Cultura : Nasceu em 500 na cidade de Menevia (atual Saint David), País de Gales. Da casa real, era filho do Rei Sant de Wales do Sul e neto de Ceredig, Principe de Cardigan. Sob a direção de São Paulino, estudou e recebeu a instrução cristã inicial. Teve influência de diversos monásticos da época e tornou-se bastante rígido em relação à doutrina cristã. Fundou 12 monastérios em Croyland e Pembrokeshire. Esses monastérios tinham regras muito duras, baseadas nos monges egípcios, incorruptíveis e inflexíveis. [Wikipedia]

Feriado secular : He was born in Britain and was captured by Celts and taken to Ireland as a slave. When fifteen, he escaped and made his way back to Britain. Later he became trained as a monk, and returned to Ireland. Mainly thanks to Patrick's influence, Ireland had an age of literacy while the rest of Europe plummeted into the Dark Ages. (shagtown.com)

Cartões/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. Called "Mothering Sunday" in the UK

eventos excepcionais : à 1 hora da manhã, hora local Daylight Saving time (DST)

Cartões/Flores : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

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Católica ou Protestante : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

Católica ou Protestante : Não é um feriado pago

Católica ou Protestante : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month . Easter would be marked by the dominical letter and the epactus. With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year. Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 -
Gives a letter code for the year's calendar
Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

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Feriado secular : O banco da Inglaterra seguiu um cronograma de 33 feriados e festas religiosas. Em 1834, este número foi reduzido: 1 de maio, 1 de novembro, Sexta-Feira Santa e Natal. Em 1871, o Bank Holidays Act proibido qualquer pagamento no dia de Natal ou Sexta-Feira Santa. Cem anos mais tarde, em 1971, foi decretado o Banking and Financial Dealings Act , que lista a maioria de feriados atuais.

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Feriado secular : King Charles III except Shetland Islands

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Feriado secular : Se esta festa ocorrer no fim-de-semana, será transferida para a segunda-feira

Cultura : (14 July 1858 - 14 June 1928) outspoken reformer committed to securing women’s suffrage in Britain. She was jailed on numerous occasions for her protests at the lack of political rights for women in the UK.

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