipality of Caposele (Avellino province, Campania). The 'first festival' was celebrated on Sunday, September 7, 2025, the first Sunday of the month as per custom, with morning Eucharistic celebrations, the fair along the village streets, and the afternoon procession with the statue of the saint accompanied by devotional banners.

The second event, the Solemnity of October 16, 2025, the anniversary of the saint's death in 1755, was preceded by the novena and the commemoration of the Transit. From the first light of day, pilgrims arriving from Irpinia and all over Southern Italy crowded the basilica for non-stop masses. In the afternoon, the grand procession crossed Materdomini amidst prayers and popular hymns, before the fireworks that closed the festivities by illuminating the valley.