Main article: Public holidays in Italy § Other holidays
Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine
Official name
Italian: San Francesco e Santa Caterina, patroni d'Italia, lit. 'Saint Francis and Saint Catherine, patrons of Italy'[1]
Observed by
Italy, and in general Christians of Italian ancestry
Type
Religious, historical, cultural
Significance
To honour Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, patron saints of Italy and other locations
Date
4 October
Next time
4 October 2024 (2024-10-04)
Frequency
Annual
The patronal feast of Saint Francis and Saint Catherine (Italian: festa patronale di san Francesco e santa Caterina)[a] is a religious and civil celebration annually held on 4 October in Italy[1] and other locations influenced by Christianity.
^ ab"Festività e giornate nazionali § Le solennità civili" (in Italian). Governo Italiano – Dipartimento per il Cerimoniale dello Stato. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
and 27 Related for: Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine information
Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist). Notable traditional patronal festivals in Italy are the FeastofSaintsFrancisandCatherine, the...
celebrates SaintsFrancisandCatherine. Notable patronal festivals in Italy are the Festival ofSaint Agatha in Catania, the FeastofSaints Peter and Paul...
Urbania, Marche Basilica ofSaintFrancisof Assisi, a church in Assisi, Umbria, Italy FeastofSaintsFrancisandCatherine St. Francis (disambiguation) This...
St Catherine statue – St Peter's Square Colonnade Saints "SaintCatherineof Siena: the De Docta Ignorantia ". Invisible Monastery of charity and fraternity...
is a list of patron saintsof places by nation, region, and town or city. If a place is not listed here, it may be listed in "Patronage of the Blessed...
because of the Protestant Reformation. In the Church of Sweden the feastof St. Catherine (Katarinamäss) is celebrated on 2 August. List of Swedish saints Monks...
January: SaintFrancis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial 25 January: The Conversion ofSaint Paul the Apostle – feast 26 January: Saints Timothy...
his feast day of the fourth of October. He is known for devotion to the Eucharist. Along with Catherineof Siena, he was designated patron saintof Italy...
such as Robert Bellarmine andFrancis de Sales as well as Cardinal Henry Edward Manning. Catherineof Genoa's liturgical feast is celebrated in local calendars...
Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist). Notable traditional patronal festivals in Italy are the FeastofSaintsFrancisandCatherine, the...
of the Sun, also known as Canticle of the Creatures and Laudes Creaturarum (Praise of the Creatures), is a religious song composed by SaintFrancis of...
branches of the same order. The custom of going unshod was introduced into the West by SaintFrancisof Assisi for men and by Saint Clare of Assisi for...
National calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists ofsaints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date...
Clement XI. Her feast day is 9 March. Catherine came from an upper-class family, the daughter of Benvenuta Mammolini of Bologna and Giovanni Vigri, a...
Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse...
levitation ofsaints is the ability attributed to a saint to fly or to levitate. Most of these "flying saints" are mentioned as such in literature and sources...
dedicated to the passion of Christ and the crucifixion, these feast days celebrate the cross itself, as the sign of salvation. In Western Catholicism,...
Austria. Saint Fidelis' feast day in the Catholic Church is celebrated on 24 April. Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, patron saint archive "Proper ofSaints: 24...
Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist). Notable traditional patronal festivals in Italy are the FeastofSaintsFrancisandCatherine, the...
venerated as SaintFrancis Xavier, was a Navarrese Catholic missionary andsaint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese...
expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick, he was one of the most quickly canonized saints in church history...
is one of the six patron saintsof Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Cyril and Methodius, Catherineof Siena and Teresa Benedicta of the Cross...
legend ofSaint George and the Dragon. His feast day, Saint George's Day, is traditionally celebrated on 23 April. Historically, the countries of England...
Great, and Gregory of Nazianzus. The feastsof these three saints were made obligatory throughout the Eastern Empire by Leo VI the Wise. A common feast was...
the Baptist) and 29 June (FeastofSaints Peter and Paul), and more rarely 31 May (Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) and 3 July (Saint Thomas the Apostle)...
Global Information