Optional holiday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic : Easter Monday only observed by the Catholic community
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Alicante Santa Faz Pilgrimage
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Catholic : 300,000 people take part in this pilgrimage which dates back to 1489, when a pilgrimage was organized to pray for rain. 2024 edition confirmed
Our Lady of Penha
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Friday april 12, 2024
Catholic :
St Mark's Day
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Thursday april 25, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Sunday april 28, 2024
Catholic : St Prudence Vitoria only
Day of the Most Holy Cross of Miracles
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Friday may 3, 2024
Catholic :
Ascension (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday may 13, 2024
Catholic :
St Isidore
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Wednesday may 15, 2024
Catholic : Isidore (c.560-636) the Husbandman (or Farmer) is the patron saint of farmers, and Madrid. When a young boy, he became discouraged with his studies and ran away from school, but he came across a steadily dripping stream of water that had worn a deep hallow in a rock, and this He succeeded his brother as the bishop of Seville, but is better known for his writings. inspired him to return to his studies. His brothers Leander, Fulgentius, and Florentian are also saints. Observed in Spain as Feast of Saint Isadore. Also celebrated in Mexican towns whose patron saint is San Isidro. (shagtown.com)
Simon the Zealot day
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic : Simon the Canaanian or Simon the Zealot is a 1st century Jew and one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Tradition sees the Apostle Simon as one of the four half-brothers of Jesus (Matthew 13, 55 and Mark 6, 3). A text attributed to Hippolytus of Rome indicates that Simeon of Clopas was also nicknamed the Zealot . On this basis, some authors hypothesize that Simon the Canaanean could have been the second bishop of Jerusalem.
Regional holiday
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Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic : Whit Monday - Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry. Ciudad Real only
Regional holiday
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : Corpus Christi Sevilla only
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
Corpus Christi
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
Optional holiday
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : Corpus Cristi
Regional holiday
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Catholic : Virgen de la Luz in Cuenca only
Corpus Christi (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday june 3, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Tuesday june 4, 2024
Catholic : Virgin of the Sea in Santander only
Sacred Heart (postponed to Monday)
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Monday june 10, 2024
Catholic : Devotional name used by some Roman Catholics to refer to the physical heart of Jesus Christ as a symbol of Divine love. Devotion to the Sacred Heart in focusing on Christ's heart metaphorically focuses on the emotional and moral life of Jesus and especially His love for humanity. Wikipedia
Regional holiday
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Tuesday june 11, 2024
Catholic : Virgin of Capilla Jaén only
Regional holiday
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Wednesday june 12, 2024
Catholic : St John of Sahagun in Salamanca only
St Anthony (Lisbon only)
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Thursday june 13, 2024
Catholic : also in Aljustrel, de Cascais, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila Real.
St Anthony
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Thursday june 13, 2024
Catholic : in Ceuta only
St John Baptist Day (San Juan only)
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Monday june 24, 2024
Catholic : Christian observance to remember the beheading of John who protested against the morality of king Herod. San Juan only
St John
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Monday june 24, 2024
Catholic : John is described in the New Testament as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the precursor of the Messiah. Another celebration is August 29th in remembrance of his beheading
Regional holiday
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Monday june 24, 2024
Catholic : St. John the Baptist is described in the New Testament as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the precursor of the Messiah. Another celebration is August 29th in remembrance of his beheading Almeria only
Regional holiday
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Tuesday june 25, 2024
Catholic : Jueves La Saca in Soria only
St Peter and Paul's Day (Rome only)
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Saturday june 29, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Saturday june 29, 2024
Catholic : St Peter and St Paul in Burgos and Segovia only
St Peter & St Paul
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Saturday june 29, 2024
Catholic : Or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The celebration is of ancient origin, the date selected being the anniversary either of their death or of the translation of their relics. [Wikipedia]
St Peter & St Paul
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Monday july 1, 2024
Catholic : Or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The celebration is of ancient origin, the date selected being the anniversary either of their death or of the translation of their relics.
Regional holiday
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Saturday july 6, 2024
Catholic : Bajada de la Virgen Nuestra Señora de los Reyes in El Hierro only
St James the Apostol
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Thursday july 25, 2024
Catholic : One of three witnesses of the Transfiguration of Christ in Mt. Tabor, but also a witness to Jesus' agony.
Regional holiday
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Wednesday july 31, 2024
Catholic : St Ignatius Loyala - Founder of the society of Jesus. Patron saint of retreats and retreatants Bilbao and San Sebastián only
Regional holiday
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Saturday august 10, 2024
Catholic : St Lorenzo in Huesca only
Virgin of Africa (Céuta only)
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Monday august 12, 2024
Catholic :
Assumption (Guatemala City only)
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic :
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
Regional holiday
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Friday august 16, 2024
Catholic : Fiesta de la Virgen de Urkupiña Cochabamba only
Assumption
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Monday august 19, 2024
Catholic : as of 2020, the date varies (should always fall on a Monday)
Assumption (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday august 19, 2024
Catholic : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: "We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory."
Regional holiday
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Thursday august 22, 2024
Catholic : Octava de la Virgen in Ciudad Real only
Regional holiday
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Monday september 2, 2024
Catholic : St Antolin Palencia only
Guadalupe Day
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Sunday september 8, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Sunday september 8, 2024
Catholic : Virgen of Fuensanta in Cordoba only
Virgen de la Salud
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Monday september 9, 2024
Catholic :
Our Lady of Victory (Melillia only)
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Monday september 9, 2024
Catholic :
Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida
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Sunday september 15, 2024
Catholic : Patron Saint of Cantabria
Regional holiday
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Saturday september 21, 2024
Catholic : St Matthew, Apostle, author of first gospel. Patron saint of tax collectors Logroño only
Regional holiday
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Monday september 23, 2024
Catholic : Santa Tecla - St Constant Celebration in Tarragona only
Regional holiday
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Saturday october 5, 2024
Catholic : St Froilán in León only
Regional holiday
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Monday october 7, 2024
Catholic : Virgin of Rosary in Cadix only
Regional holiday
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Tuesday october 15, 2024
Catholic : St Teresa in Ávila only
Saint Raphael
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Thursday october 24, 2024
Catholic :