| Epiphany - Thursday January 6, 2022 Catholic : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| San Ilario (Parma only) - Thursday January 13, 2022 Catholic :
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| Regional holiday - Monday January 17, 2022 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
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| Regional holiday - Thursday January 20, 2022 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
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| Regional holiday - Saturday January 22, 2022 Catholic : St Vincent - Patron saint of winegrowers in Huesca only
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| St Devote's Day - Thursday January 27, 2022 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
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| Regional holiday - Saturday January 29, 2022 Catholic : St Valery Saragossa only
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| Candlemass - Wednesday February 2, 2022 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.
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| Regional holiday - Wednesday February 2, 2022 Catholic : Virgen de la Calle in Palencia only
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| Regional holiday - Monday February 14, 2022 Catholic : Ash Wednesday in Bellinzona only
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| Fasching (banks remain open) - Thursday February 24, 2022 Catholic :
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| Regional holiday - Saturday February 26, 2022 Catholic : Barranquilla Carnival - www.carnavaldebarranquilla.org in Baranquilla only - lasts 4 days - 2022 edition confirmed
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| Optional holiday - Monday February 28, 2022 Catholic : Carnival
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| Carnival - Monday February 28, 2022 Catholic :
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| All Saints' Day - Tuesday November 1, 2022 Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
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| All Saints Day (forwarded to Monday) - Monday November 1, 2021 Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
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| All Saints' Day - Monday November 1, 2021 Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837.
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| Religious celebration (not a national holiday) - Tuesday November 1, 2022 Catholic : All Saints Day observed by the Catholic community only
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| All Souls' Day - Wednesday November 2, 2022 Catholic : This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years,but which was intended in prehispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead. This holiday is a time when Mexican families remember their dead and the continuity of life. The original celebration can be traced to the Aztec civilization, in the month of Miccailhuitontli, presided by the Lady of the Dead , goddess Mictecacihuatl and dedicated to children and the dead. This celebration is also observed in other countries in Latin América. Families visit the graves and engage in sprucing up the gravesite, decorating it with flowers, setting out and eating a festive picnic.
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| Feast of the Almudena Virgin - Tuesday November 9, 2021 Catholic :
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| Regional holiday - Friday November 11, 2022 Catholic : St Martin in Ourense only
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| Saint Ansanus - Wednesday December 1, 2021 Catholic : His legend states that he was born of a noble Roman family in the third century. While still a child, Ansanus was secretly baptized by his nurse Maxima (venerated as St. Maxima of Rome) and was secretly brought up as a Christian. Ansanus openly declared his Christian faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, when he was nineteen years old. According to tradition, St. Ansanus preached the Gospel in Bagnoregio (then Bagnorea) and the church of Santa Maria delle Carceri outside the Alban Gate was said to have been built above the prison in which he was confined. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
[Wikipedia]
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| St Ambrose's Day (in Milan only) - Tuesday December 7, 2021 Catholic :
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| Immaculate Conception - Wednesday December 8, 2021 Catholic : Dogma that Mary was from the first moment of conception, totally free from the stain of original sin.
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| Regional holiday - Wednesday December 8, 2021 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,
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| Our Lady of the Miracles - Wednesday December 8, 2021 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
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| Saint Thomas - Tuesday December 21, 2021 Catholic :
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| Christmas Eve - Friday December 24, 2021 Catholic :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 Catholic :
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| Sveti Stijepan - Sunday December 26, 2021 Catholic :
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| Optional holiday - Sunday December 26, 2021 Catholic : Boxing Day Christian community only
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