The following dates are public holidays in Portugal. Some of these holidays are religious and some record important events in the emergence of the Portuguese state.
National public holidays of Portugal in 2012
January 1 - New Years Day
April 6 - Good Friday Friday before Easter Sunday
April 25 - Freedom Day Liberation Day
May 1 - Labour Day May Day
May 6 - Mothers Day 1st Sunday in May. Not a public holiday.
June 7 - Corpus Christi second Thursday after Whitsun
June 10 - Portugal Day
June 13 - feast of St Anthony Lisbon only
June 24 - feast of St John the Baptist Porto Only
August 15 - Assumption Day Assumption of Mary
October 5 - Republic Day
November 1 - All Saints Day
December 1 - Restoration of Independence
December 8 - Immaculate Conception Day
December 24 - Christmas Eve
December 25 - Christmas Day
