The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament method of organizing a liturgical year The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches which determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of Scripture are to be read. Distinct liturgical colours may appear in connection with different seasons of the by associating each day with one or more saints Though the term is mostly used for Christians considered holy or virtuous, many religions use similar concepts to elevate people worthy of respect, e.g., see Hindu saints. John A. Coleman S.J., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, wrote that saints across various cultures and religions have the following family resemblances: and referring to the day as that saint's feast day. The system arose from the very early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martyrs A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce a belief, usually religious on the dates of their deaths, or birth into heaven, and is thus referred to in Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. With the Roman conquest, Latin was spread to countries around the Mediterranean, including a large part of Europe. Romance languages, such as Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish, are descended from Latin, while many others, especially European as dies natalis ("day of birth").
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