Public Holidays in Italy in 2019

Touch a holiday for details

: New Year's Day

: La Befana

: Father's Day

: Easter

  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.


: Easter Monday

: Liberation Day

: Feast of St. Mark

  • In 828, relics believed to be the body of St. Mark were stolen from Alexandria by two Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks and taken to Venice


: Sardinia's Day

: Labour Day

: Mother's Day

: Republic Day

: Feast of St. John the Baptist

: Saint Peter and Saint Paul

: Feast of St. Rosalia

: Ferragosto

  • Ferragosto is a popular summer holiday in Italy that marks the Feast of the Assumption but has its roots in Ancient Rome


: Feast of St. Gennaro

: Feast of St. Petronius

  • Saint Petronius was bishop of Bologna during the fifth century. He is a patron saint of the city. Born of a noble Roman family, he became a convert to Christianity and then a priest


: All Saints' Day

: Feast of St. Giusto

: Feast of St. Nicholas

: Feast of St. Ambrose

: Immaculate Conception Day

: Christmas Day

: St. Stephen's Day

  • December 26th is the Feast of St. Stephen in Western Christianity. It is observed as a second day of Christmas holidays in several countries.


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