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Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and rai…
Christian feast day: Carlo Acutis
October 11 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – October 13
Christian feast day: October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries.
Discovery Day (The Bahamas)
The National Day of Spain is a national holiday held annually on 12 October. It is also traditionally and commonly referred to as the Día de la Hispanidad, commemorating Spanish le…
Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
Khajeh Shams-od-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390), also known by his pen name Hafez, was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the…
Hafez Day (Iran) 1
Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first procl…
Children's Day (Brazil)
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Chris…
Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Columbus Day (Honduras)
Thelema is a Western esoteric and occult social and spiritual philosophy, and a new religious movement. It was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an Englis…
Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)
This is a list of holidays in Equatorial Guinea.January 1: New Year's Day April 7: Good Friday May 1: Labour Day June 5: President's Day, birthday of President Teodoro Obiang Ngue…
Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
International Day Against DRM (IDAD), sometimes called just Day Against DRM or anti-DRM day, is a grassroots international observance of protests against digital rights management …
International Day Against DRM
There are several public holidays in Azerbaijan. Public holidays were regulated in the constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921. They are now regulated …
Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
Alexandrina Maria da Costa, best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born a…
Christian feast day: Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
Daniel and companions were seven Friars Minor martyred at Ceuta on 10 October 1227, according to the Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor. Their story…
Christian feast day: Daniel and companions, of Ceuta
Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.
Christian feast day: Edward the Confessor (translation)
Gerald of Aurillac is a French saint of the Roman Catholic Church, also recognized by other religious denominations of Christianity.
Christian feast day: Gerald of Aurillac
Maddalena Panattieri, OP was an Italian Sister of Penance of Saint Dominic. Panattieri was a stigmatic and received visions during her life with one in particular being the French …
Christian feast day: Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)
Theophilus of Antioch was Patriarch of Antioch from 169 until 183. He succeeded Eros of Antioch c. 169, and was succeeded by Maximus I c. 183, according to Henry Fynes Clinton, but…
Christian feast day: Theophilus of Antioch
October 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 14
Christian feast day: October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Doi taikomatsuri (土居太鼓祭り) is a festival held in Doi, Shikokuchūō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan every year from October 13 – 15. It is dedicated to wishing for a good harvest.
Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) is an international day that encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communit…
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)
Holidays in Poland are regulated by the Non-working Days Act of 18 January 1951. The Act, as amended in 2010, currently defines fourteen public holidays.
Paramedics' Day (Poland)
Angadrisma was a 7th-century abbess and saint, daughter of Robert I, Bishop of Tours.
Christian feast day: Angadrisma
Saint Fortunatus was a 6th-century bishop of Todi. According to tradition, he defended Todi during a Gothic siege. He is the patron saint of Todi.
Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Todi