Gallus Day
The Gallustag (also Sankt-Gallen-Tag or Gallentag ) is October 16th .
The Gall is a day of celebration in honor of the Irish monk Gallus , the 612 / 613 , the Gallus founded the cell in a remote area of the Abbey of St. Gallen and the city of St. Gallen could develop. He died on October 16, 620 or 640 .
holiday
On October 16, the Kirchweih festivals are celebrated in the Gallus churches; Leer (East Friesland) celebrates the Gallimarkt on this name day , Grünberg (Hessen) the Gallusmarkt and in Mainburg in the Hallertau the Gallimarkt takes place on the second weekend in October . In Kriens near Lucerne , St. Gall's Day is a local holiday.
In the diocese of St. Gallen , St. Gallen Day is celebrated as a feast day, in St. Gallen with a pontifical office . In October 2012, in the virtually identical canton of St. Gallen , a simple request was submitted to the cantonal government as to whether the public holiday could be reintroduced at cantonal level. The OLMA Swiss trade fair for agriculture and food begins every year on the Thursday before "Gallentag", so that the festival day always falls within the period of this trade fair.
Pawn rule
As a farmer's rule for the Gallus day applies:
- “If it rains on Gallus, it will last until Christmas. But if Gallus is dry, summer wet socks follows. "
- "Nothing can be left outside on Saint Gallus Day."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints: Gallus
- ^ Gallus Day with guests from San Gallo Article by the Cathedral Parish of St. Gallen on Gallus Day 2015, accessed on March 19, 2017
- ↑ Gschwend wants a Gallentag article on tagblatt.ch from October 10, 2012
- ↑ further z. B. in October on bauernregel.net (private site)