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Beltane or Bealtaine is the Gaelic May Day festival, marking the beginning of summer. It is traditionally held on 1 May, or about midway between the spring equinox and summer solst…
May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere (see May 1): Beltane begins at sunset in the Nort
The Persian Gulf naming dispute concerns the gulf known historically and internationally as the Persian Gulf, after Iran became involved in an ongoing naming dispute.
National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)
Reunification Day, also known as Victory Day, Liberation Day, or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification is a public holiday in Vietnam …
Reunification Day (Vietnam)
Rincon is one of the two towns in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is situated in the north of the island in an inland valley.
Rincon Day (Bonaire)
The following is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Government of Russia. On these days, government offices, embassies, schools, companies and some shops, are …
Russian State Fire Service Day (Russia)
Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers. It may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the comm…
Teachers' Day (Paraguay)
Aldebrandus or Aldebrand, also known as Hildebrand, was a Bishop of Fossombrone and a saint.
Christian feast day: Aldebrandus
Amator (in French) Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from 388 until his death on 1 May 418 and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Amator's feast day is celebrated o…
Christian feast day: Amator
Andeolus or Andéol is an alleged Christian missionary martyred in Gaul.
Christian feast day: Andeolus
Aredius of Gap was bishop of Gap.
Christian feast day: Aredius of Gap
Saint Asaph was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph.
Christian feast day: Asaph
Augustin Schoeffler was a French saint and martyr in the Catholic Church and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a priest in Lorraine who joined the Foreign Miss…
Christian feast day: Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (part of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Benedict of Skalka or Szkalka, born in Nitra, in the Grand Principality of Hungary, was a Benedictine monk. He was canonized in 1083 and is venerated as a saint. He became a hermit…
Christian feast day: Benedict of Szkalka
Bertha of Val d'Or, was an abbess, virgin, and martyr. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.
Christian feast day: Bertha of Val d'Or
Brioc was a 6th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Christian feast day: Brioc
Jeremiah, also called Jeremias, and occasionally in older English texts Jeremy, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored …
Christian feast day: Jeremiah
According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus.
Christian feast day: Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
Julian of Bale, was a Franciscan friar, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1910.
Christian feast day: Julian of Bale
Infanta Mafalda of Portugal (also known as Blessed Mafalda, O.Cist. was a Portuguese infanta, later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughte…
Christian feast day: Mafalda of Portugal
James, son of Alphaeus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, appearing under this name in all three of the Synoptic Gospels' lists of the apostles. He is generally identified wi…
Christian feast day: James the Less (Anglican Communion)
Klymentiy Sheptytsky also known as Klymentiy of Univ was the archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Order of Studite Monks and a hieromartyr. He was also the Russian Catholi…
Christian feast day: Blessed Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Marculf was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.
Christian feast day: Marcouf
Orientius was a Christian Latin poet of the fifth century.
Christian feast day: Orientius
Peregrine Laziosi is an Italian saint of the Servite Order. He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses.
Christian feast day: Peregrine Laziosi