National Holidays in Portugal in 2020
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Carnival Tuesday
- Carnival Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
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: St. Joseph's Day
- Always celebrated on 19 March
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: Good Friday
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: 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.
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: Freedom Day
- Celebrates the 1974 Revolution that ended the Dictatorship and started Democracy
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Mother's Day
- Not a public holiday, but a legal national holiday observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States
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: Day of the Azores
- Honours Azorean self-rule as granted in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976.
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: Portugal Day
- Commemorates the death of Luís de Camões on June 10th 1580
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: Corpus Christi
- The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Catholic festival celebrated on the second Thursday after Whitsun
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: Feast of St. Anthony
- Always celebrated on June 13th. It is the Feast day of St. Anthony and commemorates his death in 1231
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: Feast of St. John the Baptist
- The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six months before Jesus.
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: Madeira Day
- Commemorates the autonomy granted to the Madeira archipelago by the Portuguese Constitution of 1976
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: Assumption Day
- The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
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: Republic Day
- Commemorates the establishment of a republican form of government in 1910
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: All Saints' Day
- Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
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: Restoration of Independence
- Celebrates the reinstatement of sovereignty after the period of Spanish rule between 1580 and 1640
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: Immaculate Conception Day
- It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from original sin all of her life
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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: Christmas Holiday
- Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December
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