0 Holidays July 12

Christian feast day: Viventiolus

Name: Christian feast day: Viventiolus
Start: 2000-07-12
End: 2000-07-12
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On July 12, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Viventiolus. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of July 12, one of 441 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Saint Viventiolus was the Archbishop of Lyon 514–523. Later canonized and venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Lyon, France his feast Day is July 12. He is recognised in the Orthodox Church and the True Orthodox Church, including amongst the Tikhonites, as a pre-Great Schism Western Saint.

Key Facts

This event took place on July 12, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 4 June 2026.

On This Date in History 441

Type	Year	Date	Event
Historical Events	2024	Jul 12	Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 12	Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's writer and illustrator (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 12	Bill Viola, American video and installation artist (born 1951)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 12	Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 12	Evan Wright, American writer (born 1964)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 12	Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress and narrator (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2020	Jul 12	Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)
Notable Deaths	2020	Jul 12	Wim Suurbier, Dutch football player (born 1945)
Notable Deaths	2019	Jul 12	Emily Hartridge, English YouTuber and television presenter (born 1984)
Notable Deaths	2018	Jul 12	Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (born 1969)
Notable Deaths	2016	Jul 12	Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician (born 1958)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 12	D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 12	Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (born 1956)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 12	Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 12	Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (born 1931)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 12	Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950)
Historical Events	2013	Jul 12	Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 12	Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 12	Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 12	Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 12	Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921)
Historical Events	2012	Jul 12	Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68…
Historical Events	2012	Jul 12	A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Eddy Brown, English footballer and manager (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author and illustrator (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Roger Payne, English mountaineer (born 1956)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director and playwright (born 1931)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 12	George C. Stoney, American director and producer (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2011	Jul 12	Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jul 12	Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jul 12	James P. Hogan, English-American author (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jul 12	Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jul 12	Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (born 1957)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jul 12	Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2008	Jul 12	Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)
Notable Deaths	2008	Jul 12	Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)
Selected Events	2008	Jul 12	An edit on the page of the coati nicknamed it the Brazilian aardvark, in which multiple news channels followed in…
Historical Events	2007	Jul 12	U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are…
Notable Deaths	2007	Jul 12	Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1975)
Notable Deaths	2007	Jul 12	Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (born 1947)
Selected Events	2007	Jul 12	Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
Historical Events	2006	Jul 12	A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
Selected Events	2006	Jul 12	Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…