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Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Saint Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinop…
Christian feast day: Gregory of Nazianzen (The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christ…
Christian feast day: Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran)
Pachomius, also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Vita Pachumii, his name is recorded as Pachum…
Christian feast day: Pachomius the Great
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Pickering
Tudy of Landevennec was a Breton saint of the 5th or 6th century. He was a hermit who founded monasteries at Landévennec in Brittany, France and in Cornwall, England. The village o…
Christian feast day: Tudy of Landevennec
May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10
Christian feast day: May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Europe Day is a day celebrating "peace and unity in Europe" celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union.
Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration
Home Front Heroes Day is observed on May 9 to acknowledge and honor the contributions of individuals on the home front, past and present, for their support, work and sacrifices at …
Home Front Heroes Day in the United States (proposed; locally observed in Dallas, Texas)
Saint Anthimus of Rome, or Sant'Antimo in Italian, is a Christian saint. His life is largely composed of legend. He is said to have been born in Bithynia. A Christian priest, he wa…
Christian feast day: Anthimus of Rome
Liberation Day is the national day of both Guernsey and Jersey, the two largest of the Channel Islands, which takes place on 9 May each year. It commemorates the liberation of the …
Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances: Liberation Day, commemorat
Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the…
Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, B
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from…
Goku Day (Japan), commemorating the fictional character Goku
Gangulphus of Burgundy is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Gangulphus was a Burgundian courtier whose historical existence can be attested by only a single document: a…
Christian feast day: Gangulphus of Burgundy
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed John Rochester
Ignazio da Laconi - born Vincenzo Peis - was a Roman Catholic professed religious born in Sardinia, and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. His conquering a serious ill…
Christian feast day: Ignatius of Laconi
Majolus of Cluny was the fourth abbot of Cluny. Majolus was very active in reforming individual communities of monks and canons; first, as a personal commission, requested and auth…
Christian feast day: Majolus of Cluny
Mamertus was the bishop of Vienne in Gaul, venerated as a saint. His primary contribution to ecclesiastical practice was the introduction of litanies prior to Ascension Day as an i…
Christian feast day: Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints
Saints Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus, martyrs in the Byzantine traditions of southern Italy, were three brothers from Vaste, in the diocese of Otranto, who died with their moth…
Christian feast day: Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus
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 (Maldives)
Blessed Beatrice d'Este was the daughter of Azzo VI of the Este family by his second wife, Sophia Eleanor, daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy. She was the aunt of Saint Beatri…
Christian feast day: Blessed Beatrice d'Este
Saint Calepodius was a priest who was killed during the persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the catacombs of Rome, the cemetery of Calepodius …
Christian feast day: Calepodius
Saint Comgall, an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the influential abbey at Bangor in the north of Ireland.
Christian feast day: Comgall
Damien De Veuster, popularly known as Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, was a Belgian Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He ministe…
Christian feast day: Damien of Molokai