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Saint Memmius is venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, and founder of the diocese. According to tradition, Memmius was a Roman citizen who was consecrated by Saint Pe…
Christian feast day: Memnius
Saint Nonna of Nazianzus was the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius, and Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, a province of t…
Christian feast day: Nonna of Nazianzus
Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.
Christian feast day: Oswald of Northumbria
August 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 6
Christian feast day: August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
This is a list of holidays in Burkina Faso.
Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
July Uprising Day, officially known as July Mass Uprising Day, is a national holiday in Bangladesh that is celebrated on 5 August annually from 2025, commemorating the July Uprisin…
July Mass Uprising Day (Bangladesh)
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian Defenders, commonly shortened to Victory Day, is a public holiday in Croatia that is celebrated annually on 5 August, …
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event described in the New Testament where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels recount the o…
Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
Anna Maria Rubatto was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name Maria Francesca of Jesus.
Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto
Pope Hormisdas was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's e…
Christian holidays and observances Pope Hormisdas
Justus and Pastor, venerated as Christian martyrs, were two schoolboy brothers who were killed for their faith during the Diocletian Persecution. The boys are today considered the …
Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor
Pope Sixtus II, also written as Pope Xystus II, was Pope from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was killed along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, dur…
Christian holidays and observances Pope Sixtus II
August 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 7
Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
There are current eleven public holidays in Bolivia. Both secular and some Christian holidays are recognized.
Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
Independence Day is the national day of Jamaica, celebrated in annually on 6 August, the anniversary of the coming into force of the Jamaica Independence Act 1962. It is one of the…
Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
The following is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Government of Russia. On these days, government offices, embassies, schools, companies and some shops, are …
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region fro…
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
Assyrian culture is not only distinct in that it is different from the neighboring ethnic groups of the Assyrian homeland, but that many of its unique traits trace back to their an…
Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
There are 19 public holidays in Colombia, plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays, celebrating Monday and Tuesday of Carnival. The city of Cartag…
Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
Saint Afra was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. Along with Saint Ulrich & St Simpert, she is a patron saint of Augsburg. Her feast day is August 7. Afra was dedicated to…
Christian feast day: Afra
Albert of Trapani was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelites. He practiced great austerities upon himself to make himself poor in the spirit of J…
Christian feast day: Albert of Trapani
Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene, known in English as Saint Cajetan, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in t…
Christian feast day: Cajetan of Thienna
Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius were Christian soldiers who, according to tradition, were martyred at Como during the reign of Maximian.
Christian feast day: Carpophorus and companions