| NAMEDAY | The Feast of San Gennaro commemorates one |
| ZEPPOLE | Feast of San Gennaro goodie |
| GENNARO | Feast of San ___ (Little Italy's annual celebration) |
| SANIGNATIO | The most well-known saint with this name is Loyola who founded the Society of Jesus in 1540, but the town of Son Servera, Mallorca commemorates a different personage when the mark the end of an 1820 p |
| CANDLEMAS | In Christianity, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple (9) |
| ESTE | Family of Italian rulers including Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, patron of the arts for whom Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods and Titian created Bacchus and Ariadne (4) |
| SAN | Feast of ___ Gennaro |
| MARATHON | Which sporting event commemorates the run of Pheidippides, who carried the news of the Persian landing at ___ to Sparta? |
| PENTECOST | Christian festival of Whitsuntide that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles (9) |
| WENCESLAS | Name of the King who gave alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen in the Christmas carol |
| TITIAN | English name of the Venetian artist who painted The Feast of the Gods for the Alabaster Chambers in Alfonso I d'Este's castle at Ferrara (6) |
| LADY | --- Day, in the Christian calendar, March 25; the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (4) |
| LADYDAY | March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary |
| FISHINGTRIP | The Tragically Hip's "Fifty Mission Cap" commemorates the Maple Leafs defenceman whose jersey #5 is retired by the team ...this is how the song begins: "Bill Barilko disappeared that summer / He was o |
| GREATFIRE | The Monument in the City of London commemorates this event of 1666 (5,4) |
| PASSOVER | Jewish festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites (8) |
| EMBERDAY | Part of a quarterly Christian occasion of special prayer and fasting, e.g. the Wednesday, Friday or Saturday following the Feast of Saint Lucy (13 December) (5,3) |
| BONNIE | Actress who plays Die Hard's Holly Gennaro McClane, ___ Bedelia |
| SBARRO | Pizza chain founded by immigrants Carmela and Gennaro |
| GREEDY | Gennaro Contaldo and Antonio Carluccio were Two ____ Italians on TV |
