This nine-day party is called a novena, and throughout Mexico a full-on fiesta patronal is always nine days.    From Wordnik.com.  [November celebrations] Reference

Thus both soul and body were regaled at the patronal feasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Social Order Before and After the Protestant Reformation] Reference

I joined the crew at St. Bart's, and preached at the patronal festival.    From Wordnik.com.  [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference

As an additional note of trivia, today is the patronal feast of the USA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planning ahead, God’s way] Reference

The patronal feasts of the guilds were days of great rejoicing and display.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Social Order Before and After the Protestant Reformation] Reference

Presumably it is the day to celebrate the feast if it is your patronal feast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loitering at Liturgies in London] Reference

In the Irish diocese of Kilmacduagh this is the patronal feast of St. Colman mac Duach.    From Wordnik.com.  [10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002] Reference

Yesterday was the feast of St. David ( "Daffyd" or "Dewi"), the patronal feast day of Wales.    From Wordnik.com.  [03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003] Reference

But he's never mentioned as such any more and I don't know what became of his patronal status.    From Wordnik.com.  [She Doesn't Pay Her Musicians!] Reference

July 29 and 30 St. Olaf is celebrating their patronal feast as well as their 65 year anniversary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remembering St. Olaf, the Downtown Church] Reference

Today is the Feast Day of St. Albert the Great, and the patronal feast day for St. Albert's Priory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-11-09] Reference

This is the patronal feast in Longford and the Catholic St. Mel's cathedral is the most prominent landmark in Longford Town.    From Wordnik.com.  [02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003] Reference

That the cult of St George was popular with English knights on crusade is, indeed, generally recognised as the origin of his patronal status for England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

They had chosen 2 July, as their patronal feast-day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference

Many have small copies of their patronal and titular saints.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Liturgical Movement] Reference

Mary, is the patronal feast of the Clerics Regular of the Pious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference

Mark felt that he could not stay even until the patronal festival.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Altar Steps] Reference

It is kept as the patronal feast of the Republic of Ecuador, of the Congregation of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference

At the same time the Norman students at the University of Paris chose it as their patronal feast.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference

The early missionaries, however, always celebrated the 4th of October as the patronal feast of the mission.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

The patronal feast is the first Sunday of July, and on that day and the succeeding octave the chapel is crowded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

The Decree of Gratian (about 1150) mentions forty-one feasts besides the diocesan patronal celebrations; the Decretals of Gregory IX.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

Bishops may, if they choose, transfer the celebration of these patronal feasts to the following Sunday in accordance with liturgical laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

Y con tendencia a la parálisis, consideró el sector patronal.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

A slave, and the act of manumission gave Murena the patronal rights over him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference

(european patronal organisation) and the ESU (european student union) will be present to evaluate this process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indymedia Ireland] Reference

I greatly appreciated the invitation to preach at St. Alban’s on the patronal festival and thank you for inviting me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

Iconium, were cities of Lycaonia, and that "great Artemis" was the cry used at Ephesus in invoking the patronal goddess of the city (xix.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Books of the New Testament] Reference

Christmas, and the patronal feasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

His patronal feast is observed on 12.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference