Saint Joseph's Day · Eyd-e Yusof-e Qeddis

Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Australia (national) · Canada (federal) · Christianity · France · Germany (nationwide) · United Kingdom (England and Wales) · United States (federal)

Saint Joseph's Day honours Joseph, the husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus, to whom Pope Pius IX gave the title of patron of the universal Church. It is a solemnity of the Catholic Church. In Spain, Portugal, Croatia and Italy it is also Father's Day, and in Valencia the five-day Falla festival ends on March 19 in his memory. When March 19 is a Sunday of Lent it is kept on the Monday, and when it falls in Holy Week, on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, as shown here.