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Saint Gratus of Oloron was the first bishop of Oloron. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
Christian feast days: Gratus of Oloron
Saint Gummarus of Lier is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem. An official in the court of his relative Pepin the Younger or Pepin of Herstal according to some ot…
Christian feast days: Gummarus
James the Deacon was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission, which went to England to Christianise …
Christian feast days: James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Lommán mac Dalláin was a saint and patron of Trim, County Meath in Ireland.
Christian feast days: Lommán of Trim
Nectarius of Constantinople was the archbishop of Constantinople from 381 until his death, the successor to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus and predecessor to John Chrysostom.
Christian feast days: Nectarius of Constantinople
Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia were venerated as martyrs and saints. Their feast day is 11 October. Their historicity is uncertain, and "no trustworthy historical repo…
Christian feast days: Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
Pope John XXIII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963.
Christian feast days: Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
María Soledad Torres y Acosta - born Manuela - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Servants of Mary. Her apostolic actions - and those of her or…
Christian feast days: Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
Philip the Evangelist appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. According to the work, he was one of the Seven chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Je…
Christian feast days: Philip the Evangelist
Saints Zenaida and Philonella were traditionally the first Christian physicians after Luke the Evangelist, and the first "unmercenaries". They are particularly venerated in Eastern…
Christian feast days: Zenaida and Philonella
October 10 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 12
Christian feast days: October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
General Pulaski Memorial Day is a United States public holiday in honor of General Kazimierz Pułaski, a Polish hero of the American Revolution. This holiday is held every year on O…
General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of the Girl. Oct…
International Day of the Girl Child
International Newspaper Carrier Day is an annual observance created by the Newspaper Association of America and celebrated in October. The day is scheduled in association with the …
International Newspaper Carrier Day
Day of the Macedonian Uprising is a public holiday in North Macedonia, commemorating the beginning of the National Liberation Struggle against fascism during World War II in Yugosl…
Revolution Day (North Macedonia)
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 Louis Brisson
Saint Fiacc was a poet, the chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches.
Christian feast day: Fiacc
Our Lady of Aparecida Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Immaculate Conception.
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Aparecida
National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on October 11 to support anyone "coming out of the closet". First celebrated in the United States in 1988, …
National Coming Out Day
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 …
Christian feast day: Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
Our Lady of the Pillar is the name given to the Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle Ja…
Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar)
Radim Gaudentius was Archbishop of Gniezno and the first Polish archbishop.
Christian feast day: Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic)
Seraphin of Montegranaro, was an Italian Capuchin lay brother, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Christian feast day: Seraphin of Montegranaro
Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he r…
Christian feast day: Wilfrid of Ripon