Florence Historical Football
June
The Florence Football has been a fashionable Contest since 1400 to 1700 and it has many florence supporters still today.
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Cavalcade of the Magi
January
Starting in 1997, during the year-long celebrations marking the VII Centenary of the Cathedral's foundation, the Chapter and Foundation ('Opera') of Santa Maria del Fiore decided to resurrect an ancient Florencne tradition, the "Cavalcade of the Magi".
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Feast of Saint John
June 24th
Saint John the Baptist was considered the symbol, of moral rectitude and 'political correctness' on whom medieval Florence aspired to build its own economic fortunes and the good government of the Republic. The image of this saint, protector of the Calimala guild and patron of Florence, was even stamped on the city's currency, the florin.
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Easter and the "Scoppio del Carro"
Easter
According to a tradition mentioned by the medieval Florence chronicler Giovanni Villani, the venerable ceremony called the "scoppio del carro" (explosion of the cart) is related to the First Crusade, preached in Florence by the then bishop, Ranieri.
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Corpus Domini
Sixty days after Easter
Every year, sixty days after Easter, the Church celebrates "Corpus Domini": a religious solemnity in honor of the Eucharist (the 'body' - corpus - of Christ in the sacramental sign of bread): an observance that first developed in Italy the thirteenth century and in 1263 was extended by Pope Urban IV to all of Christian Europe.
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Feast of Rificolona
September
Nobody's quite sure what the festival's origins are; some suggest it commemorates the triumphant entry of Florence troops into Siena on August 2 1555, when the soldiers tied lanterns onto the ends of their pikes.
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