Immaculate Conception
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Thursday december 7, 2023
Catholic : Dogma that Mary was from the first moment of conception, totally free from the stain of original sin.
St Ambrose's Day (in Milan only)
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Thursday december 7, 2023
Catholic :
Immaculate Conception
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Friday december 8, 2023
Catholic : Dogma that Mary was from the first moment of conception, totally free from the stain of original sin.
Regional holiday
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Friday december 8, 2023
Catholic : Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Immaculate Conception) Alegrete, Arroio Grande, Cachoeira do Sul, Frederico Westphalen, Osório, Passo Fundo, Santa Maria, Santiago, São Jerônimo, São Leopoldo, Sapucaia do Sul,
Our Lady of the Miracles
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Friday december 8, 2023
Catholic : the Virgin of Caacupé is a statuette housed in the cathedral of this town. It was carved in the 16th century by a devout convert and was miraculously saved from a great flood, and numerous miracles are linked to it. An enormous basilica stands in the centre of the town, and here 300,000 of the faithful come yearly ofr a pilgrimage
Saint Thomas
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Thursday december 21, 2023
Catholic :
Christmas Eve
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Sunday december 24, 2023
Catholic :
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic :
Sveti Stijepan
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Catholic :
Optional holiday
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Catholic : Boxing Day Christian community only
Epiphany
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Saturday january 6, 2024
Catholic : Employees may substitute this holiday, which is a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
San Ilario (Parma only)
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Saturday january 13, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Wednesday january 17, 2024
Catholic : Feast of St. Anthony of Abad.
Animal-blessing tradition that originated in Italy. St. Anthony of Abad (251-356) was also known as St. Anthony of the Desert or St. Anthony of Egypt. When animals are sprinkled and sanctified, they receive additional protection from St Anthony. in Pina, Ariani, Arta, Colonia de Sant Pere, Buger, Capdepera, Consell, S'Horta, Manacor, Porto Cristo, Maria de la Salut, Muro, Petra, Sa pobla, Son Carrioj, Can Picafori, Calonge, Cala d'Or, Llombards, Portopetro, Biniamar, Salines, Sant Jordi, Sineu, Servera, Vilafranca, Alaior, Ciutadella, Castell, Fornelis, Migjorn, Ferreries, Mao, Portmany, Santa Agnes, Sant Mateu
Regional holiday
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Saturday january 20, 2024
Catholic : St Sebastian, patron saint of archers, soldiers, and athletes. He was a captain of the guard in Rome, but when his religion was discovered by Emperor Diocletian, he was sentenced to be shot with arrows. He was left for dead, but survived the attack, and instead of fleeing the city, he confronted the emperor, who then had him clubbed to death in Palma only
Regional holiday
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Monday january 22, 2024
Catholic : St Vincent - Patron saint of winegrowers in Huesca only
St Devote's Day
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Saturday january 27, 2024
Catholic : Information: According to legend Devota (Dévote in French), a young Christian girl, native of Corsica, would have been martyred by the prefect Barbarus under the Diocletian and Maximian Emperors on a date that one could place in 303 or 304. Her body was stolen by night by Christian believers, put into a boat, transported to Monaco and buried in the chapel of a small valley called des Gaumates , near the port, on 27 January of the same year. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Regional holiday
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Monday january 29, 2024
Catholic : St Valery Saragossa only
Candlemass
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Friday february 2, 2024
Catholic : Candlemas is a Roman Catholic festival that commemorates the ritual purification of Mary 40 days after the birth of her son. The candles used in the church during the rest of the year are blessed.
Regional holiday
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Friday february 2, 2024
Catholic : Virgen de la Calle in Palencia only
Día de la Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Tenerife only)
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Friday february 2, 2024
Catholic :
Fasching (banks remain open)
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Thursday february 8, 2024
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Saturday february 10, 2024
Catholic : Barranquilla Carnival - www.carnavaldebarranquilla.org in Baranquilla only - lasts 4 days - 2024 edition confirmed
Optional holiday
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Monday february 12, 2024
Catholic : Carnival
Carnival
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Catholic : Called 'festa móvel' in Brazil.
Optional holiday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Catholic : Ash Wednesday
Regional holiday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Catholic : Ash Wednesday in Bellinzona only
Regional holiday
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
Catholic : San José in Tarragona only
St Joseph's Day
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
Catholic : Known as Jum San Ġużepp, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He is the foster-father of Jesus Christ. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church. [Wikipedia]
San José
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Monday march 25, 2024
Catholic : Tribute to Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary.
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Catholic :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic : Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the execution of Jesus by crucifixion.
Optional holiday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic : Easter Saturday Christian community only
Holy Saturday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic : Paid holiday
Black Saturday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic : Also called Sabado de Gloria, is the day after Jesus Christ died on the cross. This is a day of mourning for people who believed in Christ when others chose to condemn Him and want Him dead. Paid holiday
Optional holiday
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic : Easter
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic : paid holiday
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 :
Regional holiday
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Saturday may 11, 2024
Catholic : St Anastasia in Lleida only
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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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.