St. Mark's Day, or the Feast of Saint Mark, commemorates Mark the Evangelist and occurs on April 25.
Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice
The Feast of Saint Mark (Italian: Festa di san Marco), also known as the Festival of the Rosebud (Venetian: festa del bócoło), is a festival in Venice held on 25 April to celebrate the patron saint of Venice, Saint Mark. On this day, men traditionally offer a single rosebud to the women they love.
According to legend, the tradition originated in the 8th century, when a man of low social status is said to have fallen in love with a noblewoman from Venice. In order to win his father's approval, he engaged in a distant war. He was mortally wounded in battle, but managed to pick a rose from a nearby rosebush for his beloved. A companion was tasked with returning the blood-stained rose to his lover.
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