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Bartolomea Capitanio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she established with Vincenza Gerosa. Capitanio…
Christian feast day: Bartolomea Capitanio
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 Camilla Gentili
George Franco Preca, T.OCarm was a Maltese Catholic priest, the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine and a Third Order Carmelite. Pope John Paul II dubbed him "Malta’s seco…
Christian feast day: George Preca
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 Maria Pierina
Saint Paraskevi of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. She was arrested on multiple occasions for her Christianity and was eventually beheaded by the Roman …
Christian feast day: Paraskevi of Rome (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Titus Brandsma was a Dutch Carmelite priest and a professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many times before World War II.…
Christian feast day: Titus Brandsma
Saint Venera is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. Little is known of this saint. The date of her death is traditionally given as July 26, 143 AD.
Christian feast day: Venera
July 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 27
Christian feast day: July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Emancipation Day is observed in many former European colonies in the West Indies and parts of the United States on various dates to commemorate the emancipation of slaves of Africa…
Emancipation Day (Barbados)
This is a list of public holidays in Cuba.
Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
Esperanto Day is a worldwide observance on 26 July, which celebrates the publication of Unua Libro, the first book in the Esperanto language, by the language's creator, L. L. Zamen…
Esperanto Day
The following are public holidays in Liberia.
Independence Day (Liberia), celebrates the independence of Liberia from the American Colonization Society in 1847.
This is a list of holidays in Maldives.
Independence Day (Maldives), celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on 26 of July in India, to observe India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War for ousting Pakistani Forces from their occupied posi…
Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
Saint Anthusa of Mantinea, also called Anthusa the Confessor was an anchoress and abbess in Constantinople during the 8th century.
Christian feast day: Anthusa of Mantinea
Aurelius and Natalia were a married Christian couple who were executed by Abd ar-Rahman II, the Emir of Córdoba for refusing to renounce their faith. They are considered martyrs an…
Christian feast day: Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba.
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 Maria Maddalena Martinengo
Maurus, Pantelemon and Sergius are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated at Bisceglie on the Adriatic. Tradition holds that Maurus was from Bethlehem and was sent to be the first…
Christian feast day: Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius
Saint Pantaleon was a Christian martyr from Nicomedia in Bithynia who was executed during the Diocletianic Persecution in 305 AD. In Western Christianity, he is venerated as one of…
Christian feast day: Pantaleon
National Sleepy Head Day is a yearly celebration in Finland observed 27 July. This holiday is related to the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, but rather than a religious fe…
Christian feast day: Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology) National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)
July 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 28
Christian feast day: July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War is a national holiday in North Korea celebrated on July 27 to mark the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement which bro…
Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea)
Public holidays in the Philippines are of two types: regular holidays and special non-working days.
Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines)
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own P…
José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)