Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on November 13
15 holidays and special days are celebrated on November 13 around the world.
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- 52events
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Agostina Livia PietrantoniAgostina Pietrantoni born Livia Pietrantoni, was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of Divine Charity. Pietrantoni worked as a nurse in the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome where she tended to ill victims in a tuberculosis ward before a patient murdered
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Brice of ToursBrice of Tours was a 5th-century Frankish bishop, the fourth Bishop of Tours, succeeding Martin of Tours in 397.
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Didacus (Diego) of AlcaláDidacus of Alcalá, also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is honored by the Catholic - Christian feast day: Eugenius II of ToledoSaint Eugenius II, sometimes called Eugenius the Younger as the successor of Eugenius I, was Archbishop of Toledo from 647 until his death.
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Frances Xavier CabriniFrances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Catholic Church as a Saint.
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HomobonusSaint Homobonus is the patron saint of business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers, as well as of Cremona, Italy.
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John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose)John Chrysostom was a Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, particularly on the poor his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities.
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Quintian of RodezSaint Quintian was a bishop of Rodez and a bishop of Clermont-Ferrand (Arvernes) in the sixth century, and participated in the Councils of Agde (508) and Orleans (511).
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Saints of the Benedictine familyThe Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict, are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Lat
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Saints of the Premonstratensian OrderThe Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons, is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Church. They were founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by
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Stanislaus KostkaStanisław Kostka, SJ was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568. He is said to have foretold his death a few days before it occurred
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Charles Simeon (Church of England)Charles Simeon was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and biblical commentator who led the evangelical 'Low Church' movement, in reaction to the liturgically and episcopally oriented 'High Church' party.
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The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church)The Hundred Thousand Martyrs are saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church, who were put to death, according to the 14th-century anonymous Georgian Chronicle of a Hundred Years, for not renouncing Christianity by the Khwarazmian sultan Jalal al-Din upon his captu
Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)Sadie Hawkins Day is an American folk event and pseudo-holiday originated by Al Capp's hillbilly comic strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977). The annual comic strip storyline inspired real-world Sadie Hawkins events, the premise of which is that women ask men for a dat
World Kindness DayWorld Kindness Day is an international observance on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of nations' kindness NGOs. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Australia, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirat
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on November 13?
15 observances are celebrated on November 13 around the world: Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni, Christian feast day: Brice of Tours, Christian feast day: Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá, Christian feast day: Eugenius II of Toledo, Christian feast day: Frances Xavier Cabrini, Christian feast day: Homobonus. 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 November 13?
52 documented historical events happened on November 13, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: King Æthelred II (pictured) ordered the massacre of all Danes in England. On the same day, in another year: First English Civil War: Royalist forces engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green, Middlesex. 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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