The following holidays will be observed by the Embassy and Consular Posts in Italy during 2009:

• Thursday 1st January: New Year's Day
  
• Tuesday 6 January: Epiphany
  
• Friday 10 April: Good Friday
• Monday 13 April: Easter Monday
• Friday 1st May: Labour Day
  
• Monday 4 May: Spring Bank Holiday in lieu of Saturday 25 April
  
• Monday 25 May: in lieu of Sunday 1st November (All Saints' Day)       
  
• Tuesday 2 June: Republic Day
• Wednesday 24 June: Patron Saint's Day (Florence only)
  
• Monday 29 June: Patron Saint's Day (Rome only)
  
• Monday 31 August: Summer Bank Holiday in lieu of Ferragosto
• Monday 7 December: Patron Saint's Day (Milan only)
  
• Tuesday 8 December: Immaculate Conception
  
• Thursday 24 December: Christmas Privilege Day
  
• Friday 25 December: Christmas Day 
• Monday 28 December: Christmas Holiday in lieu of Boxing Day