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Russia Day, called Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR before 2002, is the national holiday of Russia. It has been celebrated annually on 12 June since…
Russia Day (Russia)
Women Veterans Day is observed on June 12 in the United States, a date chosen to mark the anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act. The date is not recognized nati…
Women Veterans Recognition Day (United States)
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…
World Day Against Child Labour, and its related observances: Children's Day (Haiti)
Anthony of Padua, OFM, or Anthony of Lisbon; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.
Christian feast day: Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church
Aquilina (281–293) was a Christian child from Byblos who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Diocletian in the third century.
Christian feast day: Aquilina
Saint Cetteus is the patron saint of Pescara. He was a bishop of the 6th century, elected to the see of Amiternum in Sabina in 590, during the pontificate of Gregory the Great.
Christian feast day: Cetteus (Peregrinus)
Eulogius of Alexandria was Greek Patriarch of that see from about 580 to 608. He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of September 13.
Christian feast day: Eulogius of Alexandria
Felicula was a probably fourth-century Roman martyr whose relics Pope Gregory I gave to Bishop John of Ravenna in about 592. She is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on 13 June: "…
Christian feast day: Felicula
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century l…
Christian feast day: G
Gerard of Clairvaux was the older brother of Bernard of Clairvaux. He was the son of Tescelin le Roux and Aleth de Montbard. When Bernard entered Cîteaux with a group of young rel…
Christian feast day: Gerard of Clairvaux
Marianna Biernacka, née Czokało was a Roman Catholic citizen of Poland, and a victim of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. She is one of the beatified 108 Martyrs of World War I…
Christian feast day: Blessed Marianna Biernacka
Saint Psalmodius, also known as Psalmet, Sauman, Saumay, was a 7th-century Christian hermit. Assumed to have been born to a noble family of Scotia, he became a disciple of Saint Br…
Christian feast day: Psalmodius
Christian feast day: Ragnebert (Rambert)
Christian feast day: Ragnebert (Rambert)
Thomas Woodhouse was an English Catholic priest and martyr at Tyburn on 19 June 1573, being disembowelled alive. He was the first priest executed under Queen Elizabeth.
Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Woodhouse
Saint Triphyllius was born in Constantinople in the early fourth century. He was educated in law at the school of Beirut. He converted to Christianity and was named bishop of Nicos…
Christian feast day: Triphyllius
June 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 14
Christian feast day: June 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Inventors' Day is a day of the year set aside by a country to recognise the contributions of inventors. Not all countries recognise Inventors' Day. Those countries which do recogni…
Inventors' Day (Hungary)
This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.
Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is celebrated annually on June 13 to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism worldwide.
International Albinism Awareness Day (international)
Saint Burchard of Meissen was the first Bishop of Meissen, from 968.
Christian feast day: Burchard of Meissen
Saint Caomhán, anglicised as Cavan, sometimes Kevin, is the patron saint of Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands. Although he is "by far the most celebrated of all the saints…
Christian feast day: Caomhán of Inisheer
Fortunatus of Naples was a 4th-century Christian bishop. He is the first historically-attested bishop of Naples, as one of the recipients of a letter written by those who took part…
Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
Francisca de Paula de Jesus, also known as Nhá Chica, was a formerly enslaved Afro-Brazilian Catholic laywoman known for her humble life and her dedication to God.
Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
Methodius I of Constantinople or Methodios I was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 11 March 843 to 14 June 847. He was born in Syracuse and died in Constantinople. His fe…
Christian feast day: Methodios I of Constantinople