Public holidays in San Marino

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This is a list of public holidays in San Marino.

Official holidays[edit]

Public holidays and festivals[edit]

Date Name Explanation
1 January New Year's Day Festival marking the beginning of the new year
6 January Epiphany Commemorates the visit of the three wise men or magi to the infant Jesus
5 February Feast of Saint Agatha Commemoration of Saint Agatha, co-patroness of the Republic after the country was liberated from foreign rule on her feast day in 1740[1]
Variable, the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox Easter Resurrection of Jesus
Variable, the Monday after Easter Sunday Easter Monday Monday after Easter day
25 March Anniversary of the Arengo Anniversary of the 1906 Arengo and the Festa delle Milizie (Feast of the Militants)
1 May Labour Day Celebration of workers and employees
Variable, the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday Corpus Christi Commemoration of the body and blood of Jesus Christ
28 July Liberation from Fascism Commemoration of the fall of the Sammarinese Fascist Party
15 August Ferragosto (Assumption) Commemoration of the Virgin Mary's assumption into heaven
3 September The Feast of Saint Marinus and the Republic National feast of Saint Marinus (San Marino), celebrating the origin of the Republic in 301
1 November All Saints' Day Feast dedicated to all saints
2 November Commemoration of all those who died at war Remembrance of all those who gave their lives for San Marino in war
8 December Immaculate Conception Remembrance of the Virgin Mary's conception without original sin
24 December Christmas Eve Day before the commemoration of the birth of Jesus
25 December Christmas Birth of Jesus
26 December Saint Stephen's Day Commemoration of the death of Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr
31 December New Year's Eve Celebration which closes and marks the end of the year

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Annio Maria Matteimi 2011, p. 23"