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Sisenandus of Beja was a Christian deacon and martyr who was put to death during the reign of Abd al-Rahman II, Emir of Córdoba, and is counted among the Martyrs of Córdoba.
Christian feast day: Sisenandus of Beja
July 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - July 17
Christian feast day: July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Engineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.
Engineer's Day (Honduras)
A Holocaust memorial day or Holocaust remembrance day is an annual observance to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide of six million Jews and of millions of othe…
Holocaust Memorial Day (France)
Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa, also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. Two versions of his life …
Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Western Church)
Andrew Zorard was a Benedictine monk originating from Poland but active in Hungary, who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches
Christian feast day: Andrew Zorard
Saint Kenelm was an Anglo-Saxon saint, venerated throughout medieval England, and mentioned in the Canterbury Tales. William of Malmesbury, writing in the 12th century, recounted t…
Christian feast day: Cynehelm
Cynllo is a British saint, who lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, generally described as a brother of Teilo. Cynllo was known for "...the sanctity of his life and the a…
Christian feast day: Cynllo
Inácio de Azevedo, SJ (1526–1570) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Brazil, beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
Christian feast day: Inácio de Azevedo
Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was Queen of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. Crowned "King", to highlight her sovereign status, she reigned from 16 Octo…
Christian feast day: Jadwiga of Poland
Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
Christian feast day: Magnus Felix Ennodius
Marcellina was born in Trier, Gaul the daughter of the Praetorian prefect of Gaul, and was the elder sister of Ambrose of Milan and Satyrus of Milan. Marcellina devoted her life as…
Christian feast day: Marcellina
The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs. They were executed by the guilloti…
Christian feast day: Martyrs of Compiègne
Pavel Peter Gojdič, OSBM, was a Rusyn Basilian monk who served as Eparch of Prešov in the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. Following the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, he was arrested…
Christian feast day: Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdič (Greek Catholic Church)
Pope Leo IV was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 10 April 847 to his death in 855. He is remembered for repairing Roman churches that had been damaged during …
Christian feast day: Pope Leo IV
The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last imperial family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, …
Christian feast day: Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church)
The Scillitan Martyrs were a group of early Christians of North Africa executed by the Roman Empire in Carthage, modern Tunisia, on 17 July 180 AD. The group takes its name from th…
Christian feast day: Speratus and companions
William White was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, the first bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787–1836), and the second Un…
Christian feast day: William White (Episcopal Church)
July 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 18
Christian feast day: July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day or Jeheonjeol (Korean: 제헌절) in South Korea is observed on 17 July, the day that the first South Korean constitution was proclaimed in 1948. The date was deliberate…
Constitution Day (South Korea)
Remembrance Days in Slovakia are working days.
Independence Day (Slovakia)
The Gion Festival is one of the largest and most famous festivals in Japan, taking place annually during the month of July in Kyoto. Many events take place in central Kyoto and at…
Gion Matsuri (Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto)
Firgun is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture, which compliments someone or describes genuine, unselfish delight or pride in the accomplishment of anothe…
International Firgun Day (International)
This is a list of holidays in Lesotho.January 1: New Year's Day March 11: Moshoeshoe's Day March 29: Good Friday April 1: Easter Monday May 1: Workers' Day May 9: Ascension Day Ma…
King's Birthday (Lesotho)