Holidays and Observances
- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Lucy
- Odile of Alsace
- Republic Day (Malta)
- Saint Lucy's Day (mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy (for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino), and Malta), and its related observances:
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from United Kingdom in 1979.
- Tellus was worshipped in the district Carinae at the Esquiline Hill, and a lectisternium or table was spread for Ceres. (Roman Empire)
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