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St. Joseph with child carved in baroque style, Dolfi Simple carvings; The Catholic Church remembers St. Joseph on March 19th with a festival named after him; if March 19th falls on a Sunday, the festival will be postponed to the following day; In addition, in years in which March 19th falls in Holy Week, the celebration is brought forward to the Saturday before Palm Sunday (e.g. in 2008 the festival was celebrated on March 15th). In some places, such as the Vatican and the canton of Ticino, but not in Italy, it is a mandatory festival. The first to celebrate it were the Benedictine monks in 1030, followed by the Servants of Mary in 1324 and the Franciscans in 1399. It was eventually promoted by Popes Sixtus IV and Pius V and approved by Gregory XV in 1621. made mandatory. Until 1977, the day on which the Catholic Church celebrates St. Joseph was considered a public holiday in Italy, including for civil purposes. However, with Law No. 54 of March 5, 1977, this recognition was abolished and since then March 19 has been a working day. In the canton of Ticino, in other cantons of Switzerland and in some provinces of Spain, this day is considered a civil holiday. In Italy (2008) bills were introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate to reintroduce the abolished holidays (St. Joseph, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, St. Peter and Paul and Whit Monday).
Another festival was that of the "Marriage of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph", which began in France in 1517, was adopted by the Franciscans in 1537 and promoted in particular by St. Gaspare Bertoni and is celebrated on January 23rd. According to tradition, Our Lady's Holy Wedding Ring is kept in the Cathedral of Perugia.
Pius IX In 1847, instead, the patronal feast of St. Joseph, which had been celebrated in Rome since 1478, was extended to the entire church: it was celebrated on the third Sunday after Easter and later moved to the third Wednesday after Easter. It was finally approved by Pope Pius XII in 1955. through the festival “St. Joseph the Craftsman", which was set for May 1st so that the Feast of Labor could also be celebrated in full by Catholic workers.
In some places the "Flight to Egypt" was celebrated on February 17th, which is still preserved in the particular calendar of the Catholic Church in Egypt, while the Copts commemorate it on June 1st. This product is characterized by a sophisticated brunito finish that gives an elegant and high-quality appearance.
