National holidays include
January 1 (New Year's Day);
January 6 (Epiphany);
April 15 and 16 (Easter Sunday and Monday);
April 25 (Liberation Day);
May 1 (Labor Day or May Day);
August 15 (Assumption of Mary, also known as Ferragosto);
November 1 (All Saints' Day);
December 8 (Immaculate Conception);
December 25 and 26 (Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
Many businesses and shops may be closed in Florence on June 24 to celebrate the city's patron saint, St. John the Baptist