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Fulk was an Italian canon regular and prelate who served as the Bishop of Piacenza from 1210 until 1217 and later as the Bishop of Pavia from 1217 until his death. He served in var…
Christian feast day: Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
Philipp Nicolai was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist.
Christian feast day: Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
Saint Quadragesimus was, according to tradition, a shepherd who lived at Policastro, Italy, and served as a subdeacon. Not much else is known of him, and he is remembered solely fo…
Christian feast day: Quadragesimus
Quodvultdeus was a fifth-century Church Father and Bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 A…
Christian feast day: Quodvultdeus
Rusticus of Narbonne was a monk of the Lérins Abbey and bishop of Narbonne; he was considered a Catholic saint of Gaul.
Christian feast day: Rusticus of Narbonne
Witta of Büraburg was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus. Following the esta…
Christian feast day: Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg
October 25 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 27
Christian feast day: Eastern Orthodox liturgics
Austrian culture is characterised by historical and modern influences, including a history of interaction primarily between Celtic, Roman, Slavic and Germanic peoples. Austria is p…
National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed awareness day each October 26, designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people.
Intersex Awareness Day
Abbán of Corbmaic, also Eibbán or Moabba, was a saint and abbot. He is associated, first and foremost, with the Mag Arnaide. His order was, however, also connected to other churche…
Christian feast day: Abbán
Abraham the Poor was a fourth-century Egyptian hermit and a saint.
Christian feast day: Abraham the Poor
Gaudiosus of Naples or Gaudiosus the African was a bishop of Abitina, a village near Carthage in present-day western Tunisia, in the Roman Africa Province.
Christian feast day: Gaudiosus of Naples
Kaleb, also known as Elesbaan, Ella Asbeha, or Hellestheaios, was King of Aksum, which was situated in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Christian feast day: Kaleb of Axum
Namatius is a saint in the Roman Catholic church.
Christian feast day: Namatius (Namace)
Oran or Odran, by tradition a descendant of Conall Gulban, was a companion of Saint Columba in Iona, and the first Christian to be buried on that island. Saint Odhrán's feast day i…
Christian feast day: Oran of Iona
Saint Thraseas was a martyr under the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Prior to his death he served as Bishop of Eumenia, Phrygia, in Asia Minor.
Christian feast day: Thraseas
October 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 28
Christian feast day: October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Černová massacre was a shooting that took place in Csernova, Kingdom of Hungary on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired in…
Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
According to Greek law every Sunday of the year is a public holiday. In addition, there are nine mandatory, official public holidays: New Year's Day 1 January, Theophany 6 January…
Flag Day (Greece)
(2016 dates)January 1: New Year's Day March 14: National Heroes Day, honors Chief Joseph Chatoyer on the anniversary of his death in 1795. Good Friday Easter Monday May 1: Labour…
Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 was passed to promote religious freedom as a foreign policy of the United States, to promote greater religious freedom in countries …
International Religious Freedom Day (United States)
National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)
National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)
Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy.
Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13)
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage takes place every 27 October. This commemorative day was chosen by UNESCO in 2005 to raise awareness of the significance and preservation ris…
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage