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  • Sant Jordi 2022

    Sant Jordi 2022

    April 23rd, the day when love and literature are celebrated massively throughout Catalonia

  • 23rd April, Sant Jordi: Roses, books and lovers

    Happy Sant Jordi! Discover the Catalans' most cherished day

    On 23rd April Catalans celebrate the day of their patron saint, Saint George (Sant Jordi in Catalan), a mysterious brave knight who saved a princess from being devoured by a ferocious dragon. According to the legend, Saint George saved his princess by killing the dragon from whose blood grew a rose. That is why nowadays tradition suggests men have to give a rose to their beloved and thus, some con