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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays for
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Related and neighboring countries: Europe Italy San Marino
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The list of Vatican City bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
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Recent News and Updates
Background Information
Footnotes
Disclaimer
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Date in 2008 |
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Tue |
New Year's Day
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Sun |
Epiphany
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Lateran Treaty Day
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Wed |
Saint Joseph's Day
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Easter
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Mon |
Easter Monday
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Thu |
Ascension Day
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St. Joseph the Worker
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Corpus Christi Day
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Assumption Vigil
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Assumption Day
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Sat |
All Saints' Day
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Immaculate Conception Day
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Christmas Day
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St. Stephen's Day
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Recent News and Updates |
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25 Mar 2007 (Le Vif + L'Express) The Holy See (The Vatican) has declared 2 one-off public holidays in April 2007. On the 16th, there will be a public holiday to celebrate Pope Benedict the XVIth's 80th birthday, and on the 19th, it will be the second anniversary of his election that will be the occasion for another one-off public holiday.
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Background Information |
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These dates or public holidays are when the Vatican is closed to the public.
• Closed Sundays, except for the last Sunday of each month, unless it falls at Easter, on June 29 (Saints Peter and Paul's Day), or on December 25 and 26 (Christmas Holiday).
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Footnotes |
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Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Vatican City, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Vatican City, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Vatican City. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Vatican City, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Vatican City, before planning any
trip to Vatican City. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays,
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