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Máel Ruba is an Irish saint of the Christian Church who was active in Scotland. Originally from Bangor, County Down, Ireland, he was a monk and founded the monastic community of Ap…
Christian feast day: Máel Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland)
Margaret the Barefooted (1325–1395) was born into a poor family in San Severino, Italy. She was abused by her husband for years because of her dedication to the church and to helpi…
Christian feast day: Margaret the Barefooted
Saint Narnus is venerated as the first bishop of Bergamo. Christian tradition holds that he was consecrated during the Apostolic Age in his office by St. Barnabas, although Narnus …
Christian feast day: Narnus
Monica of Hippo, also written as "Monnica", was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Saint Augustine. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox…
Christian feast day: Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
Our Lady of La Vang is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a purported Marian apparition during the persecution of Christians in Vietnam. The namesake…
Christian feast day: Our Lady of La Vang
Phanourios also known as Phanourios the Newly Revealed is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. He is commemorated on August 27.
Christian feast day: Phanourios of Rhodes
There are several saints named Rufus, of which the Roman Martyrology records ten; historical mention is made of the following, who have liturgical feasts:On 19 April, a group of ma…
Christian feast day: Rufus and Carpophorus
Saint Syagrius was a bishop of Autun and previously count of Albi and judge in Marseille. His feast day is August 27, brother of Didier Salvi, bishop of Vienne.
Christian feast day: Syagrius of Autun
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North…
Christian feast day: Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)
August 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 28
Christian feast day: August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day is the national day of Moldova, commemorating the adoption of the Moldovan Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991.
Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal state holiday in Texas. It falls every year on August 27, to mark the birthday of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)
Alexander of Constantinople was bishop of Byzantium from 314 and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330. Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be…
Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople
Augustine of Hippo was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of the most influenti…
Christian feast day: Augustine of Hippo
Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written by an…
Christian feast day: Edmund Arrowsmith
Saint Hermes, born in Greece, died in Rome as a martyr in 120, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His name appears in the Martyrologium…
Christian feast day: Hermes
Moses the Black, also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian, was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He i…
Christian feast day: Moses the Black
August 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 29
Christian feast day: August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Grandparents' Day or National Grandparents' Day is a secular holiday celebrated in various countries; it is celebrated to show the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. It o…
National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
Bernard of Alzira was an Andalusian prince and diplomat, later turned from Islam to become a religious brother of the Cistercian Order. He is a martyr of the Catholic Church, vener…
Christian Feast Day: Bernard of Alzira
Cyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom.
Christian Feast Day: Cyriaca
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 Victoire Rasoamanarivo
John Kemble was an English Catholic priest killed by the crown due to his ministry. He was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Christian feast day: John Kemble
Symeon Lukach was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr.
Christian feast day: Blessed Symeon Lukach