Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on January 11
16 holidays and special days are celebrated on January 11 around the world.
- 16observances
- 49events
Holidays and observances
Children's Day (Tunisia)Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country.
In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is - Christian feast day: Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic)Saint Anastasius of Suppentonia, or Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia, was an abbot of Suppentonia. A source on Anastasius’ life is St. Gregory the Great, who wrote that an angel appeared to summon Anastasius and all of the abbot's monks. Anastasius and all of hi
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Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)Saint Leucius was initially a missionary from Alexandria, Egypt, who later founded the Diocese of Brindisi as the first bishop in 165. It is believed that he later became a martyr in 180.
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Paulinus II of AquileiaPaulinus II of Aquileia was a priest, theologian, poet, and one of the most eminent scholars of the Carolingian Renaissance. From 787 to his death, he was the Patriarch of Aquileia in what is now northeastern Italy. He participated in a number of synods which 
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Pope HyginusPope Hyginus was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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Theodosius the CenobiarchTheodosius the Cenobiarch or Theodosius the Great was a Cappadocian Christian monk, abbot, and saint who was a founder and organizer of the cenobitic way of monastic life in the Judaean desert. His feast day is on January 11.
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Thomas of CoriTommaso da Cori - born Francesco Antonio Placidi - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life. He gained fame as a noted preacher throughout the region where his
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Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)Saint Vitalis of Gaza was a hermit venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of prostitutes and day-laborers.
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January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)January 11 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for th
Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)Eugenio María de Hostos y de Bonilla, known as El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas, was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, novelist, and Puerto Rican independence advocate.- Independence Resistance Day (Morocco) This is a list of holidays in Morocco.
Kagami biraki (Japan)Kagami biraki is a traditional Japanese ceremony where kagami mochi are broken open. It traditionally falls on January 11. The term also refers to the opening of a cask of sake at a party or ceremony.- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (United States) Lists of holidays by various categorizations.
- Republic Day (Albania) There are 15 official public holidays observed in Albania. If a non-working public holiday falls on the weekend, then the first working day afterwards is a non-working day.
- Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome)Carmentalia was the two feast days of the Roman goddess Carmenta. She had her temple atop the Capitoline Hill. Carmenta was invoked in it as Postvorta and Antevorta, epithets which had reference to her power of looking back into the past and forward into the f
Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal)Prithvi Jayanti (Nepali: पृथ्वी जयन्ती, lit. 'Birthday of Prithvi Narayan Shah'; also known as the Nepal Ekikaran Diwas is a holiday annually celebrated on 11 January to commemorate the birth of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was the first king of unified Nepa
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on January 11?
16 observances are celebrated on January 11 around the world: Children's Day (Tunisia), Christian feast day: Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic), Christian feast day: Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic), Christian feast day: Paulinus II of Aquileia, Christian feast day: Pope Hyginus, Christian feast day: Theodosius the Cenobiarch. 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 January 11?
49 documented historical events happened on January 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Theodora Porphyrogenita became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her brother-in-law Constantine IX Monomachos. On the same day, in another year: Arauco War: The Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno. 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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