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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Date [9] English name French name Remarks January 1: New Year's Day: Jour de l'An: Celebrates the first day of every year in the Gregorian calendar: Variable date between March 20 and April 23: Good Friday: Vendredi saint: Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus, on the Friday preceding Easter.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ batist] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, a Canadian province. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 3,179. It is located within La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in a valley between Mont Saint-Hilaire and Mont Rougemont.
In France, the "Fête de la Saint-Jean" (feast of St John), traditionally celebrated with bonfires (le feu de la Saint-Jean) that are reminiscent of Midsummer's pagan rituals, is a Catholic festivity in celebration of Saint John the Baptist. It takes place on June 24, (St John's day). Nowadays it is seldom celebrated.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet) [2] also called Nicolet Cathedral [3] is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Nicolet. [4] It is located in the city of the same name in the province of Quebec, in eastern Canada.
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc had a population of 1,101 living in 493 of its 552 total private dwellings, a change of 4.9% from its 2016 population of 1,050.
Jean-Luc Hudon (Bernardin-Jean) (1936-1998), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); Martyr (Québec, Canada – Sud-Est, Haiti) Martin John Royackers (1959-2001), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Ontario, Canada – Saint Mary, Jamaica)