Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on August 13
22 holidays and special days are celebrated on August 13 around the world.
- 22observances
- 55events
Holidays and observances
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Benedetto SinigardiBenedetto Sinigardi, also known as Fra Benedetto di Arezzo or Sinigardi di Arezzo was a Franciscan friar, and is considered to be the author of the Angelus prayer.
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Benildus RomançonBenildus Romançon, F.S.C. was a French schoolteacher and member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1967. His feast day is 13 August.
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Cassian of ImolaCassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola, or Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. His feast day is August 13.
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Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)Clara Louise Maass was an American nurse who died as a result of volunteering for medical experiments to study yellow fever.
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Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Con
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Blessed Gertrude of AldenbergBeatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on behalf of individuals who pray in their name, permitting a restricted, local for
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Hippolytus of RomeHippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians. Suggested communities include Rome, Palestine, Egypt, Anatolia, and ot- Christian feast day:
Blessed Jakob GappBeatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on behalf of individuals who pray in their name, permitting a restricted, local for
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Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was an English cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is frequently c- Christian feast day: John BerchmansJohn Berchmans, SJ was a Belgian Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.
- Christian feast day: Junian of MairéSaint Junian was a 6th-century Christian hermit and abbot. He was the founder of Mairé, or Mariacum, Abbey at Mairé-Levescault in Poitou, France and is the patron saint of Poitou ploughmen.
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Blessed Marco d'AvianoMark of Aviano, born Carlo Domenico Cristofori was an Italian Capuchin friar. In 2003, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.- Christian feast day: Maximus the ConfessorMaximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and Neoplatonic scholar.
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Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)Nerses IV the Gracious was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173.
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Pope PontianPope Pontian was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235. In 235, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia.- Christian feast day: RadegundeRadegund was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge.
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WigbertWihtberht or Wigbert born in Wessex around 675, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and a missionary and disciple of Boniface who travelled with the latter in Frisia and northern and central Germany to convert the local tribes to Christianity. His feast day is
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August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)August 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 14- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960. This is a list of public holidays in the Central African Republic
International Lefthanders Day (International)International Left Handers Day is an international day observed annually on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of left-handed individuals. The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R. Campbell, founder of the Left-handers Club.
This day was- Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)Since the December 2010 revolution in Tunisia and protests across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) began, Tunisian women have played an unprecedented part in the protests. Habib Bourguiba began instituting secular freedoms for women in 1956, such as acc
World Organ Donation DayOrgan donation is defined as the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to dea
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on August 13?
22 observances are celebrated on August 13 around the world: Christian feast day: Benedetto Sinigardi, Christian feast day: Benildus Romançon, Christian feast day: Cassian of Imola, Christian feast day: Clara Maass (Lutheran Church), Christian feast day: Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church), Christian feast day: Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
What happened on August 13?
55 documented historical events happened on August 13, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Maurice was crowned as Byzantine emperor, succeeding Tiberius II Constantine. On the same day, in another year: General George Monck founded Monck's Regiment of Foot, the predecessor to the Coldstream Guards, the oldest regular regiment of the British Army in continuous active service. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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