Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on December 11
13 holidays and special days are celebrated on December 11 around the world.
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- 64events
Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
CianSaint Peris was a little-known Welsh saint of the early Christian period, possibly 6th century.
Christian feast day:
Daniel the StyliteDaniel the Stylite is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. He is commemorated on 11 December according to the liturgical calendars of these churches.
Christian feast day:
María de las Maravillas de JesúsMaría de las Maravillas de Jesús, OCD was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite. She founded several houses of her order and even set one up in India after serving a brief exile with other Carmelites due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Pope John Paul II cano
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Pope Damasus IPope Damasus I, also known as Damasus of Rome, was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death in 384. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382, which established the canon, or official list, of sacred scripture.
Christian feast day:
Sabinus of PiacenzaSaint Sabinus of Piacenza, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic church, was bishop of Piacenza until his death in the year 420.
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Victoricus, Fuscian, and GentianVictoricus, Fuscian and Gentian were three Christian martyrs later venerated as Roman Catholic saints. Their feast day falls on 11 December.
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December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)December 10 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 12- Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan) This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.
- Indiana Day (United States)Indiana Day is a legal holiday in the state of Indiana, United States, commemorating the state's 1816 admission to the Union. It was first instituted in 1925 by the Indiana General Assembly. The Indiana Code directs the governor to issue an annual proclamation
International Mountain DayMountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: (1) Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park, (2) Internati
National Tango Day (Argentina)Julio de Caro was an Argentine composer, musician, and conductor prominent in the Tango genre.
Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga, is a province in Central Luzon, Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, Manila Bay to the south, Bata- Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso) This is a list of holidays in Burkina Faso.
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on December 11?
13 observances are celebrated on December 11 around the world: Christian feast day: Cian, Christian feast day: Daniel the Stylite, Christian feast day: María de las Maravillas de Jesús, Christian feast day: Pope Damasus I, Christian feast day: Sabinus of Piacenza, Christian feast day: Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian. 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 December 11?
64 documented historical events happened on December 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by his guards, beginning the Anarchy at Samarra. On the same day, in another year: A crowd of 1,500 people presented the Root and Branch petition to the Long Parliament, calling for abolishing the episcopacy of the Church of England. 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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