Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on March 30
12 holidays and special days are celebrated on March 30 around the world.
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Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of SavoyAmadeus IX, nicknamed the Happy, was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. Known for his piety, charity, and gentle nature, he is venerated by the Catholic Church with a liturgical feast on 30 March. He was beatified by Pope Innocent XI in 1677.
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Blessed Maria Restituta KafkaMaria Restituta Kafka was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Executed by the government in Nazi-run Austria, she is honoured as a virgin and martyr in the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II b
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John ClimacusJohn Climacus, also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai. He is revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church.
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Mamertinus of AuxerreSaint Mamertinus of Auxerre was a monk and abbot. He was converted by Germanus of Auxerre and became a monk at the Abbey of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Auxerre. He later served as its abbot.
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Quirinus of NeussQuirinus of Neuss, sometimes called Quirinus of Rome is venerated as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. His cultus was centred at Neuss in Germany, even though he was a Roman martyr.- Christian feast day: Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)Thomas Son Chasuhn (1838–1866) was one of the Korean Martyrs canonised by the Roman Catholic church in 1984. His feast day is March 30, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.
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Tola of ClonardSaint Tola is the name of a seventh-century Irish Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian saint, also referred to as "a good soldier of Christ".
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March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)March 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 31- Land Day (Palestine)Land Day, recurring on March 30, is a day of commemoration for Palestinians, both Arab citizens of Israel and those in the Israeli-occupied territories of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel.
National Doctors' Day (United States)National Doctors' Day is a day celebrated to recognize the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities. The date varies from nation to nation depending on the event of commemoration used to mark the day. In some nations the day is marked as- Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago on 30 March. The holiday commemorates the repeal on 30 March 1951 of the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance that prohibited the activities of the Shouter or
School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)The School Day of Non-violence and Peace is an observance founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal Vidal in Majorca in 1964 as a starting point and support for a pacifying and non-violent education of a permanent character. Different as the first proposed by
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on March 30?
12 observances are celebrated on March 30 around the world: Christian feast day: Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka, Christian feast day: John Climacus, Christian feast day: Mamertinus of Auxerre, Christian feast day: Quirinus of Neuss, Christian feast day: Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs). 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 March 30?
45 documented historical events happened on March 30, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers. On the same day, in another year: The Author's Farce, by Henry Fielding, premiered at the Little Theatre in London. 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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