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The feast of Saint John the Baptist has been celebrated in Florence from medieval times, with festivals sometimes lasting three days from 21 to 24 June. In medieval Florence, St John's Day was "an occasion for dramatic representations of the Baptist's life and death" and "the feast day was marked by processions, banquets, and plays, culminating ...
June 21 in recent years ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year ... Christian feast day: Alban of Mainz; Aloysius Gonzaga [71]
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
See a calendar of the special June days worth celebrating. ... June 21. National Wagyu Day. ... International Fairy Day. Upcycling Day. National Pralines Day. Feast Day of St. John the Baptist.
In Italy, St John's (San Giovanni's) Day has been celebrated in Florence since medieval times with festivals sometimes lasting three days from 21 to 24 June. In medieval Florence, midsummer celebrations were "an occasion for dramatic representations of the Baptist's life and death" and "the feast day was marked by processions, banquets, and ...
However, since June has only thirty days, in our present (Germanic) way of counting, the feast falls on June 24. [8] Nevertheless, the fact of the feast falling around the time of the solstice is considered by many to be significant, recalling the words of John the Baptist with regard to Jesus: "He must increase, but I must decrease". [12]
June 21. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 46. The Twenty-First Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious ... The feast day of the principal patron saint of the diocese is celebrated as a feast throughout the diocese. [29]