Religious and Secular Holidays celebrated in Agincourt, Iowa¹
JANUARY
01 — New Year’s Day (in the Gregorian Calendar)
17 — Feast Day of Ahab, saint and martyr, patron of pirates and obsessive-compulsives. / This is also “Betty White Day”.
MF — MLK Jr Day (third Monday in January)
FEBRUARY
14 — Feast Day of Valentinus of Rome, saint and martyr, patron of (among other things) beekeepers
MF — Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February)
23 — Feast Day of Baldomerus of Lyon, patron saint of locksmiths; known for his personal piety, charity and simple living
MARCH
APRIL
16 — Feast Day of Drogo, saint and hermit, patron of unattractive people, shepherds (but not goatherds), and of coffeehouses
MF — Arbor Day (the last Friday in April)
MF — Easter (the Sunday following the paschal full moon)
MAY
15 — Feast Day of Dymphna, saint and martyr, patron of the criminally insane
JUNE
16 — Feast Day of Ferreolus of Besançon, saint and martyr, patron of sick poultry
JULY
04 — Independence Day (United States)
14 — Bastille Day (France)
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
18 — Feast Day of Ferreolus, saint and martyr (with his brother Ferrutio), patron of sick poultry
MF — Rosh Hashanah (New Year for Jews); the end of second day of Tishrei
MF — Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement); tenth day of Tishrei
MF — Hijri New Year (Islamic New Year) or رأس السنة الهجرية; may occur during August, September, or October
OCTOBER
MF — Indigenous Peoples’ Day (second Monday in October)
25 — Feast Day of Saint Crispin, patron of leather workers and sado-masochists; also Founders Day in Agincourt
31 — All Hallows’ Eve
NOVEMBER
01 — All Saints’ Day
02 — All Souls’ Day
MF — Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)
31 — Feast Day of Wrogn, Norse God of Blunders
DECEMBER
25 — Christmas Day (in the Gregorian Calendar)
31 — New Year’s Eve (in the Gregorian Calendar)
¹ MF = a movable feast, often dependent on the Lunar Calendar; consult your local cleric, civil calendar, ouija board, tea leaves, etc.