Saint Florian
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Wednesday May 4, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Christian saint, and the patron saint of Linz
St George
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Friday May 6, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Not observed by Muslim communities
Saint-Marie de la Mer Pilgrimage in France
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Tuesday May 24, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Also takes place in Orcival, near Clermont-Ferrand
Ascension
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Whit Saturday
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Saturday June 4, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Pentecost
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Whitsunday
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Whit Monday
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Monday June 6, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Optional holiday
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Thursday June 16, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Corpus Christi
Regional holiday
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Thursday June 16, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Corpus Christi only in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine- Land Palatinate, Saarland , Saxony, Thuringia
St John the Baptist (Florence, Turin, and Genoa only)
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Friday June 24, 2022
Catholic or protestant : When Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would conceive Christ, St John the Baptist also announced that Elizabeth was already six months pregnant with John, which explains that his birthday comes three months after Annunciation Day
St Peter's Day
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Wednesday June 29, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Assumption
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Monday August 15, 2022
Catholic or protestant : 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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Saturday September 24, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Virgin of the Mercedes in León only
Regional holiday
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Thursday September 29, 2022
Catholic or protestant : St Michael - Christian celebration of angels as companions who help fight off the power of evil and who are present at the hour of death. in Lleida only
Leodegar
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Sunday October 2, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Saint Leodegar or Leger, Bishop of Autun (c. 615 Sarcing, Somme October 2, 679), was the great opponent of Ebroin the mayor of the Palace of Neustria and the leader of the faction of Austrasian great nobles in the struggles for hegemony over the waning Merovingian dynasty. His torture and death made him a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church, which embraced the cause of the Austrasian mayors of the palace, the Arnulfings, in the following century, anointed as the Carolingian dynasty. in Luzern only Wikipedia
All Saints' Day
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Tuesday November 1, 2022
Catholic or protestant : 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.
All Saints' Day
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Tuesday November 1, 2022
Catholic or protestant : 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. Kriens, Hochwald [Solothurn], St.Gallen
All Souls' Day
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Wednesday November 2, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Defuncts' Day (All Souls Day)
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Wednesday November 2, 2022
Catholic or protestant : 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.
Defuncts' Day (All Souls Day)
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Friday November 4, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
All Souls' Day
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Saturday November 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day
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Wednesday November 30, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Dia do Evangélico (only in Brasilia)
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Wednesday November 30, 2022
Catholic or protestant :