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Saints Peter and Paul

Cantonal holiday Canton of Ticino Falls on: Monday 3 free days without leave

Saints Peter and Paul fall on Monday, 29 June in 2026. The public holiday applies canton-wide in Ticino.

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Saints Peter and Paul 2026

Date, Ticino scope and immediate effect

Do not extend the canton-wide holiday beyond Ticino.

Cantonal holiday. Saints Peter and Paul falls on Monday, 29 June 2026. Canton-wide in Ticino; 29 June is not a nationwide public holiday.

In Ticino, Monday extends the weekend without leave; the canton-wide public-holiday effect does not extend beyond Ticino.

Only Swiss National Day on 1 August has federal constitutional holiday status. Saints Peter and Paul is governed cantonally or municipally.

Date
29 June.
Scope
Canton of Ticino
Ordinary Monday outside Ticino
Weekend
3 free days without leave
27 June 2026 to 29 June 2026
Canton-wide in Ticino

Use the Ticino calendar for work and school

Provider hours remain a separate check.

Lakeside path with a flower basket
The legal Monday applies across Ticino; shops, transport and attractions still publish their own hours.

Employees and schools use the rule for their actual Ticino location. A visitor programme or church service does not alter employment status outside the canton.

For travel, confirm the destination's opening and transport information separately from the statutory holiday.

3 free days without leave

Build the long weekend from the Ticino rule

Monday creates a three-day weekend in Ticino; the canton-wide public-holiday effect ends at the Ticino border.

Treat 29 June as a holiday only in Ticino. Monday creates a three-day weekend in Ticino; the canton-wide public-holiday effect ends at the Ticino border.

No leave day is needed for the Monday break in Ticino. Outside Ticino, the same date remains an ordinary working day unless a separate local rule applies.

Block
27 June 2026 to 29 June 2026
Three days without leave in Ticino

Assumption: Monday-Friday working week.

Workplace applicability is not confirmed; no leave days are preselected. Local or partial employment entitlement for Saints Peter and Paul (2026-06-29) at the workplace in Switzerland must be confirmed with the municipality and employer.

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A joint feast of two apostles

The apostles and local patronal feasts

Religious tradition is not evidence of wider statutory scope.

Saints Peter and Paul is the joint church feast of the apostles Peter and Paul. For Swiss public-holiday scope, the canton-wide Ticino rule is decisive.

Patronal feasts and a Ticino holiday

Parishes dedicated to Peter or Paul may mark the date in particular. Such patronal feasts are local religious traditions, not evidence of additional canton-wide scope.

Parish programmes can shape a local visit, but the verified public-holiday effect remains canton-wide only in Ticino.

Sources & further reading

  1. SECO: leisure and public holidays : Federal guidance distinguishing the nationwide holiday from cantonal holidays.
  2. Swiss Labour Act Art. 20a : Federal labour rule for canton-designated holidays.
  3. Federal Constitution Art. 110 : constitutional status of Swiss National Day.
  4. Historical federal compilation (2011) : Historical context only; not current scope authority.
  5. EDK school holidays : Cantonal school-holiday source.
  6. Canton of Ticino: public holidays 2026 : current official cantonal list for 2026.