Why is Saint Stephen, the patron of Hungary on the 16th? He should be on the 20th...
August State Foundation Day Az államalapítás ünnepe Hungary's first king St. Stephen's Day, also the day of the Foundation of Hungary and "the day of the new bread". St. Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 – 15 August 1038), as the first king of Hungary, led the country into the Christian church and established the institutions of the kingdom and the church. He was canonized on 20 August 1083, and 20 August is his feast day. Celebrated with a half-hour fireworks display on the bank of the Danube in the evening, which is attended by many people on both river banks and is watched by many from the hills on the Buda side of the river and from the rooftops of both Pest and Buda.
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You think we should have a separate useful notes page for folk saints by country?
When you're not the father, It's a great big surprise. Thats-a-Maury.