 It is a popular practice on his feastday, October 4, for people to bring their pets and other animals to church for a blessing.Saint Francis' feast day is observed on 4 October.A secondary feast in honor of the stigmata received by Saint Francis, celebrated on 17 September, was inserted in the General Roman Calendar in 1585 (later than the Tridentine Calendar) and suppressed in 1604, but was restored in 1615.