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Æbbe, also called Tabbs, was an Anglian abbess and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia from c. 593 to 616. She founded monasteries at Ebchester and St…
Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham
The Nostalgia Night is an annual celebration that takes place in Uruguay every August 24, on the eve of the national holiday of Independence Day. On this night, numerous parties an…
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
Aredius, also Yrieix, Abbé d'Attanum and Arède d'Atane, was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane. He founded the monastery of Attane, which was …
Christian feast day: Aredius
Genesius of Arles was a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308. He is honoured in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of notaries and secretaries, and invoked against c…
Christian feast day: Genesius of Arles
Genesius of Rome is a legendary Christian saint, once a comedian and actor who had performed in plays that mocked Christianity. According to legend, while performing in a play that…
Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome
Ginés de la Jara is a semi-legendary saint of Spain. He is associated with the region surrounding Cartagena, of which he is co-patron. A hermitage was founded adjacent to the Mar M…
Christian feast day: Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
Gregory of Utrecht was born of a noble family at Trier. He became a follower of Saint Boniface, who sent him to study at the Monastery of Saint Michael at Ohrdruf. He then accompan…
Christian feast day: Gregory of Utrecht
Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free educa…
Christian feast day: Joseph Calasanz
Ludovicus Baba, OFM, also known as Louis Baba or ルイス馬場 was a Franciscan Tertiary from Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Baba
Ludovicus Sasada, OFM, also known as Louis Sasada or ルイス笹田, was a Catholic priest from Japan and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius I…
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Sasada
Luis Sotelo, OFM, in English known also as Louis Sotelo, was a Franciscan friar from Spain who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.
Christian feast day: Blessed Luis Sotelo
Miguel de Carvalho, also known as Michael Carvalho, was a Roman Catholic missionary from Portugal. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
Christian feast day: Blessed Miguel de Carvalho
Patricia of Naples is an Italian virgin and saint. Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor. Some sources say that she was a descendant o…
Christian feast day: Patricia of Naples
Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole ki…
Christian feast day: Louis IX of France
Menas of Constantinople, considered a saint in the Chalcedonian-affirming Church and by extension both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church of modern times, was born in …
Christian feast day: Menas of Constantinople
Pedro Vásquez, O.P, also known as Peter Vásquez, was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary who died a martyr in Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pi…
Christian feast day: Blessed Pedro Vásquez
Thomas de Cantilupe was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. He has been noted as "an inveterate enemy of the Jews", and h…
Christian feast day: Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)
August 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 26
Christian feast day: August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Day of Songun (Korean: 선군절) is a public holiday in North Korea celebrated on 25 August annually to commemorate the beginning of Kim Jong Il's Songun (military-first) leadership…
Day of Songun (North Korea)
The following are public holidays in Uruguay.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated…
Soldier's Day (Brazil)
Alexander of Bergamo is the patron saint of Bergamo, as well as Capriate San Gervasio and Cervignano d'Adda. Alexander may have been a Roman soldier or resident of Bergamo who was …
Christian feast day: Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church)
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 Ceferino Namuncurá
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 John Paul I