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Patron saint festival In 245 days

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

📅 Every year, on 29 June

On 29 June Rome honours the two apostles martyred in the city. It is the solemnity of its patron saints, established as the capital's own holiday by papal decree in 1818.

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