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See also:NOVEMBER (See also:Lat. novem, nine) , the ninth See also:month of the old See also:Roman See also:year, which began with See also:March. By the See also:Julian arrangement, according to which the year began with the 1st of See also:January, November became the See also:eleventh month and had See also:thirty days assigned to it. The 11th of November was held to See also:mark the
beginning of See also:winter; the sacred banquet called epulum Jovis took See also:place on the 13th. It is said that the See also:senate desired to rename the month in See also:honour of Tiberius—his birthday occurring on the 16th, but the See also:emperor declined, saying, " What will you do, Conscript Fathers, if you have thirteen Caesars ? " The Anglo-Saxon names for November were Windmonalh, " See also:wind-month " and Blodmonath " bloodmonth." In the See also:calendar of the first See also:French See also:republic November reappeared partly as See also:Brumaire and partly as Frimaire. The See also:principal November festivals in the calendar of the Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church are: All See also:Saints' See also:Day on the 1st, All Souls' on the 2nd, St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's on the 11th, the Presentation of the Virgin on the 21st, St See also:Cecilia's on the 22nd, St See also:Catherine's on the 25th and St See also:Andrew's on the 3oth. St See also:Hubert commemorated on the 3rd. In the See also:English calendar All Saints' and St Andrew's are the only feasts retained.
End of Article: NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)
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