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The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
São João de Caruaru june festival in Pernambuco, Brazil. June festival in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.. Festas Juninas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɛstɐs ʒuˈninɐs], June Festivals, "festivities that occur in the month of June"), also known as festas de São João for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations ...
Ubaldesca was born in the Republic of Pisa from a modest family, she dedicated herself to charity helping the poor and sick since early years. At the age of about sixteen, she went to Pisa and entered the hospitaller Order of St. John. [3] For all 55 years of religious life, Ubaldesca practiced humility and charity in the monastery and in the "Spedale" of the city, serving the sick and injured.
Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church at 1617 Walnut St. is holding its annual Italian Festival on the church grounds.
The Italian national patronal day, on 4 October, celebrates Saints Francis and Catherine.However, it is simply a tradition. Each city or town instead celebrates a non-working public holiday on the occasion of the festival of the local patron saint, [7] for example: Rome on 29 June (Saints Peter and Paul), Milan on 7 December (Saint Ambrose), Naples on 19 September (Saint Januarius), Venice on ...
a Roman Catholic and Lutheran feast celebrating his conception; Thout 2, a Coptic Orthodox feast; Dehwa Daimana (Mandaean feast): 1st day of Hiṭia, the 11th month of the Mandaean calendar; Feasts celebrating John the Evangelist. December 27, a Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican feast; May 8, an Eastern Orthodox feast
The tradition for the building of the Basilica of St. John at the Latin Gate places its construction during the pontificate of Pope Gelasius I (492–496). This is consistent with the oldest of the roof tiles, which have the imprint of a taxation stamp for the Ostrogoth King and ruler of Italy Theodoric the Great (reigned 493–526).
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni), is a religious building in Florence, Italy. Dedicated to the patron saint of the city, John the Baptist , it has been a focus of religious, civic, and artistic life since its completion.