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  2. Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Calendar of saints (Lutheran) - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year. In addition to figures found in the Bible, early Christians such as Saint Lawrence and Martin of Tours were retained as saints on the calendar, as were extra-Biblical commemorations like the Assumption of Mary. Following the ...

  4. Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite

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    Besides the celebrations listed in the Common Franciscan Calendar, the Capuchin Proper Calendar is as follows: 5 January: Blessed Diego José of Cádiz, religious – Optional Memorial (6 Jan. in the USA) 12 January: Saint Bernard of Corleone, religious – Memorial; 4 February: Saint Joseph of Leonessa, priest – Memorial

  5. Francis Solanus - Wikipedia

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    His feast is kept throughout the Franciscan Order on 24 July (except currently the United States, where it is celebrated on 14 July). Francis Solanus is the patron saint of Montilla. The Parish Church of San Francisco Solano is built on the site of the former house where he was born. [ 5 ]

  6. Cosmas and Damian - Wikipedia

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    Cosmas and Damian are venerated every year in Utica, New York, at St. Anthony's Parish during the annual pilgrimage which takes place on the last weekend of September (close to the 27 September feast day). There are thousands of pilgrims who come to honor the saints.

  7. Franciscan Media - Wikipedia

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    Franciscan Media, formerly St. Anthony Messenger Press, is a multimedia company comprising St. Anthony Messenger magazine, Franciscan Media and Servant books, Catholic Greetings, Saint of the Day, Minute Meditations, and AmericanCatholic.org, used by millions of people, primarily in the United States, but also worldwide.

  8. John of Capistrano - Wikipedia

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    In 1890, his feast day was included for the first time in the General Roman Calendar and assigned to 28 March. [14] In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved his feast day to 23 October, the day of his death. Where Mass and the Office are said according to the 1962 Roman Missal and its concomitant calendar, his feast day remains on March 28.

  9. Benedict Joseph Labre - Wikipedia

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    Labre, according to Catholic tradition, experienced a desire, which he considered was given to him by God and inspired by the example of Alexius of Rome and that of the Franciscan tertiary pilgrim, Saint Roch, to "abandon his country, his parents, and whatever is flattering in the world to lead a new sort of life, a life most painful, most ...