Lives of the Saints

Feast Days of the Saints

THE LITURGICAL POINT OF REFERENCE IS ALWAYS THE GENERAL ROMAN Calendar. Names in italic are on the General Roman Calendar. Other liturgical calendars, including the Proper Calendar for the (Roman Catholic) Dioceses of the U.S.A., are given in parentheses. If data appears in parentheses immediately after an italic entry, it signifies that the feast is also observed in another Christian tradition or religious order, in addition to the General Roman Calendar. “Orthodox” refers to the Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches in particular, but may include other Orthodox Churches as well. “East” refers to more than the Orthodox Churches. “Anglicans” refers to more than the Church of England. Saintly figures, like Mohandas Gandhi or Dorothy Day, who have not formally been recognized as such by the Catholic Church are not included, even though they are mentioned in the entries for their dates.

January

1. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Orthodox, as the Circumcision of Jesus; Anglicans, as the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ; Lutherans, as the Name of Jesus)

2. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and Doctors of the Church (Church of England; Episcopal Church, USA, Gregory on May 9; Lutherans, Basil and Gregory on June 14; Orthodox, Basil on Jan. 1 and 30; East, Gregory on Jan. 25 and 30)

3. Geneviève of Paris, virgin

4. Elizabeth Ann Seton, widow and foundress (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

5. John Nepomucene Neumann, bishop (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

6. Peter of Canterbury, abbot; Bl. André Bessette, religious (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

7. Raymond of Peñafort, priest

8. Apollinaris the Apologist, bishop; Lawrence Giustiniani, bishop

9. Adrian of Canterbury, abbot

10. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop (East, Benedictines, Cistercians; Lutherans, June 14; Episcopal Church, USA, March 10); William of Bourges, abbot (Cistercians)

11. Theodosius the Cenobiarch (Orthodox)

12. Benedict Biscop, bishop (Church of England); Aelred of Rievaulx, monk (Cistercians, Anglicans)

13. Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans); Remigius, bishop (Anglicans, Oct. 1)

14. Sava of Serbia, bishop (Orthodox); Bl. Odoric of Pordenone, friar (Franciscans)

15. Paul the Hermit (East); Ita of Killeedy, abbess (Ireland); Maur and Placid (Benedictines)

16. Honoratus of Arles, bishop; Berard and companions, martyrs (Franciscans)

17. Anthony of Egypt, abbot (Orthodox, Anglicans)

18. Margaret of Hungary, nun (Dominicans)

19. Wulfstan, bishop (Anglicans); Marguerite Bourgeoys, foundress (Benedictines, Cistercians); Macarius the Elder, monk (East); Henry of Uppsala, bishop (Lutherans)

20. Fabian, pope and martyr; Sebastian, martyr (East, Dec. 18); Euthymius the Great, bishop (Orthodox)

21. Agnes, virgin and martyr; Meinrad, hermit

22. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and martyr; Vincent Pallotti, founder

23. Ildephonsus of Toledo, bishop; Bl. Henry Suso, mystic (Dominicans)

24. Francis de Sales, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Church of England)

25. Conversion of Paul, apostle (Anglicans)

26. Timothy, bishop and martyr, and Titus, bishop (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Timothy on Jan. 22, Titus on Aug. 25); Alberic, Robert of Molesmes, and Stephen Harding, monks (Cistercians, Benedictines); Paula, widow

27. Angela Merici, virgin

28. Thomas Aquinas, priest and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans)

29. Gildas, abbot

30. Hyacintha Mariscotti, foundress (Franciscans); Bl. Joseph Columba Marmion, abbot

31. John Bosco, priest (Church of England)

February

1. Brigid of Kildare, abbess (Ireland, Anglicans)

2. Presentation of the Lord (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Cornelius the Centurion (Episcopal Church, USA, Feb. 4)

3. Blase, bishop and martyr (Russian Orthodox, Feb. 11); Ansgar, bishop (Anglicans, Lutherans); Simeon and Anna (Orthodox)

4. Rabanus Maurus, abbot and bishop

5. Agatha, virgin and martyr (Orthodox)

6. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs (Anglicans, Lutherans); Amand, monk and bishop; Dorothy, martyr

7. Colette, virgin (Franciscans)

8. Jerome Emiliani, founder

9. Apollonia, virgin and martyr; Miguel Febres Cordero, religious brother

10. Scholastica, virgin (Church of England)

11. Our Lady of Lourdes

12. Benedict of Aniane, abbot (Benedictines, Feb. 11)

13. Catherine de’ Ricci, virgin (Dominicans, Feb. 4); Bl. Jordan of Saxony, friar (Dominicans)

14. Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, May 11); Valentine, martyr

15. Sigfrid, bishop (Church of England); Claude La Colombière, priest (Jesuits); Onesimus, bishop (Orthodox)

16. Juliana, virgin and martyr; Maruthas, bishop

17. Seven Founders of the Order of Servites

18. Colman of Lindisfarne, bishop (Orthodox); Theotonius, abbot; Bl. John of Fiesole (Fra Angelico), painter (Dominicans)

19. Conrad of Piacenza, hermit (Franciscans)

20. Wulfric, priest and hermit

21. Peter Damian, bishop and Doctor of the Church

22. Chair of Peter, apostle; Margaret of Cortona, foundress

23. Polycarp, bishop and martyr (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

24. Ethelbert of Kent, king

25. Walburga, abbess

26. Porphyry of Gaza, bishop (Orthodox)

27. Gabriel Possenti, religious

28. Oswald of Worcester, bishop

March

1. David of Wales, bishop (Anglicans)

2. Chad of Lichfield, abbot and bishop (Anglicans)

3. Katharine Drexel, foundress (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.); Cunegund, empress and nun

4. Casimir, prince

5. John Joseph of the Cross, religious

6. Chrodegang of Metz, bishop

7. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs (Anglicans, Lutherans)

8. John of God, religious; Stephen of Obazine, abbot (Cistercians)

9. Frances of Rome, religious; Dominic Savio

10. Forty Martyrs of Sebastea (Orthodox); John Ogilvie, martyr (Jesuits, Oct. 14)

11. Eulogius of Córdoba, martyr

12. Maximilian, martyr

13. Euphrasia of Constantinople, virgin; Ansovinus, bishop; Leander of Seville, bishop

14. Matilda, queen

15. Louise de Marillac, widow and foundress; Clement Mary Hofbauer, religious

16. Abraham Kidunaia, hermit

17. Patrick, bishop (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

18. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox, Anglicans)

19. Joseph, husband of Mary (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, first Sunday after Christmas; Russian Orthodox, Dec. 27)

20. Cuthbert, bishop (Anglicans)

21. Nicholas of Flüe, hermit

22. Nicholas Owen, martyr

23. Turibius of Mongrovejo, bishop

24. Catherine of Sweden, abbess

25. The Annunciation of the Lord (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Dismas, the Good Thief; Margaret Clitherow, martyr; Lucy Filippini, foundress

26. Ludger of Münster, bishop

27. Rupert, bishop

28. Hesychius of Jerusalem, priest (Orthodox)

29. Jonas and Barachisius, martyrs

30. John Climacus, abbot (Orthodox)

31. Stephen of Mar Saba, monk (Orthodox)

April

1. Hugh of Grenoble, bishop; Mary the Egyptian, hermit (Orthodox)

2. Francis of Paola, hermit

3. Richard of Chichester, bishop (Episcopal Church, USA; Church of England, June 16)

4. Isidore of Seville, bishop and Doctor of the Church

5. Vincent Ferrer, priest

6. Peter of Verona, martyr (Dominicans, June 4)

7. John Baptist de La Salle, priest

8. Julie Billiart, foundress; Walter of Pontoise, abbot

9. Waldetrude, anchoress

10. Magdalen of Canossa, foundress

11. Stanislaus, bishop and martyr

12. Teresa of Los Andes, virgin

13. Martin I, pope and martyr (Orthodox, April 14)

14. Bl. Peter González, friar (Dominicans)

15. Bl. Damien de Veuster, priest

16. Bernadette Soubirous, nun

17. Bl. Clare of Pisa, nun (Dominicans); Benedict Joseph Labre, pilgrim (Franciscans)

18. Bl. Mary of the Incarnation, nun

19. Leo IX, pope; Alphege of Canterbury, bishop and martyr (Orthodox, Anglicans)

20. Agnes of Montepulciano, nun (Dominicans)

21. Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans, Lutherans)

22. Theodore of Sykeon, bishop (Orthodox)

23. George, martyr (Orthodox, Church of England); Adalbert of Prague, bishop and martyr

24. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr

25. Mark, Evangelist (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

26. Stephen of Perm, bishop (Orthodox)

27. Zita, virgin

28. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr (Church of England); Louis Grignion de Montfort, founder

29. Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans, Lutherans)

30. Pius V, pope; Adjutor, monk

May

1. Joseph the Worker

2. Athanasius, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans; East, Jan. 18)

3. Philip and James (the Less), apostles (Anglicans, Lutherans, May 1; Orthodox, Philip on Nov. 14, James on Oct. 9)

4. Florian, martyr

5. Gotthard of Hildesheim, abbot and bishop; Irene of Thessalonica, martyr (Orthodox)

6. Marian and James, martyrs

7. John of Beverley, bishop

8. Peter of Tarentaise, bishop (Cistercians, Sept. 12); Julian of Norwich, anchoress (Anglicans)

9. Pachomius, abbot (Coptis; Orthodox, Cistercians, May 15); Catherine of Bologna, prioress (Franciscans)

10. John of Ávila, priest

11. Ignatius of Laconi, religious; Odo, Maiolus, Odilo, Hugh, and Peter the Venerable, abbots (Benedictines, Cistercians); Mamertus of Vienne, bishop

12. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Pancras, martyr

13. Andrew Fournet, founder; Our Lady of Fátima

14. Matthias, apostle (Church of England; Orthodox, Aug. 9); Mary Mazzarello, foundress

15. Isidore the Farmer

16. Andrew Bobola, martyr; Margaret of Cortona, penitent (Franciscans); Simon Stock, friar (Carmelites); Brendan of Clonfert, abbot (Ireland); John Nepomucen, martyr; Peregrine of Auxerre, bishop

17. Paschal Baylon, religious

18. John I, pope and martyr; Felix of Cantalice, religious (Franciscans); Eric of Sweden, king (Lutherans)

19. Dunstan of Canterbury, abbot and bishop (Anglicans, Lutherans); Celestine V, pope (Benedictines, Cistercians); Ivo Hélory of Kermartin, priest

20. Bernardino of Siena, priest

21. Godric of Finchale, hermit; Constantine, emperor, and Helen (Orthodox)

22. Rita of Cascia, widow and nun; Joachima of Vedruna, foundress (Carmelites)

23. John Baptist Rossi, priest

24. Simeon Stylites the Younger, hermit (Orthodox); Vincent of Lérins, monk

25. Venerable Bede, priest and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans); Gregory VII, pope (Benedictines, Cistercians, May 26); Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin (Benedictines, Cistercians, May 26); Madeleine Sophia Barat, foundress; Bl. Mary MacKillop, foundress (Australia and New Zealand)

26. Philip Neri, priest (Anglicans)

27. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop (Anglicans, May 26)

28. Germanus of Paris, bishop; Mariana of Jesus de Paredes, mystic (Franciscans); Bl. Lanfranc of Bec, bishop (Anglicans); Bernard of Montjoux, priest

29. Maximinus of Trier, bishop; Theodosia of Constantinople, nun (Orthodox); Bona of Pisa, pilgrim and mystic

30. Joan of Arc, virgin (Church of England); Ferdinand of Castile, king; Isaac of Constantinople, abbot (Orthodox); Dymphna

31. The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglicans, Lutherans)

June

1. Justin, martyr (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

2. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs; Nicephorus, bishop (Orthodox); Erasmus (Elmo), bishop and martyr

3. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (Anglicans); Bl. John XXIII, pope (Lutherans); Kevin, abbot (Ireland)

4. Metrophanes, bishop (Orthodox); Optatus of Milevis, apologist; Francis Caracciolo, founder

5. Boniface, bishop and martyr (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

6. Norbert, bishop

7. Willibald, bishop; Colman of Dromore, abbot; Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew, nun (Carmelites)

8. William of York, bishop

9. Ephrem, deacon and Doctor of the Church (Church of England; Episcopal Church, USA, June 10; Orthodox, Jan. 28); Columba of Iona, abbot (Anglicans, Lutherans)

10. Landericus of Paris, bishop; Ithamar of Rochester, bishop; Bogumilus, bishop; Bl. John Dominici, bishop (Dominicans)

11. Barnabas, apostle (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Rembert, bishop; Paola Frassinetti, foundress

12. Onouphrios, hermit (Orthodox); Peter of Mount Athos, hermit (Orthodox); Alice, nun (Cistercians)

13. Anthony of Padua, priest and Doctor of the Church

14. Methodius of Constantinople, patriarch (Orthodox)

15. Vitus and companions, martyrs

16. Lutgardis, nun (Cistercians)

17. Rainerius of Pisa, hermit; Botulf, abbot

18. Gregory Barbarigo, bishop

19. Romuald, abbot; Juliana Falconieri, foundress; Gervase and Protase, martyrs

20. Alban, martyr (Anglicans, June 22)

21. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious

22. Paulinus of Nola, bishop; John Fisher, bishop and martyr (Church of England, July 6); Thomas More, martyr (Church of England, July 6); Eusebius of Samosata, bishop (Orthodox)

23. Etheldreda, abbess (Church of England); Joseph Cafasso, priest; Bl. Innocent V, pope (Dominicans)

24. Birth of John the Baptist (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, also Jan. 6)

25. Prosper of Aquitaine, theologian

26. John and Paul, martyrs; David of Thessalonike, hermit (Orthodox)

27. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox, Athanasius and Cyril on Jan. 18, Cyril alone on June 9); Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople, priest and physician (Orthodox)

28. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, Aug. 23)

29. Peter and Paul, apostles (East, Anglicans, Lutherans)

30. First Martyrs of the Church of Rome; Bl. Raymond Lull, missionary; Theobald of Provins, hermit

July

1. Bl. Junipero Serra, priest (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

2. Bernardino Realino, Francis Regis, and Francis Jerome, priests (Jesuits)

3. Thomas, apostle (Church of England; Orthodox, Oct. 6; Episcopal Church, USA, Lutherans, Dec. 21)

4. Elizabeth of Portugal, queen; Ulrich of Augsburg, bishop; Andrew of Crete, bishop (Orthodox)

5. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest

6. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr

7. Bl. Benedict XI, pope (Dominicans)

8. Aquila and Prisca, martyrs; Procopius, martyr (Orthodox); Bl. Eugenius III, pope (Cistercians); Kilian, bishop

9. Martyrs of Gorkum (Franciscans, Dominicans); Pancratius, martyr (Orthodox)

10. Veronica Giuliani, abbess (Franciscans); Canute, king

11. Benedict of Nursia, abbot (Anglicans, Lutherans; Russian Orthodox, March 14; Benedictines, and Cistercians, also March 21); Olga, grand duchess (Orthodox)

12. John Gualbert, abbot (Benedictines, and Cistercians, also March 21); John Jones and John Wall, martyrs (Franciscans)

13. Henry II, king; Mildred, abbess

14. Camillus de Lellis, priest; Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

15. Bonaventure, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Church of England); Vladimir of Kiev, prince (Orthodox, Lutherans)

16. Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Mary-Magdalen Postel, foundress

17. Hedwig of Poland, queen

18. Pambo, hermit (Orthodox)

19. Macrina the Younger, virgin (Orthodox)

20. Frumentius, bishop (East, Nov. 30). (This is also the former feast day of Margaret of Antioch, martyr, who is still commemorated by the Church of England, but who almost certainly never existed.)

21. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church

22. Mary Magdalene, disciple (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

23. Bridget of Sweden, religious (Church of England, Lutherans); John Cassian, monk

24. Declan, bishop

25. James (the Great), apostle (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Apr. 30); Christopher, martyr

26. Joachim and Anne, parents of Mary (Anglicans; Orthodox, Sept. 9)

27. Pantaleon, martyr (Orthodox)

28. Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas, deacons

29. Martha, disciple (Anglicans, Lutherans); Olaf, king (Lutherans)

30. Peter Chrysologus, bishop and Doctor of the Church

31. Ignatius of Loyola, priest (Anglicans)

August

1. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and Doctor of the Church

2. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop; Peter Julian Eymard, priest; Bl. Joan of Aza (Dominicans)

3. Lydia, disciple

4. John Vianney, priest (Church of England)

5. Dedication of St. Mary Major; Oswald, king (Church of England)

6. Transfiguration (Anglicans, Orthodox); Justus and Pastor, martyrs

7. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs; Cajetan, priest; Albert of Sicily, hermit (Carmelites); Afra, martyr

8. Dominic, priest (Anglicans)

9. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, martyr

10. Lawrence, deacon and martyr (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

11. Clare of Assisi, virgin (Anglicans)

12. Euplus, martyr (Orthodox, Aug. 11)

13. Pontian, pope and martyr, and Hippolytus, priest and martyr (East, Jan. 30); Maximus the Confessor, monk (Orthodox, Jan. 21)

14. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, priest and martyr (Anglicans)

15. Assumption of Mary (Orthodox as “Dormition”; Anglicans and Lutherans as feast of Blessed Virgin Mary); Tarcisius, martyr

16. Stephen of Hungary, king

17. Joan of the Cross, foundress; Hyacinth of Poland, friar (Dominicans); Roch, hermit (Franciscans); Myron of Cyzicus, martyr (Orthodox)

18. Helen, empress (East, May 21)

19. John Eudes, priest; Bernard Tolomei, abbot (Orthodox, Cistercians); Louis of Anjou, bishop (Franciscans)

20. Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans, Lutherans)

21. Pius X, pope

22. Queenship of Mary; Philip Benizi, founder

23. Rose of Lima, virgin

24. Bartholomew, apostle (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, June 11)

25. Louis IX, king; Joseph Calasanz, priest; Genesius, martyr

26. Elizabeth Bichier des Ages, foundress; Teresa of Jesus, foundress

27. Monica, widow (Church of England; Episcopal Church, USA, May 4); Poemen, abbot (Orthodox)

28. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans, Lutherans)

29. Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr (Orthodox, Church of England); Bl. Mary of the Cross, foundress

30. Margaret Ward, martyr; Guérin and Amadeus, bishops (Cistercians); Bl. Ildefonsus Schuster, abbot; Fiacre, hermit (Ireland, France, Sept. 1)

31. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (Episcopal Church, USA, Joseph of Arimathea on Aug. 1); Aidan, bishop (Anglicans); Raymond Nonnatus, friar

September

1. Giles, abbot (Church of England); Simeon Stylites the Elder, hermit (Orthodox); Teresa Margaret Redi, nun (Carmelites)

2. Mamas, martyr (Orthodox); John the Faster, patriarch (Orthodox)

3. Gregory the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church (Church of England; Episcopal Church, USA, Lutherans, March 12)

4. Rose of Viterbo, virgin (Franciscans); Bablyas, bishop (Orthodox)

5. Bertinus, abbot

6. Bl. Bertrand de Garrigues, friar (Dominicans)

7. Sozon, martyr (Orthodox); Regina, martyr; Mark Körösi, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodecz, martyrs (Jesuits)

8. Birth of Mary (Orthodox, Church of England); Bl. Antoine Frédéric Ozanam, founder

9. Peter Claver, priest (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.)

10. Nicholas of Tolentino, friar

11. Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs

12. Ailbe, bishop

13. John Chrysostom, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Church of England; Orthodox, Nov. 13)

14. Triumph of the Cross (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

15. Our Lady of Sorrows; Catherine of Genoa, mystic

16. Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian of Carthage, bishop, martyrs (Cyprian alone: Church of England, Sept. 15; Episcopal Church, USA, Sept. 13); Ninian, bishop (Anglicans)

17. Robert Bellarmine, bishop and Doctor of the Church; Hildegard of Bingen, abbess (Anglicans, Benedictines); Albert of Jerusalem, bishop (Carmelites)

18. Joseph of Cupertino, priest (Franciscans); John Massias, religious (Dominicans)

19. Januarius, bishop and martyr (Orthodox, Apr. 21); Theodore of Tarsus, bishop (Anglicans)

20. Andrew Kim Taegõn, Paul Chõng Hasang, and companions, martyrs; Francis Mary of Camparosso, religious (Franciscans)

21. Matthew, apostle and Evangelist (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, Nov. 16)

22. Thomas of Villanova, bishop; Phocas of Sinope, hermit (Orthodox); Maurice, soldier

23. Thecla of Iconium, virgin (Orthodox, Sept. 24); Adomonán of Iona, abbot

24. Gerard Sagredo, martyr

25. Sergius of Radonezh, abbot (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Finnbarr, abbot; Ceolfrith, abbot

26. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs (Orthodox, July 1, Nov. 1); Teresa Couderc, foundress

27. Vincent de Paul, priest (Church of England)

28. Wenceslaus, martyr; Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs; martyrs of China

29. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Nov. 8)

30. Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans, Lutherans); Gregory the Illuminator, bishop (Orthodox; Episcopal Church, USA, March 23)

October

1. Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin and Doctor of the Church

2. Guardian angels

3. Francis Borgia, priest (Jesuits); Thomas of Hereford, bishop (Anglicans)

4. Francis of Assisi, friar (Anglicans, Lutherans)

5. Bl. Raymond of Capua, priest (Dominicans); Maria Faustina Kowalska, nun

6. Bruno, priest; Bl. Mary-Rose Durocher, foundress

7. Our Lady of the Rosary

8. Pelagia, virgin (Orthodox)

9. Denis, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Church of England); John Leonardi, priest; Louis Bertrán, friar (Dominicans)

10. Paulinus of York, bishop

11. Mary Soledad, virgin

12. Wilfrid of York, bishop (Church of England); Seraphin of Montegranaro, religious (Franciscans)

13. Edward the Confessor, king (Church of England)

14. Callistus I, pope and martyr

15. Teresa of Ávila, virgin and Doctor of the Church (Anglicans)

16. Hedwig, religious; Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin; Longinus, centurion (Orthodox); Gall, monk; Gerard Majella, religious

17. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr (Anglicans, Lutherans; East, Dec. 20)

18. Luke, Evangelist (East, Anglicans, Lutherans)

19. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf, and companions, martyrs; Paul of the Cross, priest (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A., Oct. 20)

20. Maria Bertilla Boscardin, nun

21. Hilarion, hermit (Orthodox)

22. Peter of Alcántara, founder (Franciscans)

23. John of Capistrano, priest; James of Jerusalem (Orthodox, Episcopal Church, USA, Lutherans); Severinus Boethius, martyr

24. Anthony Claret, bishop

25. Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs

26. Cedd, bishop (Church of England); Alfred the Great, king (Anglicans)

27. Bl. Bartholomew of Vicenza, friar (Dominicans); Frumentius, bishop

28. Simon and Jude, apostles (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Simon, May 10, Jude, June 19)

29. Narcissus of Jerusalem, bishop

30. Bl. Benvenuta of Cividale, virgin (Dominicans)

31. Alphonsus Rodríguez, religious (Jesuits)

November

1. All Saints (Anglicans, Lutherans)

2. All Souls (Anglicans)

3. Martin de Porres, religious; Malachy, bishop; Hubert, bishop

4. Charles Borromeo, bishop

5. Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist (Orthodox, Sept. 15)

6. Paul of Constantinople, bishop (Orthodox)

7. Willibrord, bishop

8. Bl. John Duns Scotus, friar

9. Dedication of St. John Lateran; Benen of Armagh, bishop

10. Leo the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church (Russian Orthodox, Feb. 18)

11. Martin of Tours, bishop (Anglicans); Theodore the Studite, monk (Orthodox; Benedictines, Cistercians, Nov. 12); Mennas, martyr (Orthodox)

12. Josephat, bishop and martyr

13. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A., Franciscans); Stanislaus Kostka, religious (Jesuits); Homobonus, layman

14. Lawrence O’Toole, bishop (Ireland); Nicholas Tavelic and companions, martyrs (Franciscans); Joseph Pignatelli, religious (Jesuits); Gregory Palamas, bishop (Orthodox)

15. Albert the Great, bishop and Doctor of the Church; Leopold III, duke

16. Margaret of Scotland, queen (Anglicans); Gertrude, virgin

17. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (Church of England, Nov. 18, Episcopal Church, USA, Nov. 19); Gregory Thaumaturgus, bishop (Orthodox); Hugh of Lincoln, bishop (Anglicans)

18. Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul; Rose Philippine Duchesne, religious; Odo of Cluny, abbot

19. Mechthilde of Magdeburg, abbess (Benedictines, Cistercians, Church of England); Hilda of Whitby, abbess (Church of England; Episcopal Church, USA, Nov. 18); Agnes of Assisi, abbess (Franciscans)

20. Edmund, king and martyr

21. Presentation of Mary (Orthodox)

22. Cecilia, virgin and martyr (Church of England); Philemon and Onesimus (Orthodox)

23. Clement I, pope and martyr (Anglicans; Greek Orthodox, Nov. 24; Russian Orthodox, Nov. 25); Columban, abbot; Bl. Michael Pro (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A.).

24. Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, martyrs; Chrysogonus, martyr

25. Moses of Rome, martyr; Mercurius, martyr (Greek Orthodox; Russian Orthodox, Nov. 24). (This is also the former feast day of Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, still celebrated by the Orthodox and the Church of England. There is no evidence that she ever existed.)

26. Leonard of Port Maurice, friar (Franciscans); Sylvester Gozzolini, founder (Benedictines); John Berchmans, religious (Jesuits)

27. James the Persian, martyr (Orthodox)

28. Catherine Labouré, virgin; Stephen the Younger, martyr (Orthodox)

29. Saturninus of Toulouse, bishop and martyr (Mozarabic rite, parts of France)

30. Andrew, apostle (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Cuthbert Mayne, martyr

December

1. Edmund Campion, Ralph Sherwin, Alexander Briant, and Robert Southwell, martyrs (Jesuits); Eligius, bishop

2. Chromatius, bishop

3. Francis Xavier, priest (Lutherans)

4. John Damascene, priest and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox, Anglicans); Barbara, martyr (Orthodox)

5. Sabas, abbot (Orthodox, Benedictines, Cistercians)

6. Nicholas of Myra, bishop (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

7. Ambrose of Milan, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans)

8. Immaculate Conception (Church of England, as The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Orthodox, as The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dec. 9)

9. Bl. Juan Diego (Cuatitlatoatzin), hermit; Peter Fourier, founder

10. Mennas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus, martyrs (Orthodox); Edward Gennings, Polydore Plasden, John Roberts, Swithin Wells, and Eustace White, martyrs; Eulalia, martyr

11. Damasus I, pope; Daniel the Stylite, hermit (Orthodox)

12. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A., Franciscans, the Americas); Jane Frances de Chantal, religious; Spiridion, bishop (Orthodox)

13. Lucy, virgin and martyr (Church of England); Odilia, abbess

14. John of the Cross, priest and Doctor of the Church (Church of England, Lutherans); Venantius Fortunatus, bishop

15. Mary di Rosa, foundress; Bl. Frances Schervier, foundress (Franciscans)

16. Adelaide of Burgundy, nun

17. John of Matha, founder; Lazarus (East, May 4)

18. Flannan of Killaloe, bishop; Gatian, bishop; Winnibald, abbot; Samthann, abbot

19. Anastasius I, pope; Bl. Urban V, pope

20. Dominic of Silos, abbot (Dominicans)

21. Peter Canisius, priest and Doctor of the Church (Jesuits, Apr. 27)

22. Anastasia, martyr (East)

23. John of Kanty, priest; Mary Margaret d’Youville, foundress (Canada); Thorlac of Skalholt, bishop

24. Sharbel Makhlouf, hermit

25. The Nativity of Our Lord (Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans); Peter Nolasco, founder

26. Stephen, first martyr (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Dec. 27)

27. John, apostle and Evangelist (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, May 8, Sept. 26)

28. Holy Innocents, martyrs (Anglicans, Lutherans; Orthodox, Dec. 29); Gaspar del Bufalo, founder

29. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr (Anglicans)

30. Egwin of Worcester, bishop

31. Sylvester I, pope (Orthodox, Jan. 2)