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Euphemia, also known as the Great martyr Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.
Christian feast day: Euphemia
Ludmila of Bohemia is a Czech saint and martyr venerated by Catholic and Orthodox Christians. She was born in Mělník as the daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila w…
Christian feast day: Ludmila
Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason, he is known as the …
Christian feast day: Ninian
Pope Cornelius was the bishop of Rome from the 6th, or the 13th of March, 251 A.D., until his martyrdom in June, 253 A.D.
Christian feast day: Pope Cornelius
Vitalis of Savigny was the canonized founder of Savigny Abbey in Manche and of the Congregation of Savigny (1112).
Christian feast day: Vitalis of Savigny
Sep. 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 17
Christian feast day: September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
The Cry of Dolores occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that trigg…
Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias
This is a list of holidays in Papua New Guinea.
Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 designed by the United Nations General Assembly. This designation had been made on December …
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Malaysia Day is a public holiday observed nationwide on 16 September each year since 2010. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Malaysia Agreement, which came into effect…
Malaysia Day (Malaysia)
Martyrs' Day are days observed in or by some countries, including the Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Myanmar, Panama and Tunisia, to recognise martyrs such as soldiers, revolutionar…
Martyrs' Day (Libya)
Heroes' Day or National Heroes' Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries and territories. It is often held on the birthday, or the deat…
National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Australian Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on 17 September. Managed by the Australian Department of Home Affairs, Australian Citizenship Day is an opportunity for all Austr…
Australian Citizenship Day
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…
Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)
Albert of Jerusalem, OSC, also Albertus Hierosolymitanus, Albertus Vercelensis, Saint Albert, Albert of Vercelli or Alberto Avogadro, was a canon lawyer and saint. He was Bishop of…
Christian feast day: Albert of Vercelli
Saint Ariadne of Phrygia is a 2nd-century Christian saint and martyr.
Christian feast day: Ariadne of Phrygia
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Cecilia Eusepi
Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC, born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the…
Christian feast day: Stanislaus Papczyński
Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the "Sibyl of the Rhine", was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, my…
Christian feast day: Hildegard of Bingen
Lambert of Maastricht, commonly referred to as Saint Lambert, was the bishop of Maastricht-Liège (Tongeren) from about 670 until his death. Lambert denounced Pepin's liaison with h…
Christian feast day: Lambert
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time. He was o…
Christian feast day: Robert Bellarmine
Satyrus of Milan was an Italian Catholic administrator born in Augusta Treverorum, who was the brother of Ambrose of Milan and Marcellina.
Christian feast day: Satyrus of Milan
Socrates and Stephen are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is 17 September.
Christian feast day: Socrates and Stephen
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883, and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of th…
Christian feast day: Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński