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Saint David's day () is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on the 1st of March each year.
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Andrew, who was now with Saint Louis, interpreted David's message to the King, a real or pretended offer of alliance from the Mongol general Eljigidei, and a proposal of a joint attack upon the Islamic powers of Syria.
* 1837 – Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury ( b. 1756 )
* Saint David's Day, ( Welsh Holiday ) March 1
* Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant ( Wales and Welsh communities )
The Shrine of Saint David, St David's Cathedral.
In a vision, David's wish was granted and told that from then on, people who lived in the land of Dewi Sant ( Saint David ) " would be forewarned by the dim light of mysterious tapers when and where the death might be expected.
) The first bottles went on sale on 1 March 2004, Saint David's Day, and the whisky is now sold throughout the world.
* March 1 – Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain ( d. 1737 ); her birthdate was associated with Saint David's Day, for example in plate 4 of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress
Rhygyfarch also says that Gildas preached to David's mother, Saint Non, while she was pregnant with him.
It says that Saint David was buried at St David's on the command of " Malgo, king of the Venedotians ", that Malgo addicted himself to sodomy, and that he was succeeded by a certain Careticus.
King Henry II on a pilgrimage to Saint David's, having come over from Ireland, heard of the prophecy and crossed Llechllafar without ill effect.
fr: Cathédrale de Saint David's
Lying on the River Alun on St David's Peninsula, it is Britain's smallest city in terms of both size and population, the final resting place of Saint David, the country's patron saint, and the de facto ecclesiastical capital of Wales.
* Saint David's Day
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In modern times, the Welsh roots of the college come to the fore most prominently on Saint David's Day.
The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, where it is traditional to wear a daffodil or a leek on Saint David's Day ( March 1 ).
He gives it a long, glorious history from its foundation by King Belinus to when it becomes a metropolitan see, the location of an Archbishopric superior to Canterbury and York, under Saint Dubricius, followed by St David who moved the archbishopric to St David's Cathedral.
* St David's, the de facto ecclesiastical capital and birthplace of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
A poll conducted for Saint David's Day in 2006 found that 87 % of people in Wales wanted it to be a bank holiday, with 65 % prepared to sacrifice a different bank holiday to ensure this.
Saint David's Day is not a national holiday in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Additionally, various Welsh Regiments of the British Army utilize aspects of Saint David's cross, Saint David himself, or songs of Saint David in their formalities during the celebrations.
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When the day drew near of the departure of Saint Paul the First Hermit in the desert, Saint Anthony went to him and buried him, after clothing him in a tunic which was a present from St Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Patriarch of Alexandria.
When Saint Anthony felt that the day of his departure had approached, he commanded his disciples to give his staff to Saint Macarius, and to give one sheepskin cloak to Saint Athanasius and the other sheepskin cloak to Saint Serapion, his disciple.
It may come from a custom in the late Roman / early Christian era, wherein metal boxes placed outside churches were used to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of Saint Stephen, which in the Western Church falls on the same day as Boxing Day.
Saint Augustine of Hippo ( died 430 ) tells of the procedure which obtained in his day for the recognition of a martyr.
When it was added in 1597, it was put on the day of her death, April 29, as now, but because of a conflict with the feast of Saint Peter of Verona, which was also on April 29, it was moved in 1628 to the new date of April 30.
Unlike in many other Christian countries, St. Nicholas does not play a major role in Polish Christmas, but instead, is celebrated on his Saint feast day of December 6.
Saint Francis of Assisi, in Catholicism, is said to have received instruction directly from God and it is believed that he grants plenary indulgence to all who confess their sins and visit his chapel on the appropriate day.
Saint Dominic was to establish similar foundations at other university towns of the day, Bologna in 1218, Palencia and Montpellier in 1220, and Oxford just before his death in 1221.
Among the Oriental Orthodox, a variety of anaphoras are used, but all are similar in structure to those of the Constantinopolitan Rite, in which the Anaphora of Saint John Chrysostom is used most days of the year ; Saint Basil's is offered on the Sundays of Great Lent, the eves of Christmas and Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and upon his feast day ( 1 January ).
" Mastellen " are also called " Saint Hubert bread ", because on the Saint's feast day, which is 3 November, the bakers bring their batches to the early Mass to be blessed.
* December 13 / 25 — Repose: Due to an error in record keeping, this was originally thought to be the day of Saint Herman's death, and because of the long-established tradition of celebrating his memory on this day, it has remained a feast day.
Saint Herman is honored with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church ( USA ) on August 9.
* 1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
The feast day of Saint John in the Roman Catholic Church, which calls him " Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist ", and in the Anglican Communion, which calls him " John, Apostle and Evangelist ", is on 27 December.
He is venerated as Saint Luke, patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students, butchers ; his feast day is 18 October.
They called the island " Santa Apolonia " (" Saint Apollonia ") in honor of that day ’ s saint.
Saint and ()
The Nomocanon of Saint Sava () was the first Serbian constitution from 1219.
Leningrad () is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Mormons () are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement, which began with the visions of Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn ( November 20, 1860 – February 27, 1915 ), also known as Father Raphael, was born as Raphael Hawaweeny () in Beirut, Lebanon, of Damascene Syrian parents.
Saint Piran or Perran ( traditionally in Cornwall, saints are simply named, without this title ) () is an early 6th century Cornish abbot and saint, supposedly of Irish origin.
Saint Boniface () ( c. 7th century – 5 June 754 ), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex, probably at Crediton ( now in Devon, England ), was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century.
Saint David ( c. 500 – 589 ) () was a Welsh Bishop during the 6th century ; he was later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wales.
The Abbey of Saint Gall () is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland.
Saint Gavinus () is a Roman Catholic saint who is greatly celebrated in Sardinia, Italy, as one of the Martiri turritani (" Martyrs of Turris "), along with his companions Saints Protus and Januarius.
Tristan da Cunha () is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Saint Helena to its north, and equatorial Ascension Island even farther removed.
* East: easternmost edge of Saint Peter's Square ()
The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ( 1791 – 1841 ).
His most recognized illustrations were for the Zwarte Beertjes () series of books, including The Saint, James Bond, Simenon, and Shakespeare.
Fort Saint Elmo () stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula, dividing Marsamxett Harbour from the Grand Harbour.
Saint James Cavalier () was designed by Laparelli and Cassar, as a raised platform on which guns were placed to defend the city against attacks from the land ( Floriana ) side.
Duluth () is a port city in the U. S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County.
Saint Peter Claver, S. J., () ( 26 June 1581 – 8 September 1654 ) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdu ( Catalonia ) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, the Republic of Colombia and ministry to African Americans.
Saint Agabus () or Saint Agabo was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet.
Other local landmarks include the museum on the main street, which still preserves some noble rooms from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the church of Saint Anthony () in the square of the same name, which dates back to the 14th century.
By 1574 the previously Catholic parish church of Saint Lambert () had already become Calvinist Reformed Protestant.
Hugo () is a commuter town north of downtown Saint Paul in Washington County in the U. S. state of Minnesota.
* Saint Joseph's Catholic School ()
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