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Persons Day is an annual celebration in Canada, held on October 18. The day commemorates the case of Edwards v. Canada , more commonly known as The Persons Case – a famous Canadian…
Persons Day (Canada)
The International Menopause Society (IMS) is a UK based charity. The Society was created in 1978 in Jerusalem during the second Menopause Congress. In addition to organizing congre…
World Menopause Day
Saint Aaron was an ancient Christian monk in Southern Egypt who lived during the fourth and early fifth centuries AD. He was an anchorite at Philae.
Christian feast day: Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
Saint Aquilinus was a Frankish bishop and hermit. Born in Bayeux, he had been a warrior in the service of Clovis II and married in 660 at Chartres. He moved to Évreux with his wife…
Christian feast day: Aquilinus of Évreux
Desiderius of Auxerre was bishop of Auxerre, in France, from 614 to 621. He was from Aquitaine, and is mentioned in the Gesta pontificum Autissiodorensium, as well as the Chronicle…
Christian feast day: Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre
Frithuswith or Fritheswith was an English princess and abbess who became the patron saint of Oxford and its university. She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorp…
Christian feast day: Frideswide
Henry Martyn was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambr…
Christian feast day: Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Haudenosaunee, Wendat (Huron), and other Native populations in North America. He was the first Eur…
Christian feast day: Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
Paul of the Cross was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
Christian feast day: Paul of the Cross
Ptolemaeus and Lucius are venerated as Christian martyrs and saints, who died during the reign of Marcus Aurelius.
Christian feast day: Ptolemaeus and Lucius
Saint Varus was an early Christian saint, soldier and martyr.
Christian feast day: Varus
Saint Veranus of Cavaillon was a French saint, with a cultus in Italy. He was born at Vaucluse and was bishop of Cavaillon.
Christian feast day: Veranus of Cavaillon
William Carey was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Se…
Christian feast day: William Carey (Episcopal Church)
October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20
Christian feast day: October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oxfordshire Day is celebrated on 19 October to promote the historic English county of Oxfordshire. It is also the principal feast day of the patron saint of the city and university…
Oxfordshire Day
Acca of Hexham was an early medieval Northumbrian prelate, serving as bishop of Hexham from 709 until 732, and subsequently commemorated as a Christian saint.
Christian feast days: Acca of Hexham
Adérald was a Christian saint venerated by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on 20 October.
Christian feast days: Aderald
Artemius, also known as Shallita, spelt Shalita or Chalita was a Syrian general of the Roman Empire and dux Aegypti or imperial prefect of Roman Egypt. He is considered a saint by …
Christian feast days: Artemius
Saint Caprasius of Agen is venerated as a Christian martyr and saint of the fourth century. Relics associated with him were discovered at Agen in south-west France in the fifth cen…
Christian feast days: Caprasius of Agen
The Schedules of the Niue Constitution Act 1974 form the Constitution of Niue. It stipulates the make-up of the executive branch of the government, the legislative branch, and the …
Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in…
Hedwig of Silesia, a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland fro…
Christian feast days: Hedwig (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Irene of Tomar was a Christian who was martyred for her faith in Visigothic Portugal. Her parents, wishing to protect her, sent her to a convent school and a private tutor. The onl…
Christian feast days: Irene of Tomar
Magdalene of Nagasaki was a Japanese Christian who served as a translator and catechist for the Augustine Recollect missionaries. She became a tertiary of the Order of Augustinia…
Christian feast days: Magdalene of Nagasaki