Maundy Thursday
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Catholic :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic : Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the execution of Jesus by crucifixion.
Optional holiday
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Saturday April 8, 2023
Catholic : Easter Saturday Christian community only
Black Saturday
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Saturday April 8, 2023
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
Holy Saturday
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Saturday April 8, 2023
Catholic : Paid holiday
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic : paid holiday
Optional holiday
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic : Easter
Optional holiday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic : Easter Monday only observed by the Catholic community
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
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.
Our Lady of Penha
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Wednesday April 12, 2023
Catholic :
Alicante Santa Faz Pilgrimage
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Thursday April 20, 2023
Catholic : 300,000 people take part in this pilgrimage which dates back to 1489, when a pilgrimage was organized to pray for rain. 2023 edition confirmed
St Mark's Day
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Tuesday April 25, 2023
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Friday April 28, 2023
Catholic : St Prudence Vitoria only
Regional holiday
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Tuesday May 2, 2023
Catholic : San Segundo in Ávila only
Day of the Most Holy Cross of Miracles
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Wednesday May 3, 2023
Catholic :
St Isidore
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Monday May 15, 2023
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)
Ascension (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday May 22, 2023
Catholic :
Simon the Zealot day
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Sunday May 28, 2023
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 June 1, 2023
Catholic : Virgen de la Luz in Cuenca only
Regional holiday
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Monday June 5, 2023
Catholic : Whit Monday, Segunda Pascua or Pascua granada can be substituted according to the year in Barcelona, Girone and Tarragone
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday June 8, 2023
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 June 8, 2023
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.
Regional holiday
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Sunday June 11, 2023
Catholic : Virgin of Capilla Jaén only
Regional holiday
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Monday June 12, 2023
Catholic : St John of Sahagun in Salamanca only
Corpus Christi (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday June 12, 2023
Catholic :
St Anthony (Lisbon only)
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Tuesday June 13, 2023
Catholic : also in Aljustrel, de Cascais, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila Real.
St Anthony
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Tuesday June 13, 2023
Catholic : in Ceuta only
Sacred Heart (postponed to Monday)
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Monday June 19, 2023
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 20, 2023
Catholic : Corpus Christi in Granada only
St John
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Saturday June 24, 2023
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
St John Baptist Day (San Juan only)
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Catholic : Christian observance to remember the beheading of John who protested against the morality of king Herod. San Juan only
Regional holiday
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Saturday June 24, 2023
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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Sunday June 25, 2023
Catholic : Jueves La Saca in Soria only
St Peter & St Paul
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Monday June 26, 2023
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]
Regional holiday
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Catholic : St Peter and St Paul in Burgos and Segovia only
St Peter and Paul's Day (Rome only)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Catholic :
St Peter & St Paul
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Catholic :
St Peter & St Paul
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Monday July 3, 2023
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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Thursday July 6, 2023
Catholic : Bajada de la Virgen Nuestra Señora de los Reyes in El Hierro only
St James the Apostol
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Tuesday July 25, 2023
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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Monday July 31, 2023
Catholic : St Ignatius Loyala - Founder of the society of Jesus. Patron saint of retreats and retreatants Bilbao and San Sebastián only
World Youth Day
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Tuesday August 1, 2023
Catholic : Https://www.lisboa2023.org lasts 5 days - in Lisbon
Regional holiday
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Thursday August 10, 2023
Catholic : St Lorenzo in Huesca only
Assumption
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Monday August 14, 2023
Catholic : as of 2020, the date varies (should always fall on a Monday)
Virgin of Africa (Céuta only)
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Monday August 14, 2023
Catholic :
Assumption (Guatemala City only)
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic :
Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
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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Wednesday August 16, 2023
Catholic : Fiesta de la Virgen de Urkupiña Cochabamba only
Assumption (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday August 21, 2023
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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Tuesday August 22, 2023
Catholic : Octava de la Virgen in Ciudad Real only
Regional holiday
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Monday September 4, 2023
Catholic : St Antolin Palencia only
Virgen de la Salud
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Friday September 8, 2023
Catholic :
Guadalupe Day
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Friday September 8, 2023
Catholic :
Our Lady of Victory (Melillia only)
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Friday September 8, 2023
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Friday September 8, 2023
Catholic : Virgen of Fuensanta in Cordoba only
Romería de la Virgen de la Fuensanta (Murcia only)
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Sunday September 10, 2023
Catholic :
Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida
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Friday September 15, 2023
Catholic : Patron Saint of Cantabria
Regional holiday
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Thursday September 21, 2023
Catholic : St Matthew, Apostle, author of first gospel. Patron saint of tax collectors Logroño only
Regional holiday
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Saturday September 23, 2023
Catholic : Santa Tecla - St Constant Celebration in Tarragona only