St. Francis Day Returns to Italian Calendar as National Holiday
The Italian Senate has definitively approved legislation reinstating October 4 as a national holiday honoring St. Francis of Assisi, marking a significant restoration of the saint's feast day to the country's official calendar. The constitutional affairs committee gave final approval to the measure, which had already passed the Chamber of Deputies with overwhelming bipartisan support. The...
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An evening in Florence's historic center turned violent when former Impruneta mayor Alessio Calamandrei was assaulted on Via Martelli. The incident occurred on the night of September 24th when Calamandrei witnessed a 32-year-old Italian man throwing a beer bottle at the door of the San Giovannino dei Padri Scolopi church and overturning two trash bins while shouting insults. Calamandrei,...
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