Saint Crispin's Day

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Saint Crispin's Day is a Christian feast day on October 25, best known in popular culture for the rousing "St. Crispin's Day" speech in Shakespeare's Henry V.

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Feast of Saints Crispin and Crispinian 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day
religious observance
actAndSceneOfSpeechInHenryV Act 4 Scene 3
alsoKnownAs Feast of Saints Crispin and Crispinian NERFINISHED
associatedWith Anglican Communion NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
authorOfAssociatedWork William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
battleAssociatedWith Battle of Agincourt NERFINISHED
Battle of Balaclava NERFINISHED
Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED
calendarRelation falls during Northern Hemisphere autumn
category Christian holy days
October observances
Shakespearean cultural references
centuryOfOrigin 3rd century
commemorates martyrdom of Crispin and Crispinian
countryAssociation England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
countryOfTraditionalLocation France NERFINISHED
culturalImpact symbol of camaraderie and shared hardship
date October 25
famousFor St. Crispin's Day speech in Henry V NERFINISHED
genreOfAssociatedWork history play
honors Saint Crispin NERFINISHED
Saint Crispinian NERFINISHED
languageOfFamousSpeech Early Modern English
linkedOccupation cobbling
shoemaking
tanning
linkedTo Shakespeare's play Henry V NERFINISHED
liturgicalCalendar General Roman Calendar (historical) NERFINISHED
martyrsUnder Roman Empire NERFINISHED
observedIn Anglican liturgical calendars
some local Catholic calendars
patronageContext patron saints of cobblers
patron saints of leather workers
patron saints of shoemakers
quotationAssociated "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"
religion Christianity
removedFromGeneralRomanCalendar 1969
themeAssociated brotherhood in arms
heroism against the odds
honor of the common soldier
traditionalLocationOfMartyrdom Soissons NERFINISHED
usedAs literary allusion in English literature
rallying reference in military speeches
yearOfBattleOfAgincourt 1415

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Crispin nameDayAssociatedWith Saint Crispin's Day
St Crispin's Day speech namedAfter Saint Crispin's Day
this entity surface form: Feast of Saints Crispin and Crispinian