Patronal festival

A patronal feast or patronal festival^[a][3] (Spanish: fiesta patronal; Portuguese: festa patronal; Catalan: festa patronal; Italian: festa patronale; French: fête patronale) is a yearly celebration dedicated, in countries influenced by Christianity, to the 'heavenly advocate' or 'patron' of the location holding the festival, who is a saint or virgin. The day of this celebration is called patronal feast day, patronal day or patron day^[4] of said location.

Patronal festivals may reflect national holidays (eg. the feast of Saint George, patron saint of Bulgaria, England, Georgia, Portugal, and various regions of Spain), but they usually reflect the celebration of a single city or town. In larger cities, there may even be several festivals, usually about the patron saint of the local parish.

Celebration[]

Depending to the budget, patronal festivals may run from one day to five days.

Usually, town members adorn the town streets with colorful decorations and other things.

Most patronal festivals feature verbenas, live entertainment by famous international or local singers, amusement parks, and street vendors, among other things, during the celebration. In Southern Italy, tarantellas are common too.

France[]

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Italy[]

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Example

• Feast of Our Lady of the Hens on the Second Sunday of Easter in Pagani, Campania

Latin America[]

Puerto Rico[]

Most Latin American countries dedicate the first day to the saint or virgin being celebrated, the others to entertainment, but in Puerto Rico the musical and entertainment festivities begin right away.

Spain[]

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Examples

• Fiestas del Pilar around 31 October in Zaragoza
• La Mercè around 24 September in Barcelona
• Fallas around 19 March in Valencia
• Bonfires of Saint John around 24 June in Alicante
• Festival of San Fermín around 7 July in Pamplona
• San Isidro Labrador around 16 May in rural areas mostly in Extremadura and Andalusia

Wales[]

Further examples[]

• Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October, in Yucuaquín (El Salvador),^[5] in Somerville, Massachusetts (USA) and in Italy
• Festa de São João do Porto around 23 June in Porto (Portugal)

Serbia[]

In Serbian culture, instead of local patron saints, people celebrate family's patron saints. These celebrations are known as 'slava' in Serbia.^[6]

See also[]

• Kermesse (festival)
• Calendar of saints
• Christian culture
• Civil religion
• Holyday
• Patron saints of places
• Patronages of the Immaculate Conception

Notes and references[]

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patronal festivals.

• "Fiestas Patronales Dominicanas" (in Spanish). 2007-06-07. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2021-02-25.