Italian Wedding Vows
When it comes to love, pasta, and dramatic hand gestures, no one does it quite like the Italians. And their wedding vows? Bellissimo.
These are the traditional Catholic vows used in Italian church ceremonies — the kind spoken in ancient stone chapels, under frescoed ceilings, possibly with someone’s nonna crying softly in the front row. They’re solemn, sacred, and just lyrical enough to sound like something you might overhear in an opera (or a particularly intense espresso commercial).
And let’s be honest: everything sounds more romantic in Italian. You could be pledging to take out the rubbish, and it would still make people tear up.
So whether you’re getting married in Florence, or just want your vows to sound like a sonnet dipped in olive oil, these are the timeless words that say “Ti amo” forever — officially, liturgically, and with style.
Vows of the Groom
come mia sposa e prometto di esserti fedele sempre,
nella gioia e nel dolore, nella salute e nella malattia,
e di amarti e onorarti tutti i giorni della mia vita.
as my wife and promise to be faithful to you always,
in joy and in pain, in health and in sickness,
and to love you and every day honour you, for the rest of my life.
Vows of the Bride
come mio sposo e prometto di esserti fedele sempre,
nella gioia e nel dolore, nella salute e nella malattia,
e di amarti e onorarti tutti i giorni della mia vita.
as my husband and promise to be faithful to you always,
in joy and in pain, in health and in sickness,
and to love you and every day honour you, for the rest of my life.
