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Asterius, Claudius and Neon were a group of brothers who suffered martyrdom. During the persecutions of Diocletian, the three brothers were handed over to the proconsul of Cilicia,…
Christian feast day: Asterius, Claudius, and Neon
Saint Éogan was the founder of the monastery of Ardstraw, Ireland.
Christian feast day: Éogan of Ardstraw
Saint Lupus of Novae is a Dacian or Roman saint who was for a while the servant of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. He is celebrated on August 23.
Christian feast day: Lupus (Luppus) of Novae
Philip Benizi, OSM was a general superior of the Servites, and is credited with reviving the order.
Christian feast day: Philip Benitius
Quiriacus was Bishop of Ostia, and suffered martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander. Quiriacus was martyred along with Maximus, his priest, and Archelaus, a deacon.
Christian feast day: Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia
Rose of Lima, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stric…
Christian feast day: Rose of Lima
Saint Tydfil is the legendary dedicatee of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The old parish church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, is dedicated to her and is reputed to be the site of her death…
Christian feast day: Tydfil
Zacchaeus of Jerusalem, also known as Zacharias, was a 2nd-century Christian saint venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He was the fourth Bishop of Jerusa…
Christian feast day: Zacchaeus of Jerusalem
August 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 24
Christian feast day: August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag in Ukraine; since in 2004.
Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
The 1944 Romanian coup d'état, better known in Romanian historiography as the Act of 23 August, was a coup d'état led by King Michael I of Romania during World War II on 23 August …
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other…
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is an international day celebrated 23 August of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorializ…
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Abbán of Corbmaic, also Eibbán or Moabba, was a saint and abbot. He is associated, first and foremost, with the Mag Arnaide. His order was, however, also connected to other churche…
Christian feast day: Abbán of Ireland
Aurea of Ostia is venerated as the patron saint of Ostia.
Christian feast day: Aurea of Ostia
Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John.
Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
Jeanne-Antide Thouret, SCSJA was a French Catholic nun who founded a branch of the Sisters of Charity.
Christian feast day: Jeanne-Antide Thouret
Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo - in religion María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of…
Christian feast day: Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
National Doctors' Day is a day celebrated to recognize the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities. The date varies from nation to nation depending on the e…
National Day for Physicians (Iran)
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC s…
The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) ( Taiwan)
The Massa Candida were 153 or 300 early Christian martyrs from Utica who were martyred for their refusal to offering incense to Roman idols, around AD 258. They were put to death b…
Christian feast day: Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica)
Audoin, venerated as Saint Audoin, was a Frankish bishop, courtier, hagiographer and saint. He authored Vita Sancti Eligii which outlines the life and deeds of Eligius, his close f…
Christian feast day: Owen (Audoin)
August 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 25
Christian feast day: August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day of Ukraine is a state holiday in Ukraine, celebrated on 24 August in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991.
Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.