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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 Franciszek Dachtera
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 Juan María de la Cruz
Edward Klinik was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. One of the Poznań Five, he was guillotined in a prison in Dresden for his resistance work. He is one of the …
Christian feast day: Edward Klinik
Emily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (1797–1856) was a French nun who founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. She is venerated as a saint…
Christian feast day: Emily de Vialar
María del Tránsito Cabanillas was an Argentine Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary and the founder of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionary Sisters. Upon her solemn profession she assu…
Christian feast day: Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas
Emily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (1797–1856) was a French nun who founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. She is venerated as a saint…
Christian feast day: Emily de Vialar
According to a historical catalogue inserted in the Drogo Sacramentary, Adelphe is the 10th bishop of Metz. Most agree he lived in the fifth century. Louis the Pious moved his rem…
Christian feast day: Adelphus of Metz
The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day by var…
Christian feast day: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Eadwold of Cerne, also known as Eadwold of East Anglia, was a 9th-century hermit, East Anglian prince and patron saint of Cerne, Dorset, who lived as a hermit on a hill about four …
Christian feast day: Eadwold of Cerne
Euphrasia Eluvathingal was an Indian Carmelite nun of the Syro-Malabar Church, which is an Eastern Catholic Church in Kerala. Euphrasia is said to have had a vision of the Holy Fam…
Christian feast day: Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
John Bunyan was an English writer and nonconformist preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential…
Christian feast day: John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
Sabina of Rome, also known as Saint Sabina or Sabina the Roman was a Roman Christian who was martyred for her faith. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and …
Christian feast day: Sabina
Vitalis, Sator and Repositus are a set of early Christian martyrs, three brothers sentenced to death at Velleianum in Apulia, Italy, by the judge Valerian during the reign of the E…
Christian feast day: Vitalis, Sator and Repositus
August 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 30
Christian feast day: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009, at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the reso…
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Defenders Day is a public holiday in Ukraine celebrated annually on 1 October. The holiday honors veterans and fallen members of the Ukrainian armed forces. Its first celebration w…
Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)
National Sports Day is a public holiday celebrated in various countries to honour the national sports teams and sports traditions of those countries. On this day people from differ…
National Sports Day (India)
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary is a public holiday celebrated annually in Slovakia on 29 August to commemorates the anniversary of the allied victory in the Slovak National U…
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)
Florentina of Cartagena is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Born towards the middle of the sixth century in Cartagena, Hispania, she and her family were actively engage…
Christian feast day: Florentina
Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, CCV was a Spanish Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.
Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
Blessed Bronislava was a Polish nun of the Premonstratensian Order. She is beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.
Christian feast day: Bronislava of Poland
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
Jeanne Jugan, LSP, in religion Mary of the Cross, was a French Catholic religious sister who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor. Her se…
Christian feast day: Jeanne Jugan
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Teresa Bracco