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Anstrudis was a saint, virgin, and abbess of the Abbey of St. John, Laon. Her life story is recounted in a hagiography, entitled Vita Anstrudis abbatissae Laudunensis, written in t…
Christian feast day: Anstrudis
Saint Florentius of Orange was bishop of the city of Orange in France around 517–524. Recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, his feast day is on 17 October.
Christian feast day: Florentius of Orange
François-Isidore Gagelin was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Vietnam. He died a martyr, and became the first French martyr of the 19th century in Vietn…
Christian feast day: François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
John the Dwarf, also called John Colobus, John Kolobos or Abba John the Dwarf, was a Coptic Desert Father of the early Christian church.
Christian feast day: John the Short (John Colobus)
Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Christian feast day: Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
Nothhelm was a medieval Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury. A correspondent of both Bede and Boniface, it was Nothhelm who gathered materials from Canterbury for Bede's historica…
Christian feast day: Nothhelm
Saint Regulus or Saint Rule was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposite…
Christian feast day: Rule of Andrew
In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea, also known as Osee, son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel and the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea. He is the first of the Tw…
Christian feast day: Hosea
Ignatius of Antioch, also known as Ignatius Theophorus, was an early Christian writer and the Patriarch of Antioch. While en route to Rome, where he was to be killed, Ignatius wrot…
Christian feast day: Ignatius of Antioch
Richard Gwyn, also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in t…
Christian feast day: Richard Gwyn
Victor of Capua was a sixth-century bishop of Capua in Italy.
Christian feast day: Victor of Capua
October 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 18
Christian feast day: October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated each year on October 17 throughout the world. The first commemoration, "World Day to …
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Loyalty Day is a commemoration day in Argentina. It remembers 17 October 1945, when a large labour demonstration at the Plaza de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires, demanded the libera…
Loyalty Day (Argentina)
Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, b…
National Police Day (Thailand)
Alaska Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska, observed on October 18. It is the anniversary of the formal transfer of territories in present-day Alaska from the Russia…
Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)
Asclepiades of Antioch called the Confessor, was Patriarch of Antioch from 211 until his death. He succeeded Serapion as Patriarch of Antioch in 211. He was given the title of mart…
Christian feast day: Asclepiades of Antioch
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Haudenosaunee, Wendat (Huron), and other Native populations in North America. He was the first Eur…
Christian feast day: Isaac Jogues
The Somaliland War of Independence also known as the National Liberation Struggle in Somaliland, the Northern Rebellion in Somalia, and sometimes called the Great Isaaq Uprising or…
National Heroes Day (Somaliland)
Luke the Evangelist was one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both th…
Christian feast day: Luke the Evangelist
Peter of Alcántara, OFM was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669.
Christian feast day: Peter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.
October 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 19
Christian feast day: October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Day of Restoration of Independence is a state holiday in Azerbaijan. It is celebrated annually on October 18. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan adopted a Co…
Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in…
A necktie – also called a long tie or, more usually, simply a tie – is a cloth article of formal neckwear or office attire worn for decorative or symbolic purposes, knotted at the …
Necktie Day (Croatia)