Roman Catholic calendar of saints 4754431 217793104 2008-06-07T18:28:29Z 201.35.242.10 {{portalpar|Saints|Gloriole.svg}} :''For earlier forms of the General Roman Calendar, see the [[Tridentine Calendar]], the [[General Roman Calendar as in 1954]], [[General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII]] and the [[General Roman Calendar of 1962]]'' <!---PLEASE NOTE!!!: The feast days of many saints are not included in the General Roman Calendar. Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned under the heading "National Calendars".---> The '''General Roman Calendar''' indicates the days of the year to which are assigned the liturgical celebrations of saints that are to be observed wherever the [[Roman Rite]] is used. National and diocesan liturgical calendars, as well as those of [[religious order]]s and even of continents, add other saints or transfer the celebration of a particular saint from the date assigned in the General Calendar to another date. These liturgical calendars also indicate the degree or rank of each celebration: Optional Memorial, Obligatory Memorial, Feast or [[Solemnity]]. Among other differences, the [[Gloria in Excelsis Deo|Gloria]] is said or sung at the [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]] of a Feast, but not at that of a Memorial, and the [[Nicene Creed|Creed]] is added on Solemnities. The General Calendar assigns celebrations of saints to only about half the days of the year, and contains relatively very few of the saints recognized by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], whose official list of saints is the 776-page volume ''Roman [[Martyrology]]'' (which does not claim to contain the names of all the saints legitimately venerated). The Martyrology assigns several saints to each day of the year and gives a very brief description of each saint or group of saints. Canonization does not necessarily involve insertion of the saint's name into the General Roman Calendar, which mentions only a very limited selection of canonized saints. Many sources give calendars that mention one or more saints for each day of the year. One example is [http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/saints/bydate.asp? Saints by Day]. These will usually mention the saints of the General Roman Calendar, but they will also give names of saints not included in the General Roman Calendar, especially on a day, known as a [[feria]], to which the General Roman Calendar assigns no celebration whatever of a saint. "[[Feria]]" is a [[Latin language|Latin]] word that, in ecclesiastical usage, means "weekday"; more precisely, it refers in the calendar to days on which no saint is celebrated. "Ferial" is an adjective formed from "feria" and is used in connection with a noun, as in the phrase "ferial Mass". The General Calendar is printed, for instance, in the successive editions of the [[Roman Missal]]<ref>''Missale Romanum'', editio typica tertia 2002, Libreria Editrice Vaticana</ref> and the [[Liturgy of the Hours]].<ref>''Liturgia Horarum iuxta ritum Romanum'', editio typica altera 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana</ref> These are up to date when printed, but additional feasts may be added later. For instance, the celebration of Saint [[Pio of Pietrelcina]] (Padre Pio) on [[23 September]] does not appear in the latest editions of these two books. For that reason, if those celebrating the liturgy have not inserted into the books a note about the changes, they must consult the current annual publication, known as the "Ordo", for their country or religious congregation. Such annual publications indicate only celebrations included in the General Calendar and not impeded, in the year in question, by celebrations such as those of Holy Week or Sundays,<ref>An example is ''Ordo Missae Celebrandae et Divini Officii persolvendi secundum calendarium Romanum generale pro anno liturgico 2006'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).</ref> and that must therefore be supplemented with information about local celebrations. ==General Roman Calendar== As already stated, the saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere. The ''General Roman Calendar'' contains only those celebrations that are intended to be observed throughout the world, in application of the decision of the [[Second Vatican Council]]: "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a [[particular Church]] or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance."[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html ''Sacrosanctum Concilium'', 111]. ''Variations from the following list of celebrations should be indicated not here but, below, under the heading "National Calendars".'' ===Moveable (General Calendar)=== * Sunday after Epiphany or, if Epiphany is celebrated on [[7 January]] or [[8 January]], the following Monday: [[Baptism of the Lord]] - Feast * Sunday after the first full moon occurring after [[March 20]]: [[Easter]] - Solemnity * Fortieth day from Easter (Thursday after Sixth Sunday of Easter): [[Ascension of Jesus Christ|Ascension of the Lord]] - Solemnity * Fiftieth day from Easter: [[Pentecost]] - Solemnity * First Sunday after Pentecost: [[Trinity Sunday|Holy Trinity]] - Solemnity * Thursday after Holy Trinity: [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Body and Blood of Christ]] - Solemnity * Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: [[Feast of the Sacred Heart|Sacred Heart of Jesus]] - Solemnity * Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] - Memorial (if the date coincides with that of another Memorial, both become optional) * Last Sunday in Ordinary Time (last Sunday before [[27 November]]): [[Feast of Christ the King|Christ the King]] - Solemnity * Sunday within the Octave of Christmas or, if there is no such Sunday, [[30 December]]: [[Feast of the Holy Family|Holy Family]] - Feast Epiphany is celebrated on the Sunday after [[1 January]], the Ascension of the Lord on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, and the Body and Blood of Christ ([[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]]) on the Sunday after Holy Trinity in countries where the [[Episcopal Conference]], with the prior approval of the [[Holy See|Apostolic See]], has decided that they are not treated as [[Holy Day of Obligation|Holy Days of Obligation]]. "For the pastoral advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that fall during the week and have special appeal to the devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take precedence over these Sundays in the Table of Liturgical Days" ([http://www.catholicculture.org/library/view.cfm?recnum=5932 ''General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar'', 58]). ===January (General Calendar)=== <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned under the heading "National Calendars". EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[January 1]]: Octave of Christmas, [[Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God]] - [[Solemnity]] * [[January 2]]: Saints [[Basil the Great]] and [[Gregory Nazianzen]], bishops and doctors - [[Memorial]] * [[January 3]]: [[Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus|The Most Holy Name of Jesus]] - Optional Memorial * [[January 4]]: [[Feria]] * [[January 5]]: Feria * [[January 6]]: [[Epiphany (Christian)|Epiphany]] (celebrated on the first Sunday after [[1 January]] in countries where this feast is not a [[Holy Day of Obligation]]) * [[January 7]]: [[Raymond of Peñafort|Saint Raymond of Peñafort]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[January 8]]: Feria * [[January 9]]: Feria * [[January 10]]: Feria * [[January 11]]: Feria * [[January 12]]: Feria * [[January 13]]: [[Hilary of Poitiers|Saint Hilary of Poitiers]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[January 14]]: Feria * [[January 15]]: Feria * [[January 16]]: Feria * [[January 17]]: [[Anthony the Great|Saint Anthony of Egypt]], abbot - Memorial * [[January 18]]: Feria * [[January 19]]: Feria * [[January 20]]: [[Pope Fabian|Saint Fabian]], pope and martyr; or [[Sebastian|Saint Sebastian]], martyr - Optional Memorial * [[January 21]]: [[Saint Agnes]], virgin and martyr - Memorial * [[January 22]]: [[Vincent of Saragossa|Saint Vincent]], deacon and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[January 23]]: Feria * [[January 24]]: [[Francis de Sales|Saint Francis de Sales]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[January 25]]: The Conversion of [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]], apostle - Feast * [[January 26]]: Saints [[Timothy]] and [[Apostle Titus|Titus]], bishops - Memorial * [[January 27]]: [[Angela Merici|Saint Angela Merici]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[January 28]]: [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]], priest and doctor - Memorial * [[January 29]]: Feria * [[January 30]]: Feria * [[January 31]]: [[Saint John Bosco]], priest - Memorial Note: The feast of the [[Baptism of the Lord]] is celebrated on the Sunday after [[6 January]]. But whenever Epiphany falls on 7 or 8 January (only in countries where it is not a [[Holy Day of Obligation]]), the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Monday. ===February (General Calendar)=== <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned under the heading "National Calendars". EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[February 1]]: Feria * [[February 2]]: [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Presentation of the Lord]] - Feast * [[February 3]]: [[Saint Blaise|Saint Blase]], bishop and martyr or [[Ansgar|Saint Ansgar]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[February 4]]: Feria * [[February 5]]: [[Agatha of Sicily|Saint Agatha]], virgin and martyr - Memorial * [[February 6]]: Saints [[Paul Miki]] and companions, martyrs - Memorial * [[February 7]]: Feria * [[February 8]]: [[Jerome Emiliani|Saint Jerome Emiliani]], priest; or [[Saint Josephine Bakhita]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[February 9]]: Feria * [[February 10]]: [[Scholastica|Saint Scholastica]], virgin - Memorial * [[February 11]]: [[Our Lady of Lourdes]] - Optional Memorial * [[February 12]]: Feria * [[February 13]]: Feria * [[February 14]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]], monk, and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]], bishop - Memorial * [[February 15]]: Feria * [[February 16]]: Feria * [[February 17]]: Seven Holy Founders of the [[Servite|Servite Order]] - Optional Memorial * [[February 18]]: Feria * [[February 19]]: Feria * [[February 20]]: Feria * [[February 21]]: [[Peter Damian|Saint Peter Damian]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[February 22]]: [[Chair of Saint Peter]], apostle - Feast * [[February 23]]: [[Polycarp|Saint Polycarp]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[February 24]]: Feria * [[February 25]]: Feria * [[February 26]]: Feria * [[February 27]]: Feria * [[February 28]]: Feria * [[February 29]], occurring only in leap year: Feria ===March (General Calendar)=== <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[March 1]]: Feria * [[March 2]]: Feria * [[March 3]]: Feria * [[March 4]]: [[Saint Casimir]] - Optional Memorial * [[March 5]]: Feria * [[March 6]]: Feria * [[March 7]]: [[Perpetua|Saints Perpetua and Felicity]], martyrs - Memorial * [[March 8]]: [[John of God|Saint John of God]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[March 9]]: [[Frances of Rome|Saint Frances of Rome]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[March 10]]: Feria * [[March 11]]: Feria * [[March 12]]: Feria * [[March 13]]: Feria * [[March 14]]: Feria * [[March 15]]: Feria * [[March 16]]: Feria * [[March 17]]: [[Saint Patrick]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[March 18]]: [[Cyril of Jerusalem|Saint Cyril of Jerusalem]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[March 19]]: [[Saint Joseph]] Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity * [[March 20]]: Feria * [[March 21]]: Feria * [[March 22]]: Feria * [[March 23]]: [[Turibius|Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[March 24]]: Feria * [[March 25]]: [[Annunciation|Annunciation of the Lord]] - Solemnity * [[March 26]]: Feria * [[March 27]]: Feria * [[March 28]]: Feria * [[March 29]]: Feria * [[March 30]]: Feria * [[March 31]]: Feria ===April (General Calendar)=== <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[April 1]]: Feria * [[April 2]]: [[Francis of Paola|Saint Francis of Paola]], hermit - Optional Memorial * [[April 3]]: Feria * [[April 4]]: [[Isidore of Seville|Saint Isidore]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[April 5]]: [[Vincent Ferrer|Saint Vincent Ferrer]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[April 7]]: [[John Baptist de la Salle|Saint John Baptist de la Salle]], priest - Memorial * [[April 8]]: Feria * [[April 9]]: Feria * [[April 10]]: Feria * [[April 11]]: [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów|Saint Stanislaus]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[April 12]]: Feria * [[April 13]]: [[Pope Martin I|Saint Martin I]], pope and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[April 14]]: Feria * [[April 15]]: Feria * [[April 16]]: Feria * [[April 17]]: Feria * [[April 18]]: Feria * [[April 19]]: Feria * [[April 20]]: Feria * [[April 21]]: [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm of Canterbury]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[April 22]]: Feria * [[April 23]]: [[Saint George]], martyr or [[Adalbert of Prague|Saint Adalbert]], bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[April 24]]: [[Fidelis of Sigmaringen|Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen]], priest and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[April 25]]: [[Mark the Evangelist|Saint Mark the Evangelist]] - Feast * [[April 26]]: Feria * [[April 27]]: Feria * [[April 28]]: [[Peter Chanel|Saint Peter Chanel]], priest and martyr or [[Louis Marie de Montfort|Saint Louis Marie de Montfort]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[April 29]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]], virgin and doctor - Memorial * [[April 30]]: [[Pope Pius V|Saint Pius V]], pope - Optional Memorial === May (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[May 1]]: [[Saint Joseph]] the Worker - Optional Memorial * [[May 2]]: [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Saint Athanasius]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[May 3]]: Saints [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] and [[James, son of Alphaeus|James]], Apostles - Feast * [[May 4]]: Feria * [[May 5]]: Feria * [[May 6]]: Feria * [[May 7]]: Feria * [[May 8]]: Feria * [[May 9]]: Feria * [[May 10]]: Feria * [[May 11]]: Feria * [[May 12]]: [[Nereus and Achilleus|Saints Nereus and Achilleus]], martyrs or [[Saint Pancras]], martyr - Optional Memorial * [[May 13]]: [[Our Lady of Fatima]] - Optional Memorial * [[May 14]]: [[Saint Matthias|Saint Matthias the Apostle]] - Feast * [[May 15]]: Feria * [[May 16]]: Feria * [[May 17]]: Feria * [[May 18]]: [[Pope John I|Saint John I]], pope and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[May 19]]: Feria * [[May 20]]: [[Bernardine of Siena|Saint Bernardine of Siena]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[May 21]]: [[Cristóbal Magallanes Jara|Saint Christopher Magallanes]] and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[May 22]]: [[Saint Rita of Cascia]] - Optional Memorial * [[May 23]]: Feria * [[May 24]]: Feria * [[May 25]]: [[Bede|Saint Bede the Venerable]], priest and doctor; or [[Pope Gregory VII|Saint Gregory VII]], pope or [[Magdalena de Pazzi|Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[May 26]]: [[Philip Neri|Saint Philip Neri]], priest - Memorial * [[May 27]]: [[Augustine of Canterbury|Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[May 28]]: Feria * [[May 29]]: Feria * [[May 30]]: Feria * [[May 31]]: [[Visitation (Christian)|Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Feast === June (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[June 1]]: [[Justin Martyr|Saint Justin Martyr]] - Memorial * [[June 2]]: [[Saints Marcellinus and Peter]], martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[June 3]]: Saints [[Carl Lwanga|Charles Lwanga]] and companions, martyrs - Memorial * [[June 4]]: Feria * [[June 5]]: [[Boniface|Saint Boniface]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[June 6]]: [[Norbert of Xanten|Saint Norbert]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[June 7]]: Feria * [[June 8]]: Feria * [[June 9]]: [[Ephrem the Syrian|Saint Ephrem]], deacon and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[June 10]]: Feria * [[June 11]]: [[Barnabas|Saint Barnabas the Apostle]] - Memorial * [[June 12]]: Feria * [[June 13]]: [[Anthony of Padua|Saint Anthony of Padua]], priest and doctor - Memorial * [[June 14]]: Feria * [[June 15]]: Feria * [[June 16]]: Feria * [[June 17]]: Feria * [[June 18]]: Feria * [[June 19]]: [[Romuald|Saint Romuald]], abbot - Optional Memorial * [[June 20]]: Feria * [[June 21]]: [[Aloysius Gonzaga|Saint Aloysius Gonzaga]], religious - Memorial * [[June 22]]: [[Paulinus of Nola|Saint Paulinus of Nola]], bishop or Saints [[John Fisher]] and [[Thomas More]], martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[June 23]]: Feria * [[June 24]]: [[Nativity of St. John the Baptist|Birth of Saint John the Baptist]] - Solemnity * [[June 25]]: Feria * [[June 26]]: Feria * [[June 27]]: [[Cyril of Alexandria|Saint Cyril of Alexandria]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[June 28]]: [[Irenaeus|Saint Irenaeus]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[June 29]]: [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Saints Peter and Paul]], Apostles - Solemnity * [[June 30]]: [[First Martyrs of the Church of Rome]] - Optional Memorial === July (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[July 1]]: Feria * [[July 2]]: Feria * [[July 3]]: [[Saint Thomas the Apostle]] - Feast * [[July 4]]: [[Elisabeth of Portugal|Saint Elizabeth of Portugal]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 5]]: [[St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria|Saint Anthony Zaccaria]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[July 6]]: [[Maria Goretti|Saint Maria Goretti]], virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[July 7]]: Feria * [[July 8]]: Feria * [[July 9]]: [[Chinese Martyrs|Saint Augustine Zhao Rong]] and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[July 10]]: Feria * [[July 11]]: [[Saint Benedict]], abbot - Memorial * [[July 12]]: Feria * [[July 13]]: [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Saint Henry]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 14]]: [[Camillus de Lellis|Saint Camillus de Lellis]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[July 15]]: [[Bonaventure|Saint Bonaventure]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[July 16]]: [[Carmelites|Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 17]]: Feria * [[July 18]]: Feria * [[July 19]]: Feria * [[July 20]]: [[Apollinare|Saint Apollinaris]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 21]]: [[Saint Lawrence of Brindisi]], priest and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[July 22]]: [[Mary Magdalene|Saint Mary Magdalene]] - Memorial * [[July 23]]: [[Saint Birgitta]], religious- Optional Memorial * [[July 24]]: [[Sharbel Makhluf|Saint Sharbel Makhluf]], hermit - Optional Memorial * [[July 25]]: [[James, son of Zebedee|Saint James]], apostle - Feast * [[July 26]]: Saints [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anne]] - Memorial * [[July 27]]: Feria * [[July 28]]: Feria * [[July 29]]: [[Martha|Saint Martha]] - Memorial * [[July 30]]: [[Peter Chrysologus|Saint Peter Chrysologus]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[July 31]]: [[Ignatius of Loyola|Saint Ignatius of Loyola]], priest - Memorial === August (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[August 1]]: [[Alphonsus Liguori|Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[August 2]]: [[Eusebius of Vercelli|Saint Eusebius of Vercelli]], bishop or [[Peter Julian Eymard|Saint Peter Julian Eymard]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[August 3]]: Feria * [[August 4]]: [[Jean Vianney|Saint Jean Vianney (the Curé of Ars)]], priest - Memorial * [[August 5]]: Dedication of the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore]] - Optional Memorial * [[August 6]]: [[Transfiguration|Transfiguration of the Lord]] - Feast * [[August 7]]: [[Pope Sixtus II|Saint Sixtus II]] and companions, martyrs or [[Saint Cajetan]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[August 8]]: [[Saint Dominic]], priest - Memorial * [[August 9]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]], virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[August 10]]: [[Saint Lawrence]] - Feast * [[August 11]]: [[Clare of Assisi|Saint Clare]], virgin - Memorial * [[August 12]]: [[Saint Jane Frances de Chantal]] - Optional Memorial * [[August 13]]: Saints [[Pope Pontian|Pontian]], pope, and [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], priest, martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[August 14]]: [[Maximillian Kolbe|Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe]], priest and martyr - Memorial * [[August 15]]: [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Solemnity * [[August 16]]: [[Stephen of Hungary|Saint Stephen of Hungary]] - Optional Memorial * [[August 17]]: Feria * [[August 18]]: Feria * [[August 19]]: [[Jean Eudes|Saint John Eudes]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[August 20]]: [[Bernard of Clairvaux|Saint Bernard of Clairvaux]], abbot and doctor - Memorial * [[August 21]]: [[Pope Pius X|Saint Pius X]], pope - Memorial * [[August 22]]: Queenship of [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Memorial * [[August 23]]: [[Saint Rose of Lima]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[August 24]]: [[Bartholomew|Saint Bartholomew the Apostle]] - Feast * [[August 25]]: [[Louis IX of France|Saint Louis]] or [[Saint Joseph Calasanz|Saint Joseph of Calasanz]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[August 26]]: Feria * [[August 27]]: [[Monica of Hippo|Saint Monica]] - Memorial * [[August 28]]: [[Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine of Hippo]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[August 29]]: The Beheading of [[John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]], martyr - Memorial * [[August 30]]: Feria * [[August 31]]: Feria === September (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[September 1]]: Feria * [[September 2]]: Feria * [[September 3]]: [[Pope Gregory I|Saint Gregory the Great]], pope and doctor - Memorial * [[September 4]]: Feria * [[September 5]]: Feria * [[September 6]]: Feria * [[September 7]]: Feria * [[September 8]]: Birth of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Feast * [[September 9]]: [[Peter Claver|Saint Peter Claver]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[September 10]]: Feria * [[September 11]]: Feria * [[September 12]]: [[Holy Name of Mary|Holy Name]] of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Optional Memorial * [[September 13]]: [[John Chrysostom|Saint John Chrysostom]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[September 14]]: [[Feast of the Cross|Triumph of the Holy Cross]] - Feast * [[September 15]]: [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady of Sorrows]] - Memorial * [[September 16]]: [[Pope Cornelius|Saints Cornelius]], pope, and [[Cyprian]], bishop, martyrs - Memorial * [[September 17]]: [[Robert Bellarmine|Saint Robert Bellarmine]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[September 18]]: Feria * [[September 19]]: [[Januarius|Saint Januarius]], bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[September 20]]: [[Andrew Kim Taegon|Saint Andrew Kim Taegon]], priest, and [[Korean Martyrs|Paul Chong Hasang and companions]], martyrs - Memorial * [[September 21]]: [[Matthew the Evangelist|Saint Matthew the Evangelist]], Apostle, Evangelist - Feast * [[September 22]]: Feria * [[September 23]]: [[Pio of Pietrelcina|Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)]], priest - Memorial * [[September 24]]: Feria * [[September 25]]: Feria * [[September 26]]: [[Sts. Cosmas and Damian|Saints Cosmas and Damian]], martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[September 27]]: [[Vincent de Paul|Saint Vincent de Paul]], priest - Memorial * [[September 28]]: [[Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia|Saint Wenceslaus]], martyr or [[Lorenzo Ruiz|Saints Lawrence Ruiz]] and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial * [[September 29]]: [[Michael (archangel)|Saints Michael]], [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] and [[Raphael (angel)|Raphael]], [[Archangel]]s - Feast * [[September 30]]: [[Jerome|Saint Jerome]], priest and doctor - Memorial === October (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned under the heading "National Calendars". EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[October 1]]: [[Thérèse of Lisieux|Saint Therese of the Child Jesus]], virgin and doctor - Memorial * [[October 2]]: [[Guardian angel (spirit)|Guardian Angels]] - Memorial * [[October 3]]: Feria * [[October 4]]: [[Francis of Assisi|Saint Francis of Assisi]] - Memorial * [[October 5]]: Feria * [[October 6]]: [[Bruno of Cologne|Saint Bruno]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[October 7]]: [[Our Lady of the Rosary]] - Memorial * [[October 8]]: Feria * [[October 9]]: [[Denis|Saint Denis]] and companions, martyrs or [[John Leonardi|Saint John Leonardi]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[October 10]]: Feria * [[October 11]]: Feria * [[October 12]]: Feria * [[October 13]]: Feria * [[October 14]]: [[Pope Callistus I|Saint Callistus I]], pope and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[October 15]]: [[Teresa of Avila|Saint Teresa of Jesus]], virgin and doctor - Memorial * [[October 16]]: [[Hedwig of Andechs|Saint Hedwig]], religious or [[Marie Alacoque|Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[October 17]]: [[Ignatius of Antioch|Saint Ignatius of Antioch]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[October 18]]: [[Luke the Evangelist|Saint Luke the Evangelist]] - Feast * [[October 19]]: [[Jean de Brébeuf|Saints Jean de Brébeuf]], [[Isaac Jogues]], priests and [[Canadian Martyrs|companions]], Martyrs or [[Saint Paul of the Cross]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[October 20]]: Feria * [[October 21]]: Feria * [[October 22]]: Feria * [[October 23]]: [[Giovanni da Capistrano|Saint John of Capistrano]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[October 24]]: [[Antonio María Claret y Clará|Saint Anthony Mary Claret]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[October 25]]: Feria * [[October 26]]: Feria * [[October 27]]: Feria * [[October 28]]: [[Simon the Canaanite|Saint Simon]] and [[Saint Jude]], apostles - Feast * [[October 29]]: Feria * [[October 30]]: Feria * [[October 31]]: Feria === November (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[November 1]]: [[All Saints]] - Solemnity * [[November 2]]: [[All Souls]] - ranked with solemnities * [[November 3]]: [[Martin de Porres|Saint Martin de Porres]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[November 4]]: [[Charles Borromeo|Saint Charles Borromeo]], bishop - Memorial * [[November 5]]: Feria * [[November 6]]: Feria * [[November 7]]: Feria * [[November 8]]: Feria * [[November 9]]: Dedication of the [[Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano|Lateran basilica]] - Feast * [[November 10]]: [[Pope Leo I|Saint Leo the Great]], pope and doctor - Memorial * [[November 11]]: [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin of Tours]], bishop - Memorial * [[November 12]]: [[Josaphat Kuncevyc|Saint Josaphat]], bishop and martyr - Memorial * [[November 13]]: Feria * [[November 14]]: Feria * [[November 15]]: [[Albertus Magnus|Saint Albert the Great]], bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[November 16]]: [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]] or Saint [[Gertrude the Great]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[November 17]]: [[Elisabeth of Hungary|Saint Elizabeth of Hungary]], religious - Memorial * [[November 18]]: Dedication of the [[basilica]]s of [[St. Peter's Basilica|Saints Peter]] and [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|Paul]], Apostles - Optional Memorial * [[November 19]]: Feria * [[November 20]]: Feria * [[November 21]]: [[Presentation of Mary|Presentation]] of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Memorial * [[November 22]]: [[Saint Cecilia]] - Memorial * [[November 23]]: [[Pope Clement I|Saint Clement I]], pope and martyr or [[Columban|Saint Columban]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[November 24]]: [[Andrew Dung-Lac|Saint Andre Dung Lac]] and his companions, martyrs - Memorial * [[November 25]]: [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine of Alexandria]] - Optional Memorial * [[November 26]]: Feria * [[November 27]]: Feria * [[November 28]]: Feria * [[November 29]]: Feria * [[November 30]]: [[Saint Andrew]] the Apostle - Feast === December (General Calendar) === <!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. 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EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.---> * [[December 1]]: Feria * [[December 2]]: Feria * [[December 3]]: [[Saint Francis Xavier]], priest - Memorial * [[December 4]]: [[John Damascene|Saint John Damascene]], priest and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[December 5]]: Feria * [[December 6]]: [[Saint Nicholas]], bishop - Optional Memorial * [[December 7]]: [[Ambrose|Saint Ambrose]], bishop and doctor - Memorial * [[December 8]]: [[Immaculate Conception|Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Solemnity * [[December 9]]: [[Juan Diego|Saint Juan Diego]] - Optional Memorial * [[December 10]]: Feria * [[December 11]]: [[Pope Damasus I|Saint Damasus I]], pope - Optional Memorial * [[December 12]]: [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] - Optional Memorial * [[December 13]]: [[Saint Lucy]] of Syracuse, virgin and martyr - Memorial * [[December 14]]: [[John of the Cross|Saint John of the Cross]], priest and doctor - Memorial * [[December 15]]: Feria * [[December 16]]: Feria * [[December 17]]: Feria * [[December 18]]: Feria * [[December 19]]: Feria * [[December 20]]: Feria * [[December 21]]: [[Peter Canisius|Saint Peter Canisius]], priest and doctor - Optional Memorial * [[December 22]]: Feria * [[December 23]]: [[John Cantius|Saint John of Kanty]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[December 24]]: Feria * [[December 25]]: [[Christmas|Nativity of the Lord]] - Solemnity * [[December 26]]: [[Saint Stephen]], the first martyr - Feast * [[December 27]]: Saint [[John the Apostle]] and evangelist - Feast * [[December 28]]: [[Holy Innocents]], martyrs - Feast * [[December 29]]: Saint [[Thomas Becket]], bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[December 30]]: Feria (Sixth Day with the Octave of Christmas) * [[December 31]]: [[Pope Sylvester I|Saint Sylvester I]], pope - Optional Memorial == National Calendars == Only variations from the General Roman Calendar for celebrations according to the [[Roman Rite]] are given here. [[Eastern Rite Catholic Churches]] have completely different liturgical calendars, as have [[Latin Rite]] Catholics that use the [[Ambrosian Rite|Ambrosian]] and [[Mozarabic]] Rites. === Australia === * [[17 March]]: [[Saint Patrick]] - Feast === Brazil === * [[12 October]]: [[Our Lady of Aparecida]] - Solemnity === Canada === * [[January 4]]: [[Elizabeth Ann Seton|Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton]] (Archdiocese of Halifax) - Memorial * [[January 6]]: [[André Bessette|Blessed Andre Bessette]] - Optional Memorial * [[January 12]]: Saint [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]] - Memorial * [[March 19]]: [[Saint Joseph]], Patron of Canada - Solemnity * [[April 18]]: Blessed Marie-Anne Blodin - Optional Memorial * [[April 26]]: [[Our Lady of Good Counsel]] ([[Catholic Women's League]]) - Optional Memorial * [[April 30]]: Blessed [[Marie of the Incarnation]] - Optional Memorial * [[May 4]]: Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis - Optional Memorial * [[May 6]]: [[François de Laval|Blessed Francois de Laval]] - Optional Memorial * [[May 8]]: Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine - Optional Memorial * [[May 21]]: [[Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod|Saint Eugene de Mazenod]] - Optional Memorial * [[May 24]]: Blessed Louis-Zephirin Moreau - Optional Memorial * [[July 14]]: [[Kateri Tekakwitha|Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 26]]: [[Saint Anne]] and [[Joachim]], parents of Mary - Feast * [[August 5]]: Blessed Frederic Janssoone - Optional Memorial * [[September 4]]: Blessed Dina Belanger - Optional Memorial * [[September 23]]: Blessed Emilie Tavernier-Gamelin - Optional Memorial * [[September 26]]: [[Canadian Martyrs|Saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues & Comp.]] - Feast * [[October 6]]: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher - Optional Memorial * [[October 16]]: [[Marie-Marguerite d'Youville|Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville]] - Memorial * [[December 12]]: [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] - Feast ====Québec==== * [[24 June]] [[Saint John the Baptist]] day, also a national day. === England === According to the [[England|English]] national calendar:<ref>[http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/liturgy/Calendar/National/England1.html National Calendar of England on-line]</ref> * [[12 January]] Saint [[Aelred of Rievaulx]] - Optional Memorial * [[19 January]] [[Saint Wulstan]] - Optional Memorial * [[14 February]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]], Monk and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]] - Feast * [[1 March]]: [[Saint David|Saint David of Wales]] - Feast * [[17 March]]: [[Saint Patrick]] - Feast * [[21 April]]: [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm of Canterbury]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 April]]: [[Saint George]] - Solemnity * [[24 April]]: Saint [[Adelbert]] or Saint [[Fidelis of Sigmaringen]] - Optional Memorial * [[29 April]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[4 May]]: The [[Forty Martyrs of England and Wales|English Martyrs]] - Memorial * [[19 May]]: [[Saint Dunstan]] - Optional Memorial * [[25 May]]: [[Bede|Saint Bede the Venerable]] - Memorial * [[27 May]]: [[Augustine of Canterbury|Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury]] - Memorial * [[9 June]]: [[Saint Columba]] - Optional Memorial * [[16 June]]: Saint [[Richard of Chichester]] - Optional Memorial * [[20 June]]: [[Saint Alban]] - Optional Memorial * [[22 June]]: Saints [[John Fisher]] and [[Thomas More]]- Feast * [[23 June]]: [[Saint Etheldreda]] (Audrey) - Optional Memorial * [[1 July]]: Saint [[Oliver Plunket]] - Optional Memorial * [[11 July]]: [[Saint Benedict]] - Feast * [[23 July]]: [[Saint Birgitta|Saint Bridget]] - Feast * [[9 August]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]] - Feast * [[26 August]]: Blessed [[Dominic Barberi|Dominic of the Mother of God]] - Optional Memorial * [[30 August]]: Saints [[Margaret Clitherow]], [[Anne Line]] and [[Margaret Ward]] - Optional Memorial * [[31 August]]: [[Saint Aidan]] and Saints of [[Lindisfarne]] - Optional Memorial * [[4 September]]: [[Saint Cuthbert]] - Optional Memorial * [[19 September]]: Saint [[Theodore of Tarsus|Theodore of Canterbury]] - Optional Memorial * [[24 September]]: [[Our Lady of Walsingham]] - Memorial * [[10 October]]: Saint [[Paulinus of York]] - Optional Memorial * [[12 October]]: [[Saint Wilfrid]] - Optional Memorial * [[13 October]]: Saint [[Edward the Confessor]] - Optional Memorial * [[26 October]]: Saints [[Saint Chad|Chad]] and [[Saint Cedd|Cedd]] - Optional Memorial * [[3 November]]: [[Saint Winefride]] - Optional Memorial * [[7 November]]: [[Saint Willibrord]] - Optional Memorial * [[16 November]]: Saint [[Edmund of Abingdon]] or [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]] - Optional Memorial * [[17 November]]: [[Saint Hilda]] or Saint [[Hugh of Lincoln]] or [[Elisabeth of Hungary|Saint Elizabeth of Hungary]] - Optional Memorial === Greece === * [[14 February]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]], Monk and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]] - Feast * [[18 March]]: [[Cyril of Jerusalem|Saint Cyril of Jerusalem]] - Memorial * [[22 April]]: [[Adalbert|Saint Adalbert]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 April]]: [[Saint George]] - Memorial * [[29 April]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[5 May]]: [[Saint Irene]] - Memorial * [[13 May]]: [[Blessed Virgin Mary]], Mother of the Church - Memorial * [[15 May]]: [[Our Lady of Fatima]] - Optional Memorial * [[27 June]]: [[Cyril of Alexandria|Saint Cyril of Alexandria]] - Memorial * [[11 July]]: [[Saint Benedict]] - Feast * [[17 July]]: [[Saint Marina]] - Memorial * [[23 July]]: [[Saint Birgitta]] - Feast * [[27 July]]: [[Saint Pantaleon]] - Memorial * [[3 August]]: [[Lydia of Thyatira|Saint Lydia of Philippi]] - Memorial * [[9 August]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]] - Feast * [[26 September]]: [[Sts. Cosmas and Damian|Saints Cosmas and Damian]] - Memorial * [[3 October]]: Saint [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] - Memorial * [[26 October]]: [[Saint Demetrius]] - Memorial * [[21 November]]: [[Presentation of Mary|Presentation]] of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] - Feast * [[4 December]]: [[John Damascene|Saint John Damascene]] or [[Saint Barbara]] - Optional Memorial * [[6 December]]: [[Saint Nicholas]] - Memorial * [[12 December]]: [[Saint Spyridon]] - Memorial === Ireland === According to the national calendar of [[Ireland]]:<ref>[http://www.liturgy-ireland.ie/liturgy-nationalcalendarireland.html National Calendar of Ireland on-line]</ref> * [[3 January]]: Saint [[Munchin]] (Mainchin) - Optional Memorial * [[15 January]]: [[Saint Ita]] - Memorial * [[16 January]]: [[Saint Fursa]] - Optional Memorial * [[30 January]]: [[Saint Aidan]] (Maedoc) - Optional Memorial * [[1 February]]: [[Saint Brigid]] - Feast * [[7 February]]: [[Saint Mel]] - Optional Memorial * [[11 February]]: [[Gobnait|Saint Gobnait]] - Optional Memorial * [[14 February]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]] and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]] - Feast * [[17 February]]: [[Saint Fintan]] - Optional Memorial * [[1 March]]: [[Saint David]] of Wales - Optional Memorial * [[5 March]]: [[Saint Kieran]] - Optional Memorial * [[8 March]]: [[Saint Senan]] - Optional Memorial * [[11 March]]: [[Saint Aengus|Saint Aengus (Oengus)]] - Optional Memorial * [[17 March]]: [[Saint Patrick]] - Solemnity * [[21 March]]: [[Saint Enda]] - Optional Memorial * [[24 March]]: [[Saint Macartan]] - Optional Memorial * [[1 April]]: [[Saint Ceallach|Saint Ceallach (Celsus)]] - Optional Memorial * [[18 April]]: [[Saint Laserian|Saint Laserian (Molaise)]] - Optional Memorial * [[27 April]]: [[Saint Asicus]] * [[29 April]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[4 May]]: [[Saint Conleth]] - Optional Memorial * [[5 May]]: [[Edmund Ignatius Rice|Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice]] - Optional Memorial * [[10 May]]: [[Saint Comgall]] - Optional Memorial * [[15 May]]: [[Saint Carthage]] (Mochuta) - Optional Memorial * [[16 May]]: [[Saint Brendan]] - Optional Memorial * [[3 June]]: [[Saint Kevin]] - Memorial * [[6 June]]: [[Jarlath|Saint Jarlath]] - Optional Memorial * [[7 June]]: Saint [[Colman of Dromore]] - Optional Memorial * [[9 June]]: [[Saint Columba]] (Colum Cille) - Feast * [[14 June]]: [[Saint Davnet]] - Optional Memorial * [[20 June]]: Blessed [[Irish Martyrs]] - Memorial * [[1 July]]: Saint [[Oliver Plunket]] - Memorial * [[6 July]]: [[Saint Moninne]] of Killeavy - Optional Memorial * [[7 July]]: [[Saint Maelruain|Saint Maelruain (Maolruain)]] - Optional Memorial * [[8 July]]: [[Saint Kilian|Saint Killian]] - Optional Memorial * [[11 July]]: [[Saint Benedict]] - Feast * [[23 July]]: [[Saint Birgitta]] - Feast * [[24 July]]: Saint [[Declan]] - Optional Memorial * [[9 August]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]] - Feast * [[9 August]]: In the revised liturgical calendar for Ireland, approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on [[1 October]] [[1998]] (Protocol No. 227/97/L), optional memorials of [[Saint Nathy]] and [[Saint Felim]] were assigned to this day; outside the dioceses that celebrate them with a higher rank, their celebrations are impeded by that of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was later declared one of the patron saints of Europe. * [[12 August]]: [[Saint Muiredach]], [[Attracta|Saint Attracta]], or [[Saint Lelia]] (Liadain) - Optional Memorials * [[13 August]]: [[Saint Fachtna|Saint Fachtna (Fachanan)]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 August]]: [[Saint Eugene (Eoghan)]] - Optional Memorial * [[30 August]]: [[Saint Fiacre]] - Optional Memorial * [[31 August]]: Saint [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] - Optional Memorial * [[4 September]]: [[Saint Mac Nissi]] - Optional Memorial * [[9 September]]: [[Saint Ciaran]] - Memorial * [[12 September]]: [[Ailbe|Saint Ailbe]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 September]]: The celebration of [[Adomnan|Saint Eunan (Adomnan)]] as an optional memorial is now generally impeded by the later assignation to this date in the General Calendar of the obligatory memorial of Saint Pio of Pietralcina * [[25 September]]: [[Saint Finbarr]] - Optional Memorial * [[3 October]]: Blessed [[Columba Marmion]] - Optional Memorial (in some places) * [[11 October]]: [[Saint Canice]] - Optional Memorial * [[16 October]]: [[Saint Gall]] - Optional Memorial * [[27 October]]: [[Saint Otteran]] - Optional Memorial * [[29 October]]: Saint [[Colman of Kilmacduagh]] - Optional Memorial * [[3 November]]: [[Saint Malachy]] - Memorial * [[6 November]]: All Saints of Ireland - Feast * [[7 November]]: [[Saint Willibrord]] - Optional Memorial * [[14 November]]: [[Laurence O'Toole|Saint Laurence O'Toole]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 November]]: [[Columban|Saint Columban]] - Memorial * [[25 November]] Saint [[Colman of Cloyne]] - Optional Memorial * [[27 November]] [[Vergilius of Salzburg | Saint Fergal]] (Virgil) - Optional Memorial * [[12 December]] Saint [[Finnian of Clonard]] - Optional Memorial * [[18 December]] [[Saint Flannan]] - Optional Memorial * [[20 December]] [[Saint Fachanan]] - Optional Memorial === Lebanon === * [[November 2]]: [[All Saints]] * [[December 4]]: [[Saint Barbara]] * [[December 6]]: [[Saint Nicholas]] * [[December 24]]: [[Saint Charbel]] * [[December 25]]: [[Christmas]] * [[December 27]]: [[Saint John]] * [[February 9]]: [[Saint Maro]] * [[March 19]]: [[Saint Joseph]] * [[March 23]]: [[Saint Rafqa]] * [[23 April]]: [[Saint George]] * [[1 May]]: [[Our Lady of Lebanon]] * May-June: Feast of the Sacred Heart * [[29 June]]: [[Saint Peter & Paul]] * [[15 August]]: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary * [[14 September]]: Feast of the Holy Cross ===Malta=== * [[13 January]]: [[Hilary of Poitiers|Saint Hilary]] - Memorial * [[20 January]]: [[Saint Sebastian]] - Memorial * [[22 January]]: [[Saint Publius]] - Memorial * [[10 February]]: [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]] the birth of Maltese Church - Feast * [[25 February]]: Blessed [[Maria Adeodata Pisani]] - Optional Memorial * Friday before Good Friday: [[Our Lady of Sorrows]] - Memorial * Wednesday after Easter: [[Saint Gregory I]] - Feast * [[23 April]]: [[Saint George]] - Memorial in [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta|Malta]]; feast in [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo|Gozo]] * [[29 April]]: Saint [[Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[30 April]]: Saint [[Pius V]] - Memorial * [[9 May]]: Saint [[George Preca]] - Feast * [[13 May]]: [[Our Lady of Fatima]] - Feast * [[1 July]]: Blessed [[Nazju Falzon]] - Memorial * [[6 July]]: Saint [[Maria Goretti]] - Memorial * [[26 July]]: Parents of Our Lady - Memorial * [[8 September]]: [[Our Lady of Victories]] - Feast * [[12 September]]: [[Holy Name of Mary]] -Memorial * [[21 October]]: [[Saint Ursula]] - Memorial in Gozo * [[25 November]]: Saint [[Catherine of Alexandria]] - Memorial * [[13 December]]: [[Saint Lucy]] - Feast * [[14 December]]: Saint [[John of the Cross]] - Feast === New Zealand === * [[17 March]]: [[Saint Patrick]] - Feast === Portugal === <!--please complete--> * [[20 February]]: Blessed [[Jacinta and Francisco Marto]] * [[26 April]]: [[Saint Peter of Rates]] - Feast === Scotland === * [[13 January]]: [[Saint Kentigern]] - Memorial * [[14 February]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]], Monk and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]] - Feast * [[10 March]]: [[Saint John Ogilvie]] - Feast * [[17 March]]: [[Saint Patrick]] - Feast * [[29 April]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[9 June]]: [[Saint Columba]] - Memorial * [[11 July]]: [[Saint Benedict]] - Feast * [[23 July]]: [[Saint Birgitta]] - Feast * [[9 August]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]] - Feast * [[26 August]]: [[Saint Ninian]] - Memorial * [[16 November]]: [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]] - Feast * [[30 November]]: [[Saint Andrew]] the Apostle - Solemnity ===United States=== According to the national calendar of the [[United States]]:<ref>[http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/2007cal.pdf National Calendar of the USA on-line]</ref> <!---ONLY NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS are to be included here, not diocesan or local celebrations.---> <!---[[Independence Day (United States) |Independence Day]] ([[July 4]]) and [[Thanksgiving Day]] (fourth Thursday in November) are not liturgical feasts or memorials of saints, though a special Mass may be celebrated, unless impeded by a major liturgical celebration. The Day of Penance ([[January 22]] or, when this falls on a Sunday, [[January 23]]) for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life, is also not a liturgical feast day, though a ''missa pro necessitate'' in accordance with the ''Institutio generalis Missalis Romani'', 330, 332, may be celebrated. It is instead comparable to other days dedicated, but not as liturgical feasts, to particular themes, such as the World Day of Peace on [[January 1]], Social Communications Day on the Sunday before Pentecost, or Mission Sunday on the next to last Sunday in October. In all countries where they are not holy days of obligation, Corpus Christi is celebrated on the second Sunday after Pentecost, Ascension on the Sunday before Pentecost, and Epiphany on the first Sunday after New Year's Day. (If Epiphany is on 7 or 8 of that month, the Baptism of the Lord, which is normally on the Sunday after 6 January, is celebrated on the Monday after Epiphany). These rules are norms of the General Calendar and are not peculiar to the United States.---> * [[January 4]]: [[Elizabeth Ann Seton|Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton]], religious - Memorial * [[January 5]]: [[Saint John Neumann]], bishop - Memorial * [[January 6]]: [[André Bessette|Blessed André Bessette]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[March 3]]: [[Katharine Drexel|Saint Katharine Drexel]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[May 10]]: [[Father Damien|Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[May 15]]: [[Isidore the Laborer|Saint Isidore (the Farmer)]] - Optional Memorial * [[July 1]]: [[Junípero Serra|Blessed Junípero Serra]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[July 14]]: [[Kateri Tekakwitha|Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha]], virgin - Memorial * [[July 18]]: [[Camillus de Lellis|Saint Camillus de Lellis]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[August 18]]: [[Jane Frances de Chantal|Saint Jane Frances de Chantal]], religious - Optional Memorial * [[September 9]]: [[Peter Claver|Saint Peter Claver]], priest - Memorial * [[October 6]]: [[Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[October 19]]: [[Canadian Martyrs|Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues]], priests and martyrs, [[Canadian Martyrs|and their companions]], martyrs - Memorial * [[October 20]]: [[Paul of the Cross|Saint Paul of the Cross]], priest - Optional Memorial * [[November 13]]: [[Mother Cabrini|Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini]], virgin - Memorial * [[November 18]]: [[Rose Philippine Duchesne|Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne]], virgin - Optional Memorial * [[November 23]]: [[Miguel Pro|Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro]], priest and martyr - Optional Memorial * [[December 12]]: [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] - Feast === Wales === According to the national calendar of [[Wales]]:<ref>[http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/liturgy/Calendar/National/Wales1.html National Calendar of Wales on-line]</ref> * [[9 February]]: Saint [[Teilo]] - Optional Memorial * [[14 February]]: Saints [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]], Monk and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]] - Feast * [[1 March]]: [[Saint David]] of Wales - Solemnity * [[20 April]]: Saint [[Beuno]] - Optional Memorial * [[29 April]]: [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine of Siena]] - Feast * [[5 May]]: [[Saint Asaph]] - Optional Memorial * [[20 June]]: Saints [[Saint Alban|Alban]], [[Julius and Aaron]] - Optional Memorial * [[22 June]]: Saints [[John Fisher]] and [[Thomas More]]- Memorial * [[11 July]]: [[Saint Benedict]] - Feast * [[12 July]]: [[Saint John Jones]] - Optional Memorial * [[23 July]]: [[Saint Birgitta]] - Feast * [[25 July]]: Saints [[Philip Evans and John Lloyd]] - Optional Memorial * [[3 August]]: Saint [[Germanus of Auxerre]] - Optional Memorial * [[9 August]]: [[Edith Stein|Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)]] - Feast * [[26 August]]: [[Saint David Lewis]] - Optional Memorial * [[11 September]]: [[Saint Deiniol]] - Optional Memorial * [[16 October]]: [[Saint Richard Gwyn]] - Optional Memorial * [[25 October]]: The [[Forty Martyrs of England and Wales|Six Welsh Martyrs]] and Companions - Feast * [[3 November]]: [[Saint Winefride]] - Optional Memorial * [[6 November]]: [[Saint Illtud]] - Optional Memorial * [[8 November]]: All Saints of Wales - Feast * [[14 November]]: Saint [[Dubricius]] - Optional Memorial * [[10 December]]: [[Saint John Roberts]] - Optional Memorial ==Local calendars== The calendar for a diocese is typically based on a national calendar, such as those listed above, with a few additions. For instance, the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral of the diocese is celebrated as a feast throughout the diocese, as is the [[Patron saint]] of the diocese. The calendar of a parish is based on the calendar of its diocese, but in addition to the celebrations in the diocesan calendar, there are the anniversary of the dedication of the parish church and the celebration of the [[Patron saint]] of the church, which are celebrated as Solemnities. ==Other calendars== Each institute of [[consecrated life (Catholic Church)|consecrated life]] ([[Roman Catholic religious order]], [[secular institute]] etc.) also has its own calendar, with variations from the General Calendar. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Calendar of Saints}} ==External links== *[http://www.universalis.com/calendar.htm General Roman Calendar as applied to a specific year] [[Category:Liturgical calendars|Catholic]] [[Category:Roman Catholic saints| ]] [[Category:Catholic liturgy]] [[de:Heiligenkalender]] [[eo:Romkatolika Kalendaro]] [[fi:Pyhimyskalenteri]] [[gl:Santoral]] [[it:Calendario dei santi]] [[ja:聖人暦]] [[ko:가톨릭 성인 달력]] [[la:Calendarium Romanae Ecclesiae]] [[mt:Kalendarju tal-Qaddisin]] [[nl:Heiligenkalender]] [[pt:Calendário de santos]] [[ru:Литургический год в римском обряде]] [[sq:Kalendari katoliko-romak i shenjtorëve]] [[zh:羅馬天主教聖人曆]]