The
patronal feast of Saint
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
Places
* Rural M ...
and Saint
Catherine ( it, festa patronale di san Francesco e santa Caterina)). is a
religious and civil celebration annually held on
4 October
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
* 1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
*1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to ...
in
Italy and
other locations influenced by
Christianity.
Patronage
;Francis
;Catherine
Feast day
His patronal feast is also celebrated in
Somerville, Massachusetts (
USA); in
Yucuaquín (
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
); in
Bucalemu
Bucalemu ( arn, big forest) is a Chilean town, located from Pichilemu, in the Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. It belongs to the Paredones commune and, according to the 1992 census, Bucalemu has 1,532 inhabitants.
In Bucalemu's lagoon, ...
(
Chile); in
Huamachuco (
Peru); in
Panajachel, Sololá, and
San Francisco, Petén (
Guatemala
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); in
Tlalcilalcalpan and
Valle de Bravo, Mexico; in
Tonalá, Chiapas; in
Acachuén and
Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán (
Mexico).
;World Animal Day
;On the same date
On 4 October 1970,
Pope Paul VI named Catherine a
Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...
;
[''Proclamation to Doctor of the Church'', Homily, 4 October 1970]
this title was almost simultaneously given to
Teresa of Ávila (27 September 1970),
''Proclamation of Saint Teresa of Ávila to Doctor of the Church'', Homily, 27 September 1970
making them the first women to receive this honour.
Notes and references
Notes
References
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Public holidays in Italy
Francis and Catherine
Francis of Assisi