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Saint Michael's Lent is a period of fasting observed in the Catholic Church, from the Feast of the Assumption on August 15 to Michaelmas (the feast of St Michael) on September 29, excluding Sundays. [1] According to Bonaventure, St. Michael's Lent originates in Franciscan tradition. [2] It is also mentioned in Little Flowers of St. Francis. [3]
A Marian feast on 15 August is celebrated by the Church of England as a non-specific feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a feast called by the Scottish Episcopal Church simply "Mary the Virgin", [50] [51] [52] and in the US-based Episcopal Church it is observed as the feast of "Saint Mary the Virgin: Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ", [53] while ...
29 September: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels – feast; 30 September: Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial ^a On 25 January 2021, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar. [13]
Michaelmas (/ ˈ m ɪ k əl m ə s / MIK-əl-məs; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions.
St. Francis of Assisi was especially devoted to Saint Michael and would fast for about forty days from the feast of the Assumption (August 15) to Saint Michael's feast day on September 29. [25] Some Franciscan communities continue to observe the period from August 15 to September 29 as "St. Michael's Lent", a time of fasting and prayer.
Moveable feast, depending on Easter. 23 April: Saint George's Day: Onomastico del Santo Padre: Varies with each reigning pope. Name day of Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) 1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker: San Giuseppe lavoratore: 29 June: Saints Peter and Paul: Santi Pietro e Paolo: 15 August: Assumption Day: Assunzione di Maria in ...
Lutherans also celebrate St John the Baptist or the Beheading of St John the Baptist on June 24, St Mary Magdalene July 22, St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord or the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, Holy Cross Day September 14, Francis of Assisi, renewal of the Church St. Francis of Assisi on October 4, and the Holy Innocents ...
15 August: the Assumption of Mary – Solemnity (holy days of obligation in Ecclesiastical Province of Hanoi) 2 September: Vietnam National Day – Optional Memorial; 5 September: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin – Optional Memorial; The Mid-Autumn Festival: Day of Prayer for Children (Votive Mass) – Feast; 1 October: Saint Thérèse of ...