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4 unusual facts about Calendar of saints


Lake St. Clair

He named the body of water Lac Sainte-Claire as the expedition discovered it on the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabanatuan

The seat of the diocese is the St. Nicholas of Tolentino Cathedral in Cabanatuan City with a feast day of September 10.

Saint Hervé

Saint Hervé is venerated throughout Brittany and his feast day is June 17.

St. Clair Township, Michigan

An expedition led by the French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle named it Lac Sainte-Claire, because they entered the lake on August 12, 1679, the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.


Eric IX of Sweden

Eric would later be considered a saint whose feast day in the Roman Catholic Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is 18 May, although he was never formally canonized by the Pope.

Haggai

Haggai is commemorated with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31.

Las Mañanitas

(see Calendar of saints) Thus, a child born on March 17th was named Patrick (Patricio for a boy or Patricia for a girl).

Obadiah

He is celebrated on February 28 in the Syriac and Malankara Churches, and with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31.

Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

Pope Francis was also invited to Constantinople for the feast day of Saint Andrew (30 November).

Red letter day

The First Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed the saints' days, feasts and other holy days, which came to be printed on church calendars in red.


see also

Procopius of Scythopolis

In Western Europe, Procopius was first added into the calendar of saints by Bede, whose Martyrology lists the saint under July 8.