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Francis' feast day is observed on 4 October. A secondary feast in honour of the stigmata received by Francis, celebrated on 17 September, was inserted in the General Roman Calendar in 1585 (later than the Tridentine calendar) and suppressed in 1604, but was restored in 1615.
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska, Brian Blessed and Melanie C. [29]
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis' Day at an Episcopal church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Annually now, on or around October 4, Christians worldwide celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis with a blessing of animals and prayers for creation. [7] Catholicism [12] has specific liturgies for the blessing of animals, highlighting creation and ...
The Catholic Church's year combines two cycles of liturgical celebrations. ... 4 October: Saint Francis of ... The feast day of the principal patron saint of the ...
9 August: In the revised liturgical calendar for Ireland, approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 1 October 1998 (Protocol No. 227/97/L), optional memorials of Saint Nathy and Saint Felim were assigned to this day; outside the dioceses that celebrate them with a higher rank, their celebrations are ...
In accordance with the rules then in force, feast days of any form of double, if impeded by "occurrence" (falling on the same day) [57] with a feast day of higher class, were transferred to another day. Pope Pius X simplified matters considerably in his 1911 reform of the Roman Breviary.
Day of Pentecost, the Sunday fifty days after Easter Day; Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost †The Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi), the Thursday after Trinity Sunday †Dedication Festival, the first Sunday in October or the Last Sunday after Trinity, if date unknown