St. George (England's patron saint)
April 23, traditionally believed to be Shakespeare's birthday, is Saint George's day. However, that does not mean that it is Saint George's birthday. Saint's days are the anniversary of their deaths, not their births.
Shakespeare was baptised on April 26, 1564. He was in all likelihood born less than a week earlier. The date of April 23 is plausible and has the added merit of allowing Shakespeare's date of birth be the same as his date of death and of allowing him to be born on St. George's day, since St. George is the patron saint of England.
Many many authors did. Christopher Marlowe was born in the same year as Shakespeare. Miguel de Cervantes died on the same date (but, curiously, not on the same day) as Shakespeare. Bacon, Spenser, Jonson, Descartes, and Milton all lived contemporaneously with Shakespeare.
We don't. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and, at that time there were no official government records of births, marriages and deaths. There were church records of baptisms, weddings and funerals and there is a record of Shakespeare's baptism on 26th April 1564. On the assumption that the baptism took place within a few days of birth, Shakespeare's birthday is celebrated on 23rd April, which is the feast day of Saint George, Patron Saint of England.
Because the day he died was the same day he was born, so he basically died on his birthday
Philip shares the day with Saint James the Lesser.
April 23, traditionally believed to be Shakespeare's birthday, is Saint George's day. However, that does not mean that it is Saint George's birthday. Saint's days are the anniversary of their deaths, not their births.
William Shakespeare
Yes, the feast day of Saint Simon the Apostle is on October 28. He shares the day with Saint Jude Thaddeus.
April 23 is the feast of St. George, the ptron saint of England.
April 23rd, which is also William Shakespeare's birthday and the date on which Shakespeare died.
William Shakespeare's birthday is believed to coincide with the feast day of St. George, who is the patron saint of England. April 23rd is both the traditional birthdate of Shakespeare and the feast day of St. George.
Saint George's day, the feast day of the patron saint of England. This may also have been his birthday, as he was baptised on April 26, 1564.
William Shakespeare was born (it is believed) and died on April 23, the feast day of Saint George.
Gabriel's feast day is on the twenty-ninth of September. He shares it with two other archangels - Michael and Raphael.
yes, that can be your saint, or your saint can have the same name as you
Shakespeare was baptised on April 26, 1564. He was in all likelihood born less than a week earlier. The date of April 23 is plausible and has the added merit of allowing Shakespeare's date of birth be the same as his date of death and of allowing him to be born on St. George's day, since St. George is the patron saint of England.