The following days are public holidays in Vatican City, as published each year by the

Prefecture of the Pontifical Household The Prefecture of the Papal Household is the office in charge of the Papal Household, a section of the Roman Curia that comprises the Papal Chapel (''Cappella Pontificia'') and the Papal Family (''Familia Pontificia''). The current Prefect of th ...

. These largely correspond to events in the

liturgical year The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year or kalendar, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and whi ...

of the Catholic Church. In addition, all Sundays of the year are public holidays as well. By tradition, both the election anniversary and the name day for the

civilian name A legal name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person's legal birth name generally is the name of the person that was given for the purpose of registration of the birth and which then ap ...

of the reigning pope are public holidays. The Solemnities of the Ascension of Christ and Corpus Christi have not been listed since 2009.

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