St Catherine's Day

E413684

Christian feast day religious observance

St Catherine's Day is a Christian feast day, traditionally observed on November 25, honoring Saint Catherine of Alexandria and associated with various religious and folk customs in several European countries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of Saint Catherine	1
St Catherine's Day canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catherinettes ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church end of the agricultural year in some regions ⓘ hat-making traditions in millinery trades ⓘ unmarried women aged 25 in France ⓘ winter folk customs in Central Europe ⓘ
calendarPlacement	late November ⓘ
commemorates	martyrdom of Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ
countryOfTradition	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Poland ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateObserved	November 25 ⓘ
hasCustom	baking special pastries ⓘ folk dances ⓘ folk songs ⓘ honoring unmarried women in France ⓘ making Catherine wheels in some regions ⓘ prayers for a husband by unmarried women in France ⓘ processions in honor of Saint Catherine ⓘ special church services ⓘ wearing elaborate hats by unmarried women in France ⓘ
hasType	liturgical feast ⓘ saints' day ⓘ
honors	Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ
liturgicalColor	red ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Catherine of Alexandria
observedBy	Christians in Europe ⓘ some Christian communities worldwide ⓘ
patronageOf	millers ⓘ philosophers ⓘ spinners ⓘ students ⓘ wheelwrights ⓘ
relatedFeast	Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ surface form: Feast of All Saints Saint Andrew's Day ⓘ surface form: St Andrew's Day
religion	Christianity ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: St Catherine's Day
Description of subject: St Catherine's Day is a Christian feast day, traditionally observed on November 25, honoring Saint Catherine of Alexandria and associated with various religious and folk customs in several European countries.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Andrew's Day → follows → St Catherine's Day ⓘ

Se Cathedral → festival → St Catherine's Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Saint Catherine