Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine explained

Holiday Name:Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine
Type:christian
Official Name:Italian: San Francesco e Santa Caterina, patroni d'Italia|lit='''Saint Francis and Saint Catherine, patrons of Italy'''
Observedby:Italy, and in general Christians of Italian ancestry
Longtype:Religious, historical, cultural
Significance:To honour Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, patron saints of Italy and other locations
Date:4 October
Scheduling:same day each year
Frequency:Annual

The patronal feast of Saint Francis and Saint Catherine (Italian: festa patronale di san Francesco e santa Caterina) is a religious and civil celebration annually held on 4 October in Italy[1] and other locations influenced by Christianity.

Patronage

Francis
Catherine

Feast day

His patronal feast is also celebrated in Somerville, Massachusetts (United States); in Yucuaquín[2] [3] (El Salvador); in Bucalemu[4] (Chile); in Huamachuco[5] [6] [7] (Peru); in Panajachel,[8] and San Francisco, Petén[9] (Guatemala); in Tlalcilalcalpan[10] and Valle de Bravo, Mexico;[11] in Tonalá, Chiapas;[12] in Acachuén[13] and Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán[14] (Mexico).

World Animal Day
On the same dateOn 4 October 1970, Pope Paul VI named Catherine a Doctor of the Church;[15] this title was almost simultaneously given to Teresa of Ávila (27 September 1970),[16] making them the first women to receive this honour.[17]

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festività e giornate nazionali § Le solennità civili. Governo Italiano – Dipartimento per il Cerimoniale dello Stato. 2022-03-01. it.
  2. Web site: El baile de los negritos – Fiesta Patronal de San Francisco. es. 2022-03-01. dead. 6 February 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070206203350/http://dca.tufts.edu/features/urban/MS083.004.001.00010.pdf.
  3. Web site: Las festividades. Mi Yucuaiquín. es. 2022-03-01.
  4. News: Gran Fiesta patronal de San Francisco de Asís este fin de semana en Bucalemu. Roberto González Short. 2021-10-01. es. Diario El Trabajo. 2022-03-01.
  5. Web site: Declaran Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación a la Festividad de San Francisco de Asís de Huamachuco. 2016-02-09. Gobierno del Perú. Ministerio de Cultura. es. 2022-03-01.
  6. News: Huamachuco: 8 datos sobre la Fiesta de San Francisco de Asís. El Comercio. Lima. 2016-02-22. es. 2022-03-01.
  7. Web site: Tayta Pancho. Patrimonio cultural. Opentrujillo. 2017-11-20. es. 2022-03-01.
  8. Web site: Corpus Christi y el Baile de los Negritos en Panajachel. es. 2022-03-01.
  9. Web site: Fiesta patronal de San Francisco, Petén. Aprende Guatemala.com. 2017-02-19. es. 2022-03-01.
  10. Web site: Sujetos de un carnaval franciscano. Juan Carlos. Carmona-Sandoval. 2016. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. es. 2022-03-01.
  11. Web site: Cancelan fiesta patronal de San Francisco de Asís en Valle de Bravo. Mapy. Escobar. es. 2022-03-01.
  12. Web site: Fiesta Patronal de San Francisco de Asís. Visit Chiapas. Chiapas: Espíritu del Mundo Maya. es. 2022-03-01.
  13. News: La fiesta patronal en un pueblo purépecha (Acachuén): identidad y rito de una comunidad transnacional. Mariángela. Rodríguez. 2007. IRD Éditions. es. 2022-03-01.
  14. Web site: Fiesta Patronal de San Francisco de Asís en Tzintzuntzan. Ruta Don Vasco. Secretaría de Turismo de Michoacán. es. 2022-03-01.
  15. Proclamation to Doctor of the Church, Homily, 4 October 1970.
  16. Proclamation of Saint Teresa of Ávila to Doctor of the Church, Homily, 27 September 1970.
  17. Web site: 22 April 2006. St. Catherine of Siena: A Feisty Role for Sister Nancy Murray – April 2006 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online. 1 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20060422131354/http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Apr2006/Feature1.asp. 22 April 2006.

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