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Major Feast Days -- Calendar Dates -- Lists
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LIST OF MAJOR FEAST DAYS -- Italy (National)

JANUARY
Capao D'Anno/ New Year's Day
La Vigilia Delll' Epifania, Epiphany Eve, January 5
Epifania, Epiphany, January 6th
Feast day of San Antonio Abate, January 17th
Carnevale, Carnival, January 17th to Ash Wednesday (40 days before Easter (Date changes)

FEBRUARY
Santa Agata, Saint Agatha, Feb. 3-5
Carnevale, Carnival, 40 days before Easter (Date changes)

MARCH
San Giovanni Giuseppe della Croce, St. John-Joseph of The Cross, March 5
Madonna di Costantinopol, March 8th
San Giuseppe, Saint St. Joseph, March 19th

MARCH OR APRIL
Domenica Delle Palme, Palm Sunday
Giovedi Santo, Holy Thursday
Venerdi Santo, Holy Friday
Sabato Santo, Holy Saturday
La Pasqua, Easter

APRIL
Madonna della Stella, April 22
St. George, April 23
Saint Leo, April 30th

MAY
San Nicola, Saint Nicholas, May 7-8
Madonna del Monte, May 20
San Pardo, Saint Pardo, May 25th-27

Corpus Domini, Corpus Christi, Thursday following Trinity Sunday [Date changes]

JUNE
St. Anthony of Padua, June 13
St. John the Baptist, June 24
St. Peter and St. Paul, June 29

JULY
St. Rosalia, July 15
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16
San Basso, July 26th
Santa Anna di Cantalupo
San Vittoriano, last Sunday in July

AUGUST
Saint Basso, August 3
Madonna of the Snow, August 12

SEPTEMBER
Saint Rosalia, September 4
Feast in honor of the Sacred Heart, Sept. 16
La Madonna della Difesa, last Sunday in Sept. [in Molise, in Montreal, Canada the day is celebrated the 3rd Sunday in August]
San Gennaro, September 19th

OCTOBER
Saint Teresa, October 15

NOVEMBER
La Festa dei Morti, All Souls' Day or Feast Day of the Dead, Nov. 2
2nd Feast of Madonna di Costantinopoli, Nov. 8
San Trifone, Saint Trifone Nov. 10
St. Frances Cabrini, Nov. 13
St. Martin, November 11

DECEMBER
San Nicole, Saint Nicolas, Dec. 6
Santa Lucia, St. Lucy, Dec. 13
La Vigilia, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th
Natale, Christmas Day, Dec. 25th
Santo Stefano, St. Stephen, Dec. 26

*Dates of actual celebrations for the Feast Days may vary from region to region in Italy, as they do in North America




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