feast day

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Pilgrims from across Ireland long came to Saint Brigid’s Well, a spring in a marsh near Kildare, to recite formal Catholic prayers and seek the saint’s blessing — especially around her feast day, Feb. 1.

From New York Times

This spring, as the saint’s feast day approaches on March 19, I started craving my mother’s stuffed artichokes.

From Washington Post

Until the 1970s, every Jan. 6, the feast day of Epiphany, Italians would express their gratitude to the officers by covering traffic pedestals with gifts.

From New York Times

Children write letters to the Magi on the eve of the feast day, requesting presents.

From Washington Times

A few days before December 12, the Virgin of Guadalupe’s feast day, an emergency alert went out to cell phones across Mexico City, urging residents to stay inside.

From National Geographic