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Nagasaki Kunchi has run for 380 years without interruption.

Nagasaki Kunchi has run for 380 years without interruption. The festival started in 1634 when two prostitutes performed a dance at Suwa Shrine. Dutch and Chinese traders in Nagasaki's port added their own traditions. The dances still mix Japanese, Dutch, and Chinese elements. Even the atomic bomb didn't stop it in 1945.

Brazil celebrates composers on the birthday of Carlos Gomes, who brought Brazilian music to European opera houses.

Brazil celebrates composers on the birthday of Carlos Gomes, who brought Brazilian music to European opera houses. He was born in 1836 in São Paulo. His opera about indigenous Brazilians premiered at La Scala in Milan. He died in 1896. The holiday started in 1939, during a nationalist push to celebrate Brazilian culture over European imports. Gomes had succeeded at both.

Vendémiaire was the first month in the French Radical calendar, named for the grape harvest.

Vendémiaire was the first month in the French Radical calendar, named for the grape harvest. The revolutionaries wanted to erase Christianity from timekeeping. They made weeks ten days long, renamed every month, started counting from Year One. It lasted 12 years. Napoleon brought back the Gregorian calendar in 1806. Sixteen days into Vendémiaire was early October.

October 7 in the Eastern Orthodox calendar carries commemorations tied to this date in the Julian calendar, roughly c…

October 7 in the Eastern Orthodox calendar carries commemorations tied to this date in the Julian calendar, roughly corresponding to late October in the Gregorian. For the Western church, October 7 is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, instituted in 1571 to commemorate the Battle of Lepanto, where a Christian alliance defeated an Ottoman fleet. The same date carries entirely different significance depending on which calendar tradition you follow — a small illustration of how the calendar reform of 1582 split Christian observance in ways that have never fully healed.

Laos's Teachers' Day falls in October and reflects the country's investment in education since independence.

Laos's Teachers' Day falls in October and reflects the country's investment in education since independence. The Pathet Lao government that took power in 1975 launched literacy campaigns as one of its first domestic priorities — adult literacy was under 30% at the time. By 2020 it had risen to over 87%. The transformation required decades of teacher training, school construction, and curriculum development across a mountainous, landlocked country with 49 recognized ethnic groups speaking dozens of languages. Teachers' Day honors a profession that was fundamental to that project.

Henry Muhlenberg organized the first Lutheran synod in America in 1748.

Henry Muhlenberg organized the first Lutheran synod in America in 1748. He'd arrived from Germany four years earlier to find Pennsylvania's Lutheran churches in chaos, each congregation independent. He traveled by horseback between Philadelphia, New York, and Maryland, creating structure. He's called the patriarch of American Lutheranism despite never learning fluent English.

Osgyth — or Osith — was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who founded a convent in Essex.

Osgyth — or Osith — was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who founded a convent in Essex. According to her legend, she was beheaded by Danish pirates and then walked to the church carrying her own head. The motif of a martyred saint carrying their decapitated head is called cephalophory and appears in dozens of medieval hagiographies: Denis of Paris did the same thing. It's a stock narrative device that signals martyrdom with a miraculous flourish. What's real about Osgyth is her convent, which existed and served her community for centuries.

Justina of Padua is a 4th-century martyr associated with Padua, killed during the Diocletianic Persecution.

Justina of Padua is a 4th-century martyr associated with Padua, killed during the Diocletianic Persecution. Her basilica — the Basilica of Saint Justina — is one of the largest churches in the world, an enormous 16th-century structure that dominates Padua's central piazza alongside the city's famous Botanic Garden. The church was built after she was removed from the Roman universal calendar in liturgical reforms. The Padovani built a basilica anyway. Local saints can outlast universal calendars.

Catholics worldwide honor Our Lady of the Rosary today, a feast established to commemorate the 1571 naval victory at …

Catholics worldwide honor Our Lady of the Rosary today, a feast established to commemorate the 1571 naval victory at Lepanto. By attributing the success of the Holy League to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the Church solidified the rosary as a primary meditative practice for millions, cementing its place in daily devotional life for centuries.

Pope Mark served for only 9 months in 336 AD — one of the shortest pontificates in history.

Pope Mark served for only 9 months in 336 AD — one of the shortest pontificates in history. He is credited with building two basilicas in Rome and with establishing the practice of the Bishop of Rome consecrating the Bishop of Ostia. That second item mattered: Ostia's bishop became the traditional consecrator of new popes, a role that persisted for centuries. Mark died in October 336. Almost nothing else is known about him. His feast day keeps a name alive that would otherwise be entirely lost.

Sergius and Bacchus were Roman soldiers executed around 303 AD for refusing to worship Jupiter.

Sergius and Bacchus were Roman soldiers executed around 303 AD for refusing to worship Jupiter. They were close companions — some early texts call them lovers, others spiritual brothers. Their story survives in multiple languages across centuries. The ambiguity remains. Churches from Syria to Italy bear their names. They're patron saints of outsiders.

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Jornada Mundial por el Trabajo Decente.(en inglés: World Day for Decent Work).

Jornada Mundial por el Trabajo Decente.(en inglés: World Day for Decent Work). Celebración promovida por la Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), con la finalidad de promover anualmente una jornada de movilización mundial, a fin de reclamar trabajos decentes y concienciar de que el trabajo es fuente de dignidad personal, estabilidad familiar y paz en la comunidad.

Día Mundial de los Calvos.

Día Mundial del Algodón.

España España: Día de Médico.

España España: Día del Deporte.

Empire d'Angyalistan (microfrancophone et symbolique ?) : fête nationale (de l'horizon).

La journée mondiale d’action pour le travail décent

Scientologie : AIS Day ou anniversaire de l'association internationale des scientologues.

Adalgis de Novare († 848), évêque de Novare.

Armentaire d'Aix († 450), évêque d'Aix-en-Provence.

Auguste de Bourges († 560) — ou « Août » —, prêtre à Bourges.

Canog († v.

Canog († v. 492), Martyr au Pays de Galles.

Elzéar de Villeneuve († 1341), évêque de Digne

Éthère de Lyon († 602), conseiller à la cour de Gontran, roi de Bourgogne, puis évêque de Lyon.

Gérold († 1241), pèlerin allemand.

Hélain de Bisseuil († VIe siècle), compagnon de saint Gibrien, auquel une église est dédiée, à Bisseuil.

Julien de Terracine († 268 ou 269), prêtre, et Césaire, diacre, martyrs à Terracine, en Campanie, sous Claude II le G…

Julien de Terracine († 268 ou 269), prêtre, et Césaire, diacre, martyrs à Terracine, en Campanie, sous Claude II le Gothique.

Angel Cuartas Cristobal († 1934), bienheureux séminariste prêtre espagnol, martyr lors de la guerre civile espagnole.

Giuseppe Toniolo († 1918), bienheureux laïc italien.

Gérold de Crémone (it) († 1241), pèlerin assassiné près de Crémone par des brigands.

Jean Hunot († 1794), prêtre français, martyr de la révolution française.

José Llosa Balaguer († 1936), amigonien martyr à Benaguacil lors de la guerre d'Espagne.

Marie de Sales Chappuis († 1875), bienheureuse religieuse française.

Martin le Cid (ca) († 1152), fondateur et abbé d'un monastère à Peleas de Arriba (es).

Sixto Alonso Hevia († 1937), bienheureux séminariste prêtre espagnol, martyr lors de la guerre civile espagnole.

Serge de Nourma († 1421), Ermite dans la région d'Obnora.

Bacchus (voir les surlendemains 9 octobre et l'équivalent latin du dieu grec du vin Dionysos ?),

Gustave et ses variantes et diminutifs : Gu, Gus, Gusse, Gugusse, Gustav, Gustaf(f), Gustavo, Gustavio ; et féminines…

Gustave et ses variantes et diminutifs : Gu, Gus, Gusse, Gugusse, Gustav, Gustaf(f), Gustavo, Gustavio ; et féminines : Gustavia, Gustavie et Gustavine ;

Justine ( voir aussi 12 mars et 14 mai) ;

Ke et ses variantes ou dérivés bretons : Coledoc, Coletoc, Collodan, Collodon, Kay, Kenan, Keu, Quay etc.

Santa Sabrina.

Christian feast day: Justina of Padua

San Marcelo de Capua (s.

San Marcelo de Capua (s. III), mártir.

San Augusto de Bourges (f.

San Augusto de Bourges (f. 560), presbítero y abad.

San Paladio de Saintes (f.

San Paladio de Saintes (f. 596), obispo.

Beato Martín Cid (f.

Beato Martín Cid (f. 1152).

Beato Juan Hunot (f.

Beato Juan Hunot (f. 1794), presbítero y mártir.

Beato José Llosá Balaguer (f.

Beato José Llosá Balaguer (f. 1936), religioso y mártir.

Argentina Argentina: Día de conmemoración a la Virgen del Rosario del Milagro.

Argentina Argentina: Día de conmemoración a la Virgen del Rosario del Milagro. Cosquín, Paraná, Rosario y Maipú (Buenos Aires).

España España: Andalucía (Almeria) (Cádiz) (Córdoba) (Granada) (Huelva) (Jaén) (Málaga) (Sevilla)

España España: Castilla y León (Valladolid)

España España: Extremadura (Badajoz) (Cáceres)

México México: Monte de Oro, Úrsulo Galván (Veracruz).

Nicaragua Nicaragua: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Estelí.

Paraguay Paraguay: Luque.

Perú Perú: Lima.

Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico: Poblado Rosario, Rosario Bajo, San Germán y Yauco.

Aniversário dos municípios de Varginha, Januária e Bonfim - Minas Gerais

Dia Nacional dos Castelos

Feriado Municipal de Oliveira de Frades

Feriado Municipal de Oliveira do Hospital

Dia do Trabalhador - Canberra, Nova Gales do Sul (Sydney) e Austrália Meridional

João, o Eremita e os 98 Ascetas de Creta

República Dominicana República Dominicana: Celebración nacional.

Namenstage Justine, Markus

Chile Chile: Día del Médico Veterinario.

Argentina Argentina: Día del Personal Civil de las Fuerzas Armadas.La fecha recuerda la presentación del primer estat…

Argentina Argentina: Día del Personal Civil de las Fuerzas Armadas.La fecha recuerda la presentación del primer estatuto del personal no militar de las Fuerzas Armadas. Misiones: Aniversario de Club Atlético Bartolomé Mitre (Posadas).Fundación: 7 de octubre de 1926 (99 años).

Día Internacional de la Neuralgia Trigeminal.

Día Internacional de la Neuralgia Trigeminal. Considerada una enfermedad rara y poco frecuente del Sistema Nervioso Periférico.