Tommaso officiating a symbolic wedding ceremony overlooking the Tuscan hills

English-speaking Italian wedding celebrant for bespoke ceremonies in Italy

I'm Tommaso, an Italian wedding celebrant creating symbolic ceremonies in English for international couples getting married in Italy.

Who This Is For

Couples who want their ceremony to feel like them

Destination Couples

Coming from abroad to say 'I do' surrounded by Italian landscapes.

Elopements

Intimate ceremonies for two, designed with the same care as a full wedding.

Vow Renewals

Celebrating a milestone anniversary with a fresh, personal ceremony.

Every Kind of Couple

Multi-cultural and same-sex couples, welcomed exactly as they are.

Couple exchanging symbolic vows in an Italian garden ceremony
Why Symbolic

Why a symbolic ceremony in Italy

A symbolic ceremony gives you the freedom to marry anywhere in Italy, on your own terms, while keeping every legal formality simple and separate.

  • No legal bureaucracy to navigate on your wedding day
  • Complete freedom to choose your location: vineyard, lake, coast or city
  • Fully personalized vows, readings and rituals, written around your story
  • Delivered in English, or bilingual English and Italian
How I Work

Three steps to your ceremony

01

Discovery Call & Questionnaire

We talk through your story, your vision and the shape of your day.

02

Ceremony Design & Draft Script

I craft a structure and write a personal, non-generic script for your review.

03

Final Script & Officiating

We finalize every word together, then I officiate your ceremony in Italy.

Where I Celebrate

Across Italy's most beloved settings

From a wedding celebrant in Tuscany to the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast, I travel wherever your story takes you.

Stories & Reviews

Real ceremonies, real mamma mia moments

Chloe & Ryan, Australian couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Tuscany

“Tommaso wrote a script that made our whole family cry — happy tears. Our symbolic ceremony in the Tuscan hills felt entirely ours, right down to the in-jokes only our mates would get.”

Chloe & Ryan

Australian couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Tuscany

Emily & James, English couple · Elopement, Amalfi Coast

“We eloped to the Amalfi Coast and Tommaso made it feel like the biggest day of our lives, even with just the two of us stood on that cliff.”

Emily & James

English couple · Elopement, Amalfi Coast

Fiona & Callum, Scottish couple · Vow Renewal, Lake Como

“Renewing our vows on Lake Como after 20 years, with words this personal, was the most 'mamma mia' moment of our marriage — pure dead brilliant, honestly.”

Fiona & Callum

Scottish couple · Vow Renewal, Lake Como

Rachel & Michael, American couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Venice

“Tommaso took two calls to learn our whole story, then handed us a script that sounded exactly like us. We got married in a Venice courtyard and it still doesn't feel real.”

Rachel & Michael

American couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Venice

Giulia & Marco, Italian couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Sicily

“Essendo italiani, temevamo fosse tutto troppo turistico — invece Tommaso ha scritto una cerimonia vera, sentita, sulla scogliera in Sicilia. Un ricordo che porteremo per sempre.”

Giulia & Marco

Italian couple · Symbolic Ceremony, Sicily

FAQs

Getting married in Italy

A symbolic ceremony is a personalized, non-legally-binding celebration. You handle the legal paperwork separately, at home or via a civil ceremony. Civil and religious ceremonies carry legal weight but come with more restrictions on location and language.

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