Patron saint of Roma: Santi Pietro e Paolo
The card shows the date of Santi Pietro e Paolo in the chosen year, the day of the week and the possible bridge; change town to compare.
Santi Pietro e Paolo, patron saint of Roma
Tuesday, 29 June 2027
A holiday in Roma, usually recognised by collective agreements.
| Bridge with the patron day | 1 leave → 4 days |
| Province | RM |
| Region | Lazio |
| Source checked on | 28 October 2026 |
Source: 29 giugno 2026 - Festa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo / Manifestazioni / Manifestazioni, eventi e spettacoli / 060608.it.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 29 June 2027 | Tuesday |
| 2028 | 29 June 2028 | Thursday |
| 2029 | 29 June 2029 | Friday |
| 2030 | 29 June 2030 | Saturday |
| 2031 | 29 June 2031 | Sunday |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Law 260/1949 and amendments checked on 28 October 2026
The patron saint of Roma is Santi Pietro e Paolo, celebrated on 29 June: the municipality states it on its own website, which we read on 28 October 2026. Rome is the only regional capital where the patron saint’s day is a holiday by law, not just by collective agreement. In 2027 29 June falls on a Tuesday, and Monday 28 is the leave day that joins the weekend to the feast. With the patron saint, someone working in Roma Monday to Friday has 253 working days in 2027, against 254 without. 29 June is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul in the calendar of the whole Church, but only in the municipality of Rome is it a civil day of rest. Until 1977 it was a holiday across Italy; today it is one, by law, only in the capital.
Santi Pietro e Paolo in Roma in the coming years
| Year | Date | Day | Working days in the year | Bridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 June | Monday | 253 | 4 leave → 9 days |
| 2027 | 29 June | Tuesday | 253 | 1 leave → 4 days |
| 2028 | 29 June | Thursday | 248 | 1 leave → 4 days |
| 2029 | 29 June | Friday | 251 | 4 leave → 9 days |
| 2030 | 29 June | Saturday | 252 | – |
The patron saint's day in Roma
29 June has a different history from other patron saints. Until 1977 it was a holiday across Italy; Law 54 took it off the national list. In 1985 Presidential Decree 792 recognised it again as a holiday, but only in the municipality of Rome, as the feast of the city's patron saints. That is why in Rome 29 June is a holiday by law, not just by custom or collective agreement, as with other towns' patron saints.
29 June in Rome, between the Vatican and public offices
On 29 June St Peter’s Basilica celebrates the two apostles with a papal mass, during which the metropolitan archbishops appointed that year receive the pallium. For workers one fact matters most: since it is a holiday by law in the municipality, 29 June applies to everyone working in the city, public employees included, with no need for a clause in a collective agreement. People working in another town of the metropolitan area, such as Fiumicino, follow that town’s patron saint instead. For long weekends, 29 June pays off most in years when it falls on a Monday or a Friday, as in 2026 and 2029, giving a long weekend with no leave; it takes one leave day when it falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, as in 2027 and 2028.
Source: 29 giugno 2026 - Festa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo / Manifestazioni / Manifestazioni, eventi e spettacoli / 060608.it (municipal website, read on 28 October 2026). National holidays are those in Law 260 of 1949.
Long weekends 2027 in Roma: using 7 leave days
Long weekends 2027 in Roma: using 7 leave days
20 days off
| Fri 1 January – Wed 6 January | 2 → 6 days |
| Sat 29 May – Wed 2 June | 2 → 5 days |
| Sat 26 June – Tue 29 June | 1 → 4 days |
| Sat 4 December – Wed 8 December | 2 → 5 days |
Other towns are in the search on the patron saint page; the year's calendar with the patron saint marked on calendar 2027.