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World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska, Brian Blessed and Melanie C. [29]
The next day, the pope laid the foundation stone for the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. Francis was buried on 25 May 1230, under the Lower Basilica, but his tomb was soon hidden on orders of Brother Elias, in order to protect it from Saracen invaders.
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska , Brian Blessed and Melanie C .
14 Holy Cross Day (R) 15; 16 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R; 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; 18 Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Carlo Crivelli, Francis of Assisi. 19; 20 Nelson Wesley Trout, bishop, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as Meycauayan Church or locally as Simbahan sa Bayan, is a Roman Catholic church located in Meycauayan, Bulacan Philippines. It is one of the oldest parishes in Bulacan which even predates the Malolos Cathedral established in 1580 and the Barasoain Church established in 1859.
St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Connecticut: [25] St Bartholomews Anglican Church at Mount Gravatt: The annual pet blessing ceremony is held to coincide with the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, considered the patron saint of animals. The ceremony commenced in 2010 and features bible readings, songs and individual prayer for each pet. [2]
Over the years, St. Augustine faced numerous attacks, including those by English privateer Sir Francis Drake in 1586 and later by English forces led by Governor James Moore of Carolina in 1702.
Jon M. Sweeney (born July 18, 1967) is an American author. His most frequent subjects are Catholic, particularly St. Francis of Assisi, about whom Sweeney has written The St. Francis Prayer Book, Francis of Assisi in His Own Words, When Saint Francis Saved the Church, The Complete Francis of Assisi, and The Enthusiast.