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Eucherius of Orléans gets his feast day on February 20th.

Eucherius of Orléans gets his feast day on February 20th. He was a bishop in 8th-century France who opposed Charles Martel's seizure of church lands to fund his army. Charles didn't imprison him. He exiled him to Cologne, then to Liège, where Eucherius died around 743. The church he fought to protect would later canonize him for resisting state power. Charles Martel's grandson became Charlemagne, who built an empire partly by doing exactly what Eucherius said bishops shouldn't do: trading land for loyalty. The church made peace with that arrangement too.

Wulfric of Haselbury died on February 20, 1154.

Wulfric of Haselbury died on February 20, 1154. He was a hermit who lived in a stone cell attached to a church in Somerset for twenty years. He never left. People came to him — peasants, nobles, King Stephen twice. He told Stephen he'd lose his throne. Stephen ignored him. Stephen lost his throne. Wulfric was known for prophecy and for wearing a chain-mail shirt under his habit year-round, even in summer. After he died, monks tried to remove it. They couldn't. His body had swollen around the metal. He's venerated on February 20th, mostly in England. The cell where he lived still exists.

The Eastern Orthodox Church follows a different calendar than most of the Western world.

The Eastern Orthodox Church follows a different calendar than most of the Western world. They still use the Julian calendar for religious dates, which now runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar used everywhere else. Christmas lands on January 7. Easter moves each year but almost never matches Western Easter. The gap widens by three days every four centuries. By 2100, Orthodox Christmas will be 14 days after everyone else's. They're not being stubborn — they're following the calendar that existed when their liturgical cycle was established in the 4th century. Time split in two, and they stayed with the older branch.

Ukraine honors the Heavenly Hundred — protesters killed by government snipers during three days in February 2014.

Ukraine honors the Heavenly Hundred — protesters killed by government snipers during three days in February 2014. Most died on the 20th. They'd been camping in Kyiv's Maidan Square for months, demanding closer ties to Europe after the president backed out of a trade deal. The youngest victim was 16. The oldest was 82. Within days, the president fled to Russia. The square is now a memorial. Ukrainians call it the Revolution of Dignity.

The feast day of Francisco and Jacinta Marto — the two youngest children ever beatified by the Catholic Church.

The feast day of Francisco and Jacinta Marto — the two youngest children ever beatified by the Catholic Church. They were 11 and 9 when they died, three years after seeing what they said was the Virgin Mary at Fátima. Francisco died in the 1918 flu pandemic. Jacinta followed a year later from complications of the same illness. Before she died, Jacinta told the nuns she'd seen a vision of the Pope praying in a room alone, weeping. She said she knew what war was coming. She was talking about World War II. She died in 1920.

The Episcopal Church honors Frederick Douglass today.

The Episcopal Church honors Frederick Douglass today. Not his birth. Not his death. The day he escaped slavery—September 3, 1838. He was 20. He borrowed a free Black sailor's papers and rode a train north, terrified someone would recognize the documents weren't his. Years later, as the most famous abolitionist in America, he kept buying his freedom over and over—raising money to purchase his legal emancipation, then using his voice to demand it for everyone else. He taught himself to read by trading bread with white children for lessons. The church chose to remember the escape, not the speeches. The moment he decided his life was his own.

The UN created World Day of Social Justice in 2007, but 71 countries still don't recognize it.

The UN created World Day of Social Justice in 2007, but 71 countries still don't recognize it. The day pushes for fair wages, gender equality, and workers' rights — basic stuff that's still contested. Qatar didn't allow minimum wage laws until 2020. In the US, women still earn 84 cents per dollar men make for the same work. The holiday exists because what counts as "fair" remains an argument, not a settled fact.

Eleutherius of Tournai's feast day honors a 6th-century bishop who supposedly cured people by touching them with his …

Eleutherius of Tournai's feast day honors a 6th-century bishop who supposedly cured people by touching them with his staff. The staff became more famous than the man. After his death, pilgrims traveled hundreds of miles to Tournai just to touch it. They believed it could cure fever, possession, and madness. The church charged admission. By the Middle Ages, the staff generated more revenue than the cathedral's tithes. Nobody knows what happened to it after the French Revolution. The bishop is now the patron saint of horses, which he never mentioned in any surviving text.

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Beata Julia Rodzinska, virgen y mártir (f.

Beata Julia Rodzinska, virgen y mártir (f. 1945).

Perú Perú: Día del Emoliente, Quinua, Maca, Kiwicha y demás bebidas naturales tradicionales.

San Serapión de Alejandría, mártir (f.

San Serapión de Alejandría, mártir (f. c. 248).

Santos Mártires de Tiro (f.

Santos Mártires de Tiro (f. 303).

San Tiranión de Tiro, obispo y mártir (f.

San Tiranión de Tiro, obispo y mártir (f. 311).

Aimée d'Assise († 1252), religieuse clarisse italienne, nièce de sainte Claire d'Assise.

Valère de Couserans († 504), 1er évêque de Couserans.

Pierre de Treia (it) († 1304), franciscain à Sirolo.

Corneille de Pskov (ru) (1501- † 1570) et Bassien de Mourom, moines orthodoxes, apôtres de la Lettonie et martyrs.

Thècle de Roubaix († 881), ascète à Roubaix en Flandre française.

Sérapion d'Alexandrie († 249), martyr à Alexandrie.

Judas Maccabée († -160), 3e fils de Mattathias, chef des Juifs.

Jean de Gorze († 974), moine et reformateur.

Falcon de Maastricht († 512), 18e évêque de Maastricht.

Colgan de Clonmacnoise († 796), abbé du monastère de Clonmacnoise.

Bolcan (en) († 480) ou Olcán, évêque de Derkan au nord de l'Irlande.

Agathon († 681), 79e pape (10 janvier dans l'église catholique).

Dernière date possible pour le début du nouvel an asiatique, entre 20 janvier et 20 février au gré de la Lune.

Día Internacional del Gato.En conmemoración de la fecha de 2009 en la que murió Socks, la mascota felina del presiden…

Día Internacional del Gato.En conmemoración de la fecha de 2009 en la que murió Socks, la mascota felina del presidente estadounidense Bill Clinton. Socks se metía en todos los actos oficiales en la Casa Blanca, con lo que ganó popularidad en todo el mundo.

Día Internacional de la Pipa.Celebración para los fumadores que usan una pipa, en vez de llevarse el tabaco directame…

Día Internacional de la Pipa.Celebración para los fumadores que usan una pipa, en vez de llevarse el tabaco directamente a los labios.

Día Internacional del Camarógrafo y Fotógrafo.Para rendir homenaje a todos los profesionales que capturan con el lent…

Día Internacional del Camarógrafo y Fotógrafo.Para rendir homenaje a todos los profesionales que capturan con el lente de sus cámaras fotográficas o de video, sucesos o instantáneas, que comparten con el mundo en vivo o mediante periódicos, revistas noticieros o internet.

Día Mundial de Amar a tu Mascota.Festividad con el objetivo de fomentar el cuidado y protección a los animales, así c…

Día Mundial de Amar a tu Mascota.Festividad con el objetivo de fomentar el cuidado y protección a los animales, así como promover la adopción de mascotas.

Argentina Argentina: Aniversario de la Batalla de Salta.Librada entre el Ejército del Norte al mando del general Manu…

Argentina Argentina: Aniversario de la Batalla de Salta.Librada entre el Ejército del Norte al mando del general Manuel Belgrano y las tropas realistas dirigidas por Pío Tristán, termina con victoria argentina.Ocurrido el: 20 de febrero de 1813 (213 años). Misiones: Aniversario de Cerro Corá.Fundación: 20 de febrero de 1894 (132 años).

Ecuador Ecuador: Día del Abogado Ecuatoriano.Esta conmemoración nació en 1945 y se estableció en memoria de Luis Feli…

Ecuador Ecuador: Día del Abogado Ecuatoriano.Esta conmemoración nació en 1945 y se estableció en memoria de Luis Felipe Borja Pérez, quien es considerado el abogado más prestigioso de la historia ecuatoriana.

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día Nacional del Amor a tu Mascota.(en inglés: National Love Your Pet Day).

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Muffin.Conocido en español como panquecito, panqué, ponqué, cubilete, magdalen…

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Muffin.Conocido en español como panquecito, panqué, ponqué, cubilete, magdalena o queque, es un producto de repostería elaborado con pan dulce.(en inglés: National Muffin Day.).

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Pastel o Tarta de Cerezas.(en inglés: National Cherry Pie Day).

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día Sin Política.(en inglés: No Politics Day).

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día de la Comodidad(en inglés: National Comfy Day).

Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Liderazgo Nacional.(en inglés: National Leadership Day).

Kirchliche Gedenktage Friedrich Weißler, deutscher Jurist und Märtyrer, erstes Todesopfer der Bekennenden Kirche im K…

Kirchliche Gedenktage Friedrich Weißler, deutscher Jurist und Märtyrer, erstes Todesopfer der Bekennenden Kirche im Kampf gegen den Nationalsozialismus (evangelisch)

Kirchliche Gedenktage Corona, römische Märtyrerin und Schutzpatronin (katholisch)

Christian feast day: Eleutherius of Tournai

Dia de Homens Trans e Pessoas Transmasculinas.

Aniversário do município de Xaxim, Santa Catarina.

Francisco Marto

Guatemala Guatemala: Día de la Marimba.Hace 48 años el Congreso de la República aprobó el Decreto 66-78, que declara …

Guatemala Guatemala: Día de la Marimba.Hace 48 años el Congreso de la República aprobó el Decreto 66-78, que declara a la Marimba Instrumento Nacional.