Is it true that medieval peasants worked only 150 days in a year due to the Church making sure they had frequent mandatory holidays?

by Eshin242

I just saw a meme, that I want to believe is true but I need to verify first. The meme goes "Medieval peasants worked only about 150 days in a year. The Church believed it was important to keep them happy with frequent, mandatory holidays."

If this is true, what exactly were those holidays? I figure Sunday is a given... but that only accounts for 56 days off in a year... are weekends included in this? I'd love to know more.

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Before other responses come in, you might be interested in my response to an almost identical question with this additional entry focusing more on a number of medieval holidays.