Italy has reinstated the Feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October as a national holiday nearly half a century after it was removed from the national calendar.
The Italian Senate’s Constitutional Affairs Committee approved the bill with the proposal on 1 October following near-unanimous support in the Chamber of Deputies last month. The law will come into effect in 2026, coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed the decision as “a moment of unity” for the country, calling St Francis “one of the most representative and distinctive figures of our national identity”.
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