Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine

The patronal feast of Saint Francis and Saint Catherine (festa patronale di san Francesco e santa Caterina) is a religious and civil celebration annually held on 4 October in Italy and other locations influenced by Christianity.

Patronage

 * Francis


 * Catherine

Feast day
His patronal feast is also celebrated in Somerville, Massachusetts (United States); in Yucuaquín (El Salvador); in Bucalemu (Chile); in Huamachuco   (Peru); in Panajachel, and San Francisco, Petén (Guatemala); in Tlalcilalcalpan and Valle de Bravo, Mexico; in Tonalá, Chiapas; in Acachuén and Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán (Mexico).


 * World Animal Day

On 4 October 1970, Pope Paul VI named Catherine a Doctor of the Church; this title was almost simultaneously given to Teresa of Ávila (27 September 1970), making them the first women to receive this honour.
 * On the same date