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In addition to the 12 national holidays, each city or town celebrates a public holiday on the occasion of the festival of the local patron saint.For example, Rome on 29 June (Saints Peter and Paul), Milan on 7 December (Saint Ambrose), Naples on 19 September (Saint Januarius), Venice on 25 April (Saint Mark the Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist). [2]
He is the patron saint of Taormina and Canicattì. His feast day was entered into the Roman Martyrology as 3 April; later this was amended to 8 July. More often he is celebrated on 9 July, the traditional day of his martyrdom. The largest portion of his relics are preserved at Rome. The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates him on 9 July (22 July ...
(22 July 1559 – 22 July 1619), born Giulio Cesare Russo, was a Neapolitan Catholic priest, theologian and member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. An accomplished linguist, in addition to his native Italian, Lawrence could read and speak Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Czech, Spanish, and French fluently.
11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot – Feast; 12 July: Saint John Jones, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial; 23 July: Saint Birgitta, religious – Feast; 23 July: Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd, priests and martyrs – Observed today where it is the Solemnity of Title, else on 25 October.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
Saint Markella or Marcella (Greek: Μαρκέλλα) was an inhabitant of 14th-century Chios who was canonized by the Greek Orthodox Church. Her feast day is celebrated on 22 July. Life
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21 July: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial; 22 July: Saint Mary Magdalene – feast a; 23 July: Saint Bridget, Religious – optional memorial; 24 July: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, Priest – optional memorial; 25 July: Saint James, Apostle – feast; 26 July: Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the ...