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Damien De Veuster, popularly known as Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, was a Belgian Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He ministe…
Christian feast day: Damien of Molokai
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Ivan Merz
Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In Islam, Job is also considered a prophet.
Christian feast day: Job (Roman Catholic Church)
John of Ávila was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church. He is called t…
Christian feast day: John of Ávila
Solange was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally venerated Christian saint and cephalophore, whose cult is restricted to Sainte-Solange, Cher. Saint Solange was the patron of the t…
Christian feast day: Solange of Bourges
May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11
Christian feast day: May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly present…
Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)
Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the const…
Constitution Day (Micronesia)
Pentecost is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, Mary, and other followers…
Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; celebrated 50 days after Easter Day
The golden spike is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold spike driven to mark the completion of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. It was driven by Leland Stan…
Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah)
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on d…
Mother's Day (Guatemala, and Mexico)
Joanna of Portugal OP was a Portuguese regent princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife, Queen Isabel of Coimbra. She served as regent…
Christian feast day: Blessed Joan of Portugal
Saint Crispoldus is venerated as a 1st-century Christian martyr. He is the patron saint of Bettona, in Umbria, and said to have been the first bishop of that city, although the dio…
Christian feast day: Crispoldus
Dominic de la Calzada was a saint from a cottage in Burgos very close to La Rioja.
Christian feast day: Dominic de la Calzada
Epiphanius of Salamis was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Churches, and…
Christian feast day: Epiphanius of Salamis
George Eglinton Alston Dix, known as Gregory Dix, was a British monk and priest of Nashdom Abbey, an Anglican Benedictine community. He was a noted liturgical scholar whose work ha…
Christian feast day: Gregory Dix (Church of England)
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Imelda Lambertini
Saint Modoald, also spelled Moduald, was the Frankish archbishop of Trier from 626 to 645. He is the patron saint of the Reichsabtei Helmarshausen and his liturgical feast is on 12…
Christian feast day: Modoald
Nereus and Achilleus are two Roman martyr saints. In the present General Roman Calendar, revised in 1969, Nereus and Achilleus (together) are celebrated on 12 May.
Christian feast day: Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras
Germanus I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730. He is regarded as a saint by both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, with a feast day …
Christian feast day: Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Catholic and Eastern Church)
Rictrude was abbess of Marchiennes Abbey, in Flanders. The main early source for her life is the Vita Rictrudis, commissioned by the abbey, and written in 907 by Hucbald.
Christian feast day: Rictrude
International May 12th Awareness Day, also known as International ME/CFS Awareness Day is held every year to raise awareness of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, …
International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
International Nurses Day (IND) is an international day observed around the world on 12 May each year, to mark the contributions that nurses make to society.
International Nurses Day
Philip of Agira was an early Christian clergyman. There are two parallel stories of this saint which give to possible dates in which this saint lived. Traditionally, through the wr…
Christian feast day: Philip of Agira