Antique Italian Saints Day Calendar
Utterly remarkable antique Italian saints' day calendar with tooled leather binding. The pages, with gilded edges, list each day and each corresponding patron saint.
From gettingtoknowitaly.com: "In Italy, a Catholic country, every town has a patron saint who is believed to protect the town, and intercede with God on locals’ behalf. Every day in the Catholic calendar is assigned to a different patron saint, or santo patrono. An Italian town celebrates its patron saint on la festa del santo patrono: the saint’s patron saint day or feast day.
The patron saint day is considered a public holiday in that city or town, so public offices, businesses and schools are closed. Even two Italian towns right next to each other have two different patron saints, so the offices in one will be closed for the patron saint day, while right in the next town it’s business as usual.
Italian towns and cities can have more than one patron saint. And more than one Italian city can have the same patron saint. And the same day can be dedicated to more than one patron saint, since there are so many!
Often, the patron saint day is almost always the anniversary of the day they died. For example, Saint Sylvester, or San Silvestro, died on December 31, which became his feast day."
Era: Art Deco, 1922
Size: 4.2cm by 2.8cm
Marks: None, tested as
Condition: Perfect, as new
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[Last updated: August 29th, 2025]
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