The cult in the region of Sulcis-Iglesiente

Sant’Antioco: the Saint patron of the homonym city ( a doctor originally from Mauritania, who after his conversion to Christianity, was exiled to the Island of Sant’Antioco, where he died in the 125 d.C.). The celebration lasts four days (two weeks after Easter) and probably goes back to the far 1519.

Vergine delle Grazie: it is one of the most important religious festivities in Iglesias. In the homonym church is renewed the solemn vow made on the 25th of March 1735, when the population addressed to the Madonna asking (and obtaining) the grace of their freedom from the grasshopper's invasion, that were destroying all the harvests. Every year, on the second Sunday of July, the mayor of Iglesias – representing the municipality - lights a candle in the church of the Vergine delle Grazie.

Sant’Isidoro: the city of Teulada, on the second Sunday of August, celebrates the finding of the simulacrum of Sant’Isidoro. A ritual that is repeated every year, from the XVIII century until to-day. In the country church dedicated to the Saint, on the evening's eve, a long procession departs from Teulada to reach the site. An additional tourist attraction is produced by the presence of folklorist groups (with the members dressed in their traditional costumes) and of the “traccas”, the typical Sardinian floats adorned for the festivity and towed by oxes.

San Sisinnio: is the Saint patron of Villacidro, celebrated on the first Sunday of August in the homonym country church of XVII century. The iconography shows him treading on a cloud of dangerous insects (in the popular tradition these little flies are called “sa musca macedda”). But in the past, some people addressed to Saint Sisinnio also to protect babies from the evil eye.

Queen of the Sulcis: on the day of the Ascension, from five centuries onward is celebrated the festivity in honor of the Madonna Queen of the Sulcis, whose simulacrum is transferred from Iglesias and Tratalias, to the cathedral of Saint Marry of Monserrato, in front of the medieval village.

Saint Giovanni Batiste: in Calasetta, on the 23th and 24th of August is held a great rural festivity, where a bonfire is lighted and the “comparatico” ceremony is renewed for the tightening of permanent friendship's ties with a propitious ritual called “of the flowers”. This ritual is done also in other parts of Sardinia. The tourists can taste the wine and typical sweets, listening to the popular tabarkini songs. A big bonfire is lighted also in other Sulcitane localities, for example in Sant’Anna Arresi.

San Maurizio: from the 18th to the 22nd of September, Calasetta is enlivened by the celebrations of the Saint patron, with a series of initiatives from the folklorist tradition and local wine and food tasting.