Christian feast day: Justina of Padua

Name: Christian feast day: Justina of Padua
Start: 2000-10-07
End: 2000-10-07
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 7, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Justina of Padua. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 7, a notable event in this corner of history.

Justina of Padua is a Christian saint and a patroness of the city of Padua. Her feast day is October 7. She was devoted to religion from her earliest years and took the vow of perpetual virginity. When she was brought before Maximian the prefect, she remained firm against all attacks. The prefect caused her to be slain with a sword.

Key Facts

This event took place on October 7, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 12 April 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 7	Cissy Houston, American singer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 7	Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 7	Zaw Myint Maung, Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 7	Lore Segal, American novelist (born 1928)
Historical Events	2023	Oct 7	Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of…
Notable Deaths	2023	Oct 7	Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks
Notable Deaths	2023	Oct 7	Terence Davies, English filmmaker
Selected Events	2023	Oct 7	Palestinian nationalist groups launched armed incursions into the Gaza envelope, starting the Gaza war.
Selected Events	2023	Oct 7	The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an…
Historical Events	2022	Oct 7	Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland.
Historical Events	2022	Oct 7	Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Notable Deaths	2022	Oct 7	Arun Bali, Indian actor (born 1942)
Notable Deaths	2020	Oct 7	Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (born 1943)
Historical Events	2016	Oct 7	In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 7	Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 7	Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 7	Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (born 1951)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 7	Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 7	Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 7	Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 7	Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	Mick Buckley, English footballer (born 1953)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	Terry Burnham, American actress (born 1949)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 7	Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 7	Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 7	Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 7	Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 7	Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 7	Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 7	T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (born 1956)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 7	Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 7	Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)
Historical Events	2008	Oct 7	Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into…
Historical Events	2008	Oct 7	Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, injuring 112.
Selected Events	2008	Oct 7	2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior…
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 7	Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 7	George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 7	Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 7	Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
Selected Events	2006	Oct 7	Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her…
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 7	Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (born 1949)
Historical Events	2004	Oct 7	Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 7	Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 7	Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 7	Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 7	Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (born 1912)
Historical Events	2002	Oct 7	The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.