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In most Latin American countries—for example, Costa Rica, [91] Mexico, [92] and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico—Saint Valentine's Day is known as Día de los Enamorados ('Lovers' Day') [93] or as Día del Amor y la Amistad ('Love and Friendship Day'). It is also common to see people perform "acts of appreciation" for their friends.
Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy, and beekeepers.
San Diego: El Imparcial de Texas [20] Texas: San Antonio: 1908 1924 El Libre Pensador [20] Texas: Brownsville: 1890 ? ENGL Trans::The Free Thinker Mensajero [22] Arizona: Phoenix: El Mensajero Semanal de Nueva York: New York: New York: 1828 [2] El Mercurio de Nueva York: New York: New York: 1828 [8] Mexico: Illinois: Chicago: 1922 [32] El ...
Día del Niño Honors all the children. It is not a state holiday. May 10 Mother's Day: Día de las Madres Honors all the mothers throughout the country. It is not a state holiday. May 15 Teacher's Day: Día del Maestro Honors all the teachers throughout the country. It is often celebrated on the Monday before May 15. It is not a state holiday ...
The Third of May 1808 in Madrid (commonly known as The Third of May 1808) [1] and also known, in Spanish, as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid or Los fusilamientos de la montaña del Príncipe Pío, [2] or Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo, is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Valentín Ávila Ramírez was a cowboy in Huejuquilla El Alto, Jalisco in Mexico. He was the son of rancher Basilio Ávila and his wife Eugenia Ramírez. [1] Ávila and his brother Andrés signed up to fight with the Maderistas during the Mexican Revolution. He married Manuela Ávalos in 1917 and they had two daughters.
Diego Valentín Díaz (died 1660) was a Spanish historical painter and a familiar of the Holy Office. He was a native of Valladolid . Díaz painted many important pictures for churches and monasteries, especially for the church of San Benito, now a barrack, and the convents of St. Jerome and of St. Francis, of which the Jubilee of the ...
Ramón Marín Solá [note 1] [3] [4] was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on 2 January 1832 [5] and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 13 September 1902. [6] His parents were Vicente Marín and his slave Rosa. [7] He studied at Arecibo's Liceo San Felipe and in 1850, at 18 years old, he moved to Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, to work as a teacher. He was ...