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Pope Alexander I was the bishop of Rome from about 108/109 to 116/119. Some believe he suffered martyrdom under the Roman emperor Trajan or Hadrian.
Christian feast day: Pope Alexander I
Sarah is a 4th-century martyr venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church. She is commemorated on the 25th day of Baramouda.
Christian feast day: Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)
The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland is an honorary title for Mary, mother of Jesus, used by Polish Catholics.
Christian feast day: The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland
Theodosius of Kiev or Theodosius of the Caves was an 11th-century saint who brought cenobitic monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with Anthony of Kiev, founded the Kiev Caves …
Christian feast day: Theodosius of Kiev (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church)
May 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 4
Christian feast day: May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Memorial Day is a public holiday in Japan. It takes place on May 3 in celebration of the enactment of the 1947 Constitution of Japan. It is a part of the collection o…
Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)
3 May Constitution Day is a Polish national and public holiday. It celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of 3 May 1791—the first modern constitution in Europe. Festivities…
Constitution Day (Poland)
The Fiesta de las Cruces or Cruz de Mayo is a holiday celebrated on 3 May in many parts of Spain and Hispanic America.
Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances: Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)
Sun Day was designated by United States President Jimmy Carter, specifically devoted to advocacy for solar power, following a joint resolution by Congress, H.J.Res. 715 becoming Pu…
International Sun Day
The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and …
World Press Freedom Day
Pink Shirt Day is an annual event against bullying held in Canada and New Zealand. Participants wear pink shirts and attend or host informative events to raise awareness about bull…
Anti-Bullying Day (United Nations)
Bird Day or World Migratory Bird Day is the name of several holidays celebrating birds. Various countries observe such a holiday on various dates.
Bird Day (United States)
Cassinga Day is a national public holiday in Namibia remembering the Cassinga Massacre. Commemorated annually on 4 May, the date "remembers those killed in 1978 when the South Afri…
Cassinga Day (Namibia)
Ceferino Giménez Malla was a Spanish Romani Catholic catechist and activist. A victim of the Republican militias during the Spanish Civil War, Giménez Malla was beatified on 4 May …
Christian feast day: Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla
Blessed Michał Giedroyć was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic noble and brother of the Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs. Giedroyć did not have any great accomplishm…
Christian feast day: Blessed Michał Giedroyć
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that …
Christian feast day: English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era (Church of England)
Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken was a missionary pastor in the United States. He also served for fourteen years as the second president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, a…
Christian feast day: F
Florian was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps, soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Poland; the city …
Christian feast day: Florian
Jean-Martin Moye was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the…
Christian feast day: Jean-Martin Moye
John Houghton, OCart was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the fi…
Christian feast day: John Houghton, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster
Judas Cyriacus ; Spanish: Quirico, Italian: Ciriaco), d. ca. AD 360, is the patron saint of Ancona, Italy. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on 4 May.
Christian feast day: Judas Cyriacus
Silvanus of Gaza, also Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza was bishop of Gaza and a martyr during the Great Persecution, together with 39 other Christians. He is venerated as a saint by t…
Christian feast day: Silvanus of Gaza
May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5
Christian feast day: May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
People have worked as coal miners for centuries, but they became increasingly important during the Industrial Revolution when coal was burned on a large scale to fuel stationary an…
Coal Miners Day (India)