Saint Nicholas Festival and Sacred Manna (Ostia Lido)
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Saint Nicholas Festival and Sacred Manna (Ostia Lido)

10 May 2025 — 11 May 2025
Roma — Roma (258)

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Edition 2025 — Saint Nicholas Festival Ostia

In 2025, the Ostia Lido community once again gathered around the Parish of San Nicola di Bari for the patronal feast, celebrated as usual in the days following May 9th, the date when the Sacred Manna is collected in Bari. Liturgical rites, a procession through the district streets with the marching band, and convivial moments in the parish spaces marked that edition of the Roman coast's patronal feast.

The 2025 edition of the patronal feast of Ostia Lido followed the established tradition: liturgical celebrations in the Parish of San Nicola di Bari, the tribute to the figure of the saint, protector of sailors — particularly felt in a district historically linked to the sea and fishing — and the procession with the patron's statue along the streets of the district, accompanied by the marching band.

As every year, the rites were accompanied by popular festivities organized by the parish community and local volunteer associations, with food stalls, a market, and activities for families in the spaces around the church. An event that confirms the Saint Nicholas Festival as one of the main identity-defining moments in the calendar of Ostia, in the Municipality of Rome.

Where does it take place — Saint Nicholas Festival Ostia

Parrocchia San Nicola di Bari (Ostia Lido)

Via Gian Carlo Passeroni 1, 00121 Roma

Saint Nicholas Festival Ostia in brief

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