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See also:SEPTEMBER (See also:Lat. septem, seven) , the seventh See also:month of the old See also:Roman See also:year, in which it had See also:thirty days assigned to it . In the See also:Julian See also:calendar, while retaining its former name and number of days, it became the ninth month . The Ludi Magni (Ludi Romani) in See also:honour of See also:Jupiter, See also:Juno and See also:Minerva began on the 4th of See also:September . The See also:principal ecclesiastical feasts falling within the month are: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin on the 8th, the Exaltation of the See also:Holy See also:Cross on the 14th, St See also:Matthew the apostle on the 21st, and St See also:Michael the See also:archangel on the 29th . September was called " See also:harvest month " in See also:Charlemagne's calendar, and it corresponds partly to the Fructidor and partly to the Vendemiaire of the first See also:French See also:republic . The Anglo-See also:Saxons called the month Gerstmonath, See also:barley month, that See also:crop being then usually harvested . It is still called Herbstmonat, harvest month, in See also:Switzerland . |
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