The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saint's day of that saint. The system arose from the very early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martyrs on the date of their death. As the number of recognized saints increased during Late Antiquity and roughly the first half of the Middle Ages, eventually every day of the year had at least one saint who was commemorated on that ...

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The Julian calendar adds an extra day to February in years divisible by 4. This rule gives an average year length of 365.25 days. The excess of about 0.0076 days with respect to the vernal equinox year means that the vernal equinox moves a day earlier in the calendar every 130 years or so. ...

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April 30 - May Eve - Beltaine

'Beltane' means 'fire of Bel', Belinos being one name for the Sun God, whose coronation feast we now celebrate. As summer begins, weather becomes warmer, and the plant world blossoms, an exuberant mood prevails. It is a time of unabashed sexuality and promiscuity. Young people spend the entire night in the woods 'a-maying', and dance around the phallic Maypole the next morning. Older married couples may remove their wedding rings (and the restrictions they imply) for this one night. May morning is a magical time for 'wild' water (dew, flowing streams, and springs) which is collected and used to bathe in for beauty, or to drink for health. The Christian religion had only a poor substitute for the life-affirming Maypole - namely, the death-affirming cross. Hence, in the Christian calendar, this was celebrated as 'Roodmas'. In Germany, it was the feast of Saint Walpurga, or 'Walpurgisnacht'. An alternative date around May 5 (Old Beltaine), when the sun reaches 15 degrees Taurus, is sometimes employed by Covens. (The name 'Lady Day' is incorrectly assigned to this holiday by some modern traditions of Wicca.)

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A calendar is a system for naming periods of time, typically days. These names are known as calendar dates. The dates may be based on the perceived motion of astronomical objects. A calendar is also a physical device (often paper) that illustrates the system (for example, a desktop calendar) — this is the most common usage of the word. As a subset, 'calendar' is also used to denote a list of particular set of planned events (for example, court calendar). Calendar - Calendar systems. Including:

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In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. It can be applied to both the living and the dead and is an acceptable term in most of the world's popular religions. The Saint is held up by the community as an example of how we all should act, and his or her life story is usually recorded for the edification of future generations. The process of officially recognizing a person as a Saint, practiced by some churches, is called canonization and serves to hold up those individuals as rol ...

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In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St. Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree. Patron saints can also be associated with geographical areas: St. Joseph is the patron saint of Belgium, and St. Patrick is patron saint of Ireland, fo ...

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catho ...

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Commemorations are days on the varying liturgical calendars of Christian Churches that are optional celebrations of saints. Some commemorations may be elevated in rank to a memorial or feast if the saint is a parish or diocesan patron. Other related archivesfeast, liturgical calendars, memorial

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Saint Walpurga, born in Wessex, ca. 710, died at Heidenheim, 25 February 779 was an English missionary in Germany. Together with her brothers, Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald, she travelled to Württemberg to assist Saint Boniface. She became a nun and lived in the convent of Heidenheim near Eichstätt, which was founded by Winibald. Walpurga died on 25 February 779 and that day still carries her name in the Catholic calendar, but in the Swedish calendar, her feast day is 1 May, the date of Walpurgis Night. Walpurga is the patroness ...

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Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily, Italy, Roman Empire. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Vitus' Day is celebrated on June 15 according to the Gregorian calendar, and on June 28 according to the Julian calendar. During the Middle Ages, people from both Central Europe and Northern Europe (Germany, Latvia etc) celebrated the feast of Saint Vitus with the so-called Saint Vitus Dance, though that term also has a meaning of a nervous disorder e ...

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Saint Valentine or Saint Valentinus refers to one of at least three martyred saints of ancient Rome. The feast of Saint Valentine was formerly celebrated on February 14 by the Roman Catholic Church until the revised calendar 1969. The feast of St. Valentine was first decreed in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine— and Saint George— among those "...whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." The creation of the feast for such dimly conceived figures may have been an attempt to supersede the pagan holiday of Lupercalia that was still ...

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2020 (MMXX) is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5780-5781 in the Hebrew Calendar. For members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2020 will be the Bicentennial of the First Vision of Joseph Smith. 2020 - Predictions relating to year 2020. British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020 George W. Bush stated on ...

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1551 - Events. Russia, Reforming Synod of the Metropolitan Makary: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code (Stoglav) Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease Foundation of the National University of Saint Mark in Lima, Peru Persians raided and destroyed the cave monastery of Vardzia in Georgia The Otto ...

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Saint Adelaide of Italy (931-December 16, 999) was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy, King of Italy. Her first marriage was to Lothar, King of Italy, and was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father, Rudolf II, and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothar. The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son; when she refused, she was imprisoned for four months, an ...

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Ambrosian Rite (also sometimes called the Milanese rite) named after Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan in the fourth century, is a Catholic rite practised by approximately five million inhabitants in north-western Lombardy, Italy (exclusing only the city of Monza) and part of Canton Ticino, Switzerland, and including the regional capital city of Milan. It shows differences during the Mass, and some parts of the liturgical year have different durations: Advent is of six Sundays instead of four as in the Roman calendar, and there is ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1823 - Events. February 3 - First representation of Gioacchino Rossini's Semiramide July 15 - Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru December 2 - Monroe Doctrine: USA separates ...

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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. April 3 - Events. 33 - Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional date) 1077 - Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli 1559 - The treaty, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, is signed, ending the Italian Wars. 1860 - The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins, and is completed on April 13). ...

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April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining. April 6 - Events. 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks. 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. 1327 - The poet Petrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church of Saint Claire ...

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1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1905 - Events. January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China; an event which shocked the world. January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier ...

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