Saint Verhaegen
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title:
Saint Verhaegen
text:
Saint Verhaegen, commonly shortened to St V, is a holiday for freethinking university students in Brussels, Belgium. It takes place annually on 20 November and commemorates the founding of the Free University of Brussels on 20 November 1834. The day's name is a reference to Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, the university's founder, who notably is not a saint and was never canonized; the name was chosen instead to mock the Saint Nicholas festivities of the rival Catholic University. The festivities sta
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wiki
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description:
Student holiday in Brussels, Belgium
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Verhaegen
date created:
2007-11-19T18:36:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T13:19:05Z
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