Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on August 25
22 holidays and special days are celebrated on August 25 around the world.
- 22observances
- 63events
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Æbbe of ColdinghamÆbbe, also called Tabbs, was an Orthodox Abess and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia from c. 593 to 616. She founded monasteries at Ebchester and St Abb's Head near Coldingham in Scotland.
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ArediusAredius, also Yrieix, Abbé d'Attanum and Arède d'Atane, was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane. He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death Saint-Yrieix in his honour. The town at the site became 
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Genesius of ArlesGenesius of Arles was a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308. He is honoured in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of notaries and secretaries, and invoked against chilblains and scurf. His feast day is celebrated on August 25.
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Genesius of RomeGenesius of Rome is a legendary Christian saint, once a comedian and actor who had performed in plays that mocked Christianity. According to legend, while performing in a play that made fun of baptism, he had an experience on stage that converted him. He procl
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Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)Ginés de la Jara is a semi-legendary saint of Spain. He is associated with the region surrounding Cartagena, of which he is co-patron. A hermitage was founded adjacent to the Mar Menor, and ruins of a monastery bearing his name date from before the Moorish con
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Gregory of UtrechtGregory of Utrecht was born of a noble family at Trier. He became a follower of Saint Boniface, who sent him to study at the Monastery of Saint Michael at Ohrdruf. He then accompanied Boniface on his missionary journeys. In 750, Boniface appointed Gregory abbo
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Joseph CalasanzJoseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them
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Louis IX of FranceLouis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be canonised as a saint of the Catholic Church, and is also the 
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Blessed Ludovicus BabaLudovicus Baba, OFM, also known as Louis Baba or ルイス馬場 was a Franciscan Tertiary from Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.- Christian feast day:
Blessed Ludovicus SasadaLudovicus Sasada, OFM, also known as Louis Sasada or ルイス笹田, was a Catholic priest from Japan and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
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Blessed Luis SoteloLuis Sotelo, OFM, in English known also as Louis Sotelo, was a Franciscan friar from Spain who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.
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Blessed María del Tránsito CabanillasMaría del Tránsito Cabanillas was an Argentine Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary and the founder of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionary Sisters. Upon her solemn profession she assumed the religious name María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado. Cabanillas was 
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Emily de VialarEmily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (1797–1856) was a French nun who founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Menas of ConstantinopleMenas of Constantinople, considered a saint in the Chalcedonian-affirming Church and by extension both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church of modern times, was born in Alexandria, and enters the records in high ecclesiastical office as presbyter an
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Blessed Miguel de CarvalhoMiguel de Carvalho, also known as Michael Carvalho, was a Roman Catholic missionary from Portugal. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.- Christian feast day: Patricia of NaplesPatricia of Naples is an Italian virgin and saint. Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor. Some sources say that she was a descendant of Constantine the Great. The particulars traditional about her are unreliable an
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Blessed Pedro VásquezPedro Vásquez, O.P, also known as Peter Vásquez, was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary who died a martyr in Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
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Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)Thomas de Cantilupe was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. He has been noted as "an inveterate enemy of the Jews", and his demands that they be expelled from England were cited in the evidence present
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August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)August 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 26
Day of Songun (North Korea)The Day of Songun (Korean: 선군절) is a public holiday in North Korea celebrated on 25 August annually to commemorate the beginning of Kim Jong Il's Songun (military-first) leadership in 1960.- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825. The following are public holidays in Uruguay.
Soldier's Day (Brazil)An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated to honoring the armed forces, or one of their branches, of a sovereign state, i
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What is celebrated on August 25?
22 observances are celebrated on August 25 around the world: Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham, Christian feast day: Aredius, Christian feast day: Genesius of Arles, Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome, Christian feast day: Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena), Christian feast day: Gregory of Utrecht. 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 25?
63 documented historical events happened on August 25, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. On the same day, in another year: Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade. 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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