General Roman Calendar of 1962

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January

• January 1: Octave of the Nativity
  Christmas
  
  Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
   of the Lord, I class.
• January 2: Feria.
• January 3: Feria.
• January 4: Feria.
• January 5: Commemoration of St. Telesphorus
  Pope Telesphorus
  
  Pope Saint Telesphorus was pope from 126 or 127 to 137 or 138, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was Greek people by birth....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• January 6: On the Epiphany of the Lord
  Epiphany (Christian)
  
  File:WiseMenAdorationMurillo.pngAfterfeast: The Feast of Theophany is followed by an eight-day Afterfeast on which the normal fasting laws are suspended....
  , I class.
• January 7: Feria.
• January 8: Feria.
• January 9: Feria.
• January 10: Feria.
• January 11: Commemoration of St. Hyginus
  Pope Hyginus
  
  Pope Saint Hyginus was pope from about 138 to about 140. He was born in Athens, Greece at an unknown date. During his papacy, he determined the different prerogatives of the clergy, and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• January 12: Feria.
• January 13: On the Commemoration of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ, II class.
• January 14: St. Hilary
  Hilary of Poitiers
  
  Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and is a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Malleus Arianorum" and the "Athanasius of Alexandria of the West"....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Felix
  Felix of Nola
  
  Saint Felix of Nola was a Priesthood Christian martyrs for the Faith in Christianity#Roman Catholicism following the general persecution instigated by the Emperor Decius....
   Priest and Martyr.
• January 15: St. Paul
  Paul of Thebes
  
  Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Saint Paul the First Hermit or St Paul the Anchorite is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He is not to be confused with Paul the Simple, who was a disciple of Anthony the Great....
   first hermit, Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Maurus
  Saint Maurus
  
  Saint Maurus was the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in St. Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate; offered to the monastery by his noble Rome parents as a young boy to be brought up in the monastic life....
   Abbot.
• January 16: St. Marcellus I
  Pope Marcellus
  
  Pope Marcellus may refer to two Roman Catholic popes:*Pope Marcellus I *Pope Marcellus II ...
   Pope and Martyr, III class.
• January 17: St. Anthony Abbot, III class.
• January 18: Commemoration of St. Prisca
  Saint Prisca
  
  Saint Prisca was a Ancient Rome young woman allegedly tortured and executed for her Christian faith. She is revered as a saint and a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church....
   Virgin and Martyr, Comm.
• January 19: Commemoration of Ss. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Martyrs, Comm., Com. of St. Canute
  Canute IV of Denmark
  
  Canute IV , also known as Canute the Saint and Canute the Holy , was List of Danish monarchs of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought the English throne, attempted to strengthen the Danish monarchy, and devoutedly supported the Roman Catholic Church....
  , Martyr.
• January 20: Ss. Fabian
  Pope Fabian
  
  Pope Saint Fabian was Pope, or Bishop of Rome, from January 236 to January 20, 250, succeeding Pope Anterus.Eusebius of Caesarea relates how the Christianity, having assembled in Rome to elect a new bishop, saw a dove alight upon the head of Fabian, a layman and stranger to the city, who was thus marked out for this dignity, and was at onc...
   Pope and Sebastian Martyrs, III class.
• January 21: St. Agnes
  Saint Agnes
  
  Agnes of Rome is a Consecrated virgin-Christian martyrs, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, the Anglican Communion, and in Eastern Orthodoxy....
  , Virgin and Martyr, III class
• January 22: Ss. Vincent
  Vincent of Saragossa
  
  Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon, is the patron saint of Lisbon. His feast day is January 22 in the Roman Catholic Church, and November 11 in the Eastern Orthodox Churches....
   and Anastasius Martyrs, III class.
• January 23: St. Raymund of Peñafort
  Raymond of Peñafort
  
  Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Dominican Order was born in Vilafranca del Pened?s, a small town near Barcelona, Catalonia, around 1175. He was educated in Barcelona and also at the University of Bologna, where he received doctorates in both Civil law and canon law....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Emerentiana Virgin and Martyr.
• January 24: St. Timothy
  Timothy
  
  Timothy was a first-century Christianity bishop who died about AD 80. Evidence from the New Testament also has him functioning as coadjutor of Saint Paul....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• January 25: On the Conversion of St. Paul
  Paul of Tarsus
  
  Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
   Apostle, III class, Com. of St. Peter
  Saint Peter
  
  Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
   Apostle.
• January 26: St. Polycarp
  Polycarp
  
  Polycarp was a second century bishop of Smyrna. He died a martyr when he was stabbed after an attempt to burn him at the stake failed. Polycarp is recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• January 27: St. John Chrysostom
  John Chrysostom
  
  'Saint John Chrysostom' , archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in Sermon and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• January 28: St. Peter Nolasco
  Saint Pedro Nolasco
  
  Saint Peter Nolasco , Pere Nolasc in Catalan language, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish language, is a Catholic saint....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Agnes
  Saint Agnes
  
  Agnes of Rome is a Consecrated virgin-Christian martyrs, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, the Anglican Communion, and in Eastern Orthodoxy....
  , Virgin and Martyr second.
• January 29: St. Francis de Sales
  Francis de Sales
  
  Saint Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva and a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, and was an accomplished preacher....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• January 30: St. Martina
  Martina of Rome
  
  Saint Martina was a Ancient Rome martyr under emperor Alexander Severus. She is a patron saint of Rome.She was martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in 228, under the pontificate of Pope Urban I, according to others....
   Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• January 31: St. John Bosco
  John Bosco
  
  John Bosco was a Roman Catholic Church priest from Italy, and recognized Education, who put into practice the dogma of his religion, employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment....
   Confessor, III class.

February

• February 1: St. Ignatius
  Ignatius of Antioch
  
  Ignatius of Antioch was among the Apostolic Fathers, was the third Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch, and was possibly a student of John the Apostle....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• February 2: On the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
  
  The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus, and falls on or around 2 February. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is the fourth Rosary#The Mysteries of the Rosary....
  , II class.
• February 3: Commemoration of St. Blase
  Saint Blaise
  
  Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea, Armenia . According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, carding , and beheaded....
   Bishop and Martyr, Comm.
• February 4: St. Andrew Corsini
  Andrew Corsini
  
  Saint Andrew Corsini was an Italy Carmelite and bishop of Fiesole....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• February 5: St. Agatha Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• February 6: St. Titus Bishop and Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Dorothy
  Dorothea of Caesarea
  
  Saint Dorothea is venerated as a 4th century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Very sparse documentary evidence for her acta exists....
   Virgin and Martyr.
• February 7: St. Romuald
  Romuald
  
  Saint Romuald was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".According to the vita by Peter Damian, written about fifteen years after Romuald's death, Romuald was born in Ravenna to the aristocratic Onesti family....
   Abbot, III class.
• February 8: St. John of Matha
  John of Matha
  
  Saint John of Matha was a Christian saint of the 12th century and founder of the Trinitarian Order. He was born on 1154 at Faucon, Vaucluse in Provence, France....
   Confessor, III class.
• February 9: St. Cyril
  Cyril of Alexandria
  
  Saint Cyril of Alexandria was the Pope of Alexandria when Alexandria was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th, and 5th centuries....
   Bishop of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Apollonia
  Saint Apollonia
  
  Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria, Egypt during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius....
   Virgin and Martyr.
• February 10: St. Scholastica
  Scholastica
  
  Scholastica is a Roman Catholic Church saint. Born in Italy, she was the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia.St. Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues, tells us that she was a nun and leader of a community for women at Plombariola, about five miles from Benedict's abbey at Monte Cassino....
   Virgin, III class.
• February 11: On the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate
  Our Lady of Lourdes
  
  Our Lady of Lourdes is the name used to refer to the Marian apparition that is reported to have appeared before various individuals in separate occasions around Lourdes, France....
  , III class.
• February 12: The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Servite Order
  
  The Servite Order, whose members are known as Servite Friars or Servants of Mary, is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders....
   Confessors, III class.
• February 13: Feria.
• February 14: Commemoration of St. Valentine
  Saint Valentine
  
  Saint Valentine is the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The name "Valentine", derived from valens , was popular in Late Antiquity....
   Priest and Martyr, Comm.
• February 15: Commemoration of Ss. Faustinus and Jovita Martyrs, Comm.
• February 16: Feria.
• February 17: Feria.
• February 18: Commemoration of St. Simeon
  Simeon of Jerusalem
  
  Saint Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Clopas, was a Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the second Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem#Bishops of Jerusalem....
   Bishop and Martyr, Comm.
• February 19: Feria.
• February 20: Feria.
• February 21: Feria.
• February 22: Chair of St. Peter
  Chair of Saint Peter
  
  The Cathedra Petri or Chair of Saint Peter is usually understood of a particular chair preserved in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, enclosed in a Gilding bronze casing that was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed 1647?53....
  , II class, Com. of St. Paul
  Paul of Tarsus
  
  Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
  .
• February 23: St. Peter Damian Confessor, III class.
• February 24: St. Matthias
  Saint Matthias
  
  Saint Matthias . In the New Testament Acts of the Apostles, the author of the Gospel of Luke records that Saint Matthias was the Twelve Apostles chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, following Judas's betrayal of Jesus and his suicide ....
   Apostle, II class.
• February 25: Feria.
• February 26: Feria.
• February 27: St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
  Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
  
  Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, a Passionist clerical student known for his devotion to the Virgin Mary, born Francesco Possenti at Assisi, Papal States on March 1, 1838, and died at Gran Sasso, in the Kingdom of Italy on February 27 1862....
  , III class
• February 28: Feria.

March

• March 1: Feria.
• March 2: Feria.
• March 3: Feria.
• March 4: St. Casimir
  Saint Casimir
  
  Saint Casimir Jagiellon , was a Polish-Lithuanian prince from the Jagiellon dynasty who became a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and youth....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Lucius I
  Pope Lucius I
  
  Pope Saint Lucius I was Pope from June 25, 253 to March 5, 254.St. Lucius was born in Rome at an unknown date, nothing is known about his family except his father's name, Porphyrianus....
   Pope and Martyr.
• March 5: Feria.
• March 6: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity Martyrs, III class.
• March 7: St. Thomas Aquinas
  Thomas Aquinas
  
  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Dominican Order was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Order from Italy, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• March 8: St. John of God
  John of God
  
  Saint John of God was a Portugal-born friar and saint, who has become one of Spain leading religious figures.St. John of God was born Jo?o Cidade in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, into a once prominent family that was impoverished but had great religious faith....
   Confessor, III class.
• March 9: St. Frances of Rome
  Frances of Rome
  
  Saint Frances of Rome was born of wealthy Italian parents.She was born in Rome. When she was eleven years old, she decided to be a nun, but within two years her parents married her off to Lorenzo Ponziano , commander of the Papal States troops of Rome....
   Widow, III class.
• March 10: The Forty Holy Martyrs
  Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  
  The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata, who became martyrs for their Christian faith in 320....
  , III class.
• March 11: Feria.
• March 12: St. Gregory I
  Pope Gregory I
  
  Pope Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great was pope from 3 September 590 until his death.He is also known as Gregory the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy because of his Dialogues....
   Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• March 13: Feria.
• March 14: Feria.
• March 15: Feria.
• March 16: Feria.
• March 17: St. Patrick
  Saint Patrick
  
  Saint Patrick , said to have been born Maewyn Succat , was a Roman Britain-born Christianity missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• March 18: St.Cyril
  Cyril of Jerusalem
  
  Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion....
   Bishop of Jerusalem, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• March 19: St. Joseph
  Saint Joseph
  
  Joseph "of the House of David" is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus and although according to Christian tradition he was not the biological father of Jesus, he acted as his foster-father and as head of the Holy Family....
  , Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor, and Patron of the Universal Church, I class.
• March 20: Feria.
• March 21: St. Benedict
  Benedict of Nursia
  
  Saint Benedict of Nursia was a saint from Italy, the founder of Western Christian monasticism communities, and a rule-giver for cenobite monks....
   Abbot, III class.
• March 22: Feria.
• March 23: Feria.
• March 24: St. Gabriel the Archangel
  Gabriel
  
  In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger from God. He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. In some traditions he is regarded as one of the archangels, or as the angel of death....
  , III class.
• March 25: Annunciation
  Annunciation
  
  In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, by the angel Gabriel that she would Conception a child to be born the Son of God....
   of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I class.
• March 26: Feria.
• March 27: St. John Damascene
  John of Damascus
  
  John of Damascus was a monk and Priesthood from Damascus. He was born and raised in that city, and died at his monastery Mar Saba.He was a polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class
• March 28: St. John Capistran
  Giovanni da Capistrano
  
  Giovanni da Capistrano , , was a Franciscan priest from Italy. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname 'the Soldier Saint' when in 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade....
   Confessor, III class
• March 29: Feria.
• March 30: Feria.
• March 31: Feria.

April

• April 1: Feria.
• April 2: St. Francis of Paula
  Francis of Paola
  
  Saint Francis of Paola was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Minim ....
   Confessor, III class.
• April 3: Feria.
• April 4: St. Isidore
  Isidore of Seville
  
  Saint Isidore of Seville was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation of being one of the greatest scholars of the early Middle Ages....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• April 5: St. Vincent Ferrer
  Vincent Ferrer
  
  Vincent Ferrer was a Kingdom of Valencia Dominican Order missionary and logician. Vincent was the fourth child of the Anglo-Scottish nobleman William Stewart Ferrer and his Spanish wife, Constantia Miguel.....
   Confessor, III class.
• April 6: Feria.
• April 7: Feria.
• April 8: Feria.
• April 9: Feria.
• April 10: Feria.
• April 11: St. Leo I Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• April 12: Feria.
• April 13: St. Hermenegild
  Hermenegild
  
  Saint Hermenegild , or Saint Ermengild , was a member of the Visigothic Royal Family in Hispania . His ultimate martyrdom was the catalyst in the Visigoths conversion from Arianism to Roman Catholic Church....
   Martyr, III class.
• April 14: St. Justin
  Justin Martyr
  
  Saint Justin Martyr was an early Christian apologetics and saint. His works represent the earliest surviving Christian "apologies" of notable size....
  , III class, Com. of Ss. Tiburtius
  Tiburtius
  
  Tiburtius can refer to:*St. Tiburtius, the brother of St. Valerian, the husband of Saint Cecilia.*Saints Tiburtius and Susanna...
  , Valerian
  Valerian
  
  Valerian may refer to:In botany:* Valeriana, a genus of plants* Valerian , a medicinal plant* Red valerian, a garden flower, Centranthus ruber ...
  , and Maximus
  Maximus
  
  Maximus is a name formed from the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest." It is therefore also a common noun, and may refer to any of the following:...
   Martyrs.
• April 15: Feria.
• April 16: Feria.
• April 17: Commemoration of St. Anicetus
  Pope Anicetus
  
  Pope Saint Anicetus was Bishop of Rome from about 154 to about 167 . His name is Greek language for unconquered. He was a Syriac from the city of Emesa , Syria....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• April 18: Feria.
• April 19: Feria.
• April 20: Feria.
• April 21: St. Anselm
  Anselm of Canterbury
  
  Saint Anselm of Canterbury was an Italian medieval philosopher, theology, and church official who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• April 22: Ss. Soter
  Pope Soter
  
  Pope Saint Soter was a second-century Pope, born in Fondi, Campania, Italy, whose pontificate began, according to the Annuario Pontificio, in 162 or 168 and ending in 170 or 177, respectively....
   and Cajus
  Pope Caius
  
  Pope Saint Caius or Gaius was Pope from December 17, 283 to April 22, 296. Christian tradition makes him a native of the Dalmatian city of Salona, today Solin near Split , the son of a man also named Caius, and a member of a noble family related to the Emperor Diocletian....
   Popes and Martyrs, III class.
• April 23: Commemoration of St. George
  Saint George
  
  Saint George of Lydda was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr.In Hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and the Eastern Catholic Churches....
   Martyr, Comm.
• April 24: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  
  Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen is a Roman Catholic Church Christian martyrs of the Counter-Reformation in Switzerland....
   Martyr, III class.
• April 25: Greater Litany. - St. Mark
  Mark the Evangelist
  
  Saint Mark the Evangelist , also known as John Mark, is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark and a companion of Saint Peter....
   Evangelist, II class.
• April 26: Ss. Cletus
  Pope Anacletus
  
  Pope Saint Anacletus , probably identical with Pope Cletus, was the third Roman Pope .The February 14, 1961 Instruction of the Congregation for Rites on the application to local calendars of Pope John XXIII's motu proprio Rubricarum instructum of July 25, 1960 decreed that "the feast of 'Saint Anacletus', on whatever ground and in...
   and Marcellinus
  Pope Marcellinus
  
  Pope Saint Marcellinus, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius. He is not mentioned in the Martyrologium hieronymianum, or in the Depositio episcoporum, or in the Depositio martyrus....
   Popes and Martyrs, III class.
• April 27: St. Peter Canisius
  Petrus Canisius
  
  Saint Petrus Canisius was an important Jesuit who fought against the spread of Protestantism in Germany, Austria, Bohemia , and Switzerland. The restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is attributed to his work....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• April 28: St. Paul of the Cross
  Paul of the Cross
  
  Paul of the Cross was an Italy mystic, and founder of the Passionists....
   Confessor, III class.
• April 29: St. Peter
  Peter of Verona
  
  Saint Peter of Verona, Ordo Praedicatorum also known as Saint Peter Martyr , was a 13th century Dominican Order preacher and Inquisitor in Lombardy, and a canonized Catholic saint....
   Martyr, III class.
• April 30: St. Catherine of Siena
  Catherine of Siena
  
  Saint Catherine of Siena, Ordo Praedicatorum was a Tertiaries of the Dominican Order, and a Scholasticism philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon Papacy, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states....
   Virgin, III class.

May

• May 1: St. Joseph the Workman
  Saint Joseph
  
  Joseph "of the House of David" is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus and although according to Christian tradition he was not the biological father of Jesus, he acted as his foster-father and as head of the Holy Family....
  , Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor, I class.
• May 2: St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• May 3: Commemoration of Ss. Alexander I
  Pope Alexander I
  
  Pope Saint Alexander I was Pope from about 106 to 115. The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio identifies him as a Rome who reigned from 108 or 109 to 116 or 119....
   Pope, Eventius and Theodulus
  Theodulus
  
  Theodulus is a name which can refer to several different people or things. These include:...
   Martyrs, and Juvenal
  Juvenal of Narni
  
  Saint Juvenal is venerated as the first Bishop of Narni in Umbria. Historical details regarding Juvenal?s life are limited. A biography of Juvenal of little historical value was written after the seventh century; it states that Juvenal was born in Africa and was ordained by Pope Damasus I and was the first bishop of Narni and was buried in...
  , Bishop and Confessor, Comm.
• May 4: St. Monica
  Monica of Hippo
  
  File:Tabor CZ Nativity of Virgin Mary church front St Monica.jpgMonica is a Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo, who wrote extensively of her virtues and his life with her in his Confessions ....
   Widow, III class.
• May 5: St. Pius V
  Pope Pius V
  
  Pope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the implementation of the Council of Trent, the Counterreformation and the standardisation of the liturgy....
   Pope and Confessor, III class.
• May 6: Feria.
• May 7: St. Stanislaus
  Stanislaus of Szczepanów
  
  Saint Stanislaw Szczepanowski or Saint Stanislaus of Szczepan?w was a Bishop of Krak?w known chiefly for having been martyred by List of Polish monarchs Boleslaw II the Bold....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• May 8: Feria.
• May 9: St. Gregory Nazianzen
  Gregory of Nazianzus
  
  Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the Church Fathers....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• May 10: St. Antoninus Bishop and Confessor, III class, Com. of Ss. Gordian and Epimachus.
• May 11: Ss. Philip
  Philip the Apostle
  
  Saint Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who Proselytism in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....
   and James
  James the Just
  
  Saint James the Just , , also known as James of Jerusalem, James Adelphotheos, James, the Brother of the Lord, was an important figure in Early Christianity....
   Apostles, II class.
• May 12: Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla Virgin, and Pancras Martyrs, III class.
• May 13: St. Robert Bellarmine
  Robert Bellarmine
  
  Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He participated in the Catholic Church's proceedings against Giordano Bruno and Galileo Galilei ....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• May 14: Commemoration of St. Boniface Martyr, Comm.
• May 15: St. John Baptist de la Salle
  Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
  
  Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a France priest, educational reformer, and founder of an international educational movement.He dedicated more than forty years of his life to the education of the children of the poor....
   Confessor, III class.
• May 16: St. Ubald
  Ubald
  
  Saint Ubald of Gubbio is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria. Saint Ubaldo Day is still celebrated at Gubbio in his honor, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• May 17: St. Paschal Baylon
  Paschal Baylon
  
  Saint Paschal Baylon was a Spanish people friar and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.He was born at Torrehermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, on 24 May, 1540, on the Feast of Pentecost, called in Spain "the Pasch of the Holy Ghost", whence the name Paschal....
   Confessor, III class.
• May 18: St. Venantius
  Venantius of Camerino
  
  Saint Venantius of Camerino is an Italy saint, and the patron saint of Camerino. Christian tradition holds that he was a seventeen-year old who was tortured and martyred by decapitation at Camerino during the persecutions of Decius....
   Martyr, III class.
• May 19: St. Peter Celestine
  Pope Celestine V
  
  Pope St. Celestine V , born Pietro Angelerio, also known as Pietro da Morrone , was elected Pope in the year 1294. He was elected by the papal election, 1292?1294, the last non-conclave in the history of the Roman Catholic Church....
   Pope and Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Pudentiana
  Pudentiana
  
  Saint Pudentiana is a traditional Christianity saint of unknown dates. She is also sometimes called Potentiana and is often coupled with her supposed sister, Saint Praxedes....
   Virgin.
• May 20: St. Bernardine of Siena
  Bernardino of Siena
  
  Saint Bernardino of Siena was an Italy priest, preacher, Franciscan missionary and Christianity saint....
   Confessor, III class.
• May 21: Feria.
• May 22: Feria.
• May 23: Feria.
• May 24: Feria.
• May 25: St. Gregory VII
  Pope Gregory VII
  
  Pope Saint Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Soana , was papacy from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal authority and the new canon law governing...
   Pope and Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Urban I
  Pope Urban I
  
  Pope Saint Urban I was pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Italy and succeeded Pope Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred, however recent historical discoveries now lead scholars to believe that he died of natural causes....
   Pope and Martyr.
• May 26: St. Philip Neri
  Philip Neri
  
  Philip Romolo Neri , was an Italy priest, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory"....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Eleutherius
  Pope Eleuterus
  
  Pope Saint Eleuterus or Eleutherius, was pope from about 174 to 189 . He was born in Nicopolis in Epirus . His name is Greek language for free....
   Pope and Martyr.
• May 27: St. Bede the Venerable
  Bede
  
  Bede , , was a monasticism at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , Com. of St. John I
  Pope John I
  
  Pope Saint John I was Pope from 523 to 526. He was a native of Tuscany , and was very old and frail by the time he was elected to the papacy....
   Pope and Martyr, III class.
• May 28: St. Augustine Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• May 29: St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
  Magdalena de Pazzi
  
  Saint Maria Magdalen de Pazzi is an incorrupt saint of the Roman Catholic Church....
   Virgin, III class.
• May 30: Commemoration of St. Felix I
  Pope Felix I
  
  Pope Saint Felix I was Pope from 5 January 269 to 30 December 274....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• May 31: Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen
  Queen of Heaven
  
  Queen of Heaven is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Christians, mainly Catholics and Eastern Christianity, to whom the title is a consequence of the Council of Ephesus, where the Virgin Mary was proclaimed Mother of God....
  , II class, Com. of St. Petronilla
  Saint Petronilla
  
  Saint Petronilla is venerated as a virgin martyr by the Catholic Church. She died at Rome....
   Virgin.

June

• June 1: St. Angela Merici
  Angela Merici
  
  Saint Angela Merici or Saint Angela de Merici was an Italy religious leader and saint born in Desenzano del Garda, a town in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, in northern Italy....
   Virgin, III class.
• June 2: Commemoration of Ss. Marcellinus, Peter
  Marcellinus and Peter
  
  Saint Marcellinus and Peter were two 4th century Christian martyrs in the city of Rome....
  , and Erasmus
  Erasmus of Formiae
  
  Saint Erasmus of Formiae is a Christian saint and Christian martyrs who died ca. 303, also known as Saint Elmo. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors....
   Bishop, Martyrs, Comm.
• June 3: Feria.
• June 4: St. Francis Caracciolo
  Francis Caracciolo
  
  Saint Francis Caracciolo , born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italy Roman Catholic Church priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Clerics Regular Minor with Venerable John Augustine Adorno....
   Confessor, III class.
• June 5: St. Boniface
  Saint Boniface
  
  Saint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• June 6: St. Norbert
  Norbert of Xanten
  
  Saint Norbert of Xanten is a Christian saint and founder of the Norbertine or Premonstratensian order of canons regular.Life and work ...
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• June 7: Feria.
• June 8: Feria.
• June 9: Commemoration of Ss. Primus and Felician
  Primus and Felician
  
  Saints Primus and Felician were brothers who suffered martyrdom about the year 297 during the Diocletian persecution. The "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" gives under June 9 the names of Primus and Felician who were buried at the fourteenth milestone of the Via Nomentana ....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• June 10: St. Margaret
  Saint Margaret of Scotland
  
  Saint Margaret , was the sister of Edgar ?theling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxons King of England. She married Malcolm III of Scotland, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort....
   Queen, Widow, III class.
• June 11: St. Barnabas
  Barnabas
  
  Saint Barnabas , born Joseph, was an early Christianity convert, one of the earliest disciples in Jerusalem. Like almost all Christians at the time, Barnabas was Jewish, specifically a Levite....
   Apostle, III class.
• June 12: St. John of San Facundo Confessor, III class, Com. of Ss. Basilides
  Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology)
  
  Saints Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Rome martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian....
  , Cyrinus
  Saint Quirinus
  
  Saint Quirinus is the name of several Christian saints:*Saint Quirinus of Rome , relics at Tegernsee Abbey*Saint Quirinus of Sescia *Saint Quirinus of Neuss ...
  , Nabor
  Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology)
  
  Saints Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Rome martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian....
  , and Nazarius
  Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology)
  
  Saints Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Rome martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian....
   Martyrs.
• June 13: St. Anthony of Padua
  Anthony of Padua
  
  Saint Anthony also venerated as Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Saint Anthony of Padua, is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal, as Fernando Martins de Bulh?es to a wealthy family and who died in Padua, Italy....
   Confessor, III class.
• June 14: St. Basil the Great
  Basil of Caesarea
  
  Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor . He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and monastic....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• June 15: Commemoration of Ss. Vitus
  Vitus
  
  Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling List of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303....
  , Modestus
  Vitus
  
  Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling List of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303....
  , and Crescentia
  Vitus
  
  Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling List of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• June 16: Feria.
• June 17: St. Gregory Barbarigo
  Gregory Barbarigo
  
  Saint Gregorio Barbarigo was an Italian cardinal , diplomat and scholar.Born into a famous family from Venice, he traveled with the Venetian ambassador, Alvise Contarini, to the Congress of M?nster in 1648, where the Peace of Westphalia was developed....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• June 18: St. Ephraem Syrus
  Ephrem the Syrian
  
  Ephrem the Syrian was a Roman Syria deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christianity throughout the world, and especially among Syriac Christians, as a saint....
   Deacon, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of Ss. Mark and Marcellianus Martyrs.
• June 19: St. Juliana Falconieri
  Juliana Falconieri
  
  Saint Juliana Falconieri was the Italy Founder of the nun of the third order of Servites .Juliana belonged to the noble Florence family of the Falconieri....
   Virgin, III class, Com. of Ss. Gervase and Protase
  Gervasius and Protasius
  
  Saints Gervasius and Protasius were Christian martyrs, probably of the 2nd century.They are the patron saints of Milan and of haymakers and are invoked for the discovery of thieves....
   Martyrs.
• June 20: Commemoration of St. Silverius
  Pope Silverius
  
  Pope Saint Silverius was Pope from June 8, 536 until March 537.He was a legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father entered the priesthood....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• June 21: St. Aloysius Gonzaga
  Aloysius Gonzaga
  
  Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was an Italy Jesuit and saint....
   Confessor, III class.
• June 22: St. Paulinus
  Paulinus of Nola
  
  Saint Paulinus of Nola or Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus was a Roman senate who converted to a severe monasticism in 394. He eventually became Bishop of Nola, helped to resolve the disputed election of Pope Boniface I, and was recognized as a saint....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class
• June 23: Vigil, II class.
• June 24: On the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  
  The Nativity of St. John the Baptist is a Christianity feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus? cousin, John the Baptist.Significance...
  , I class.
• June 25: St. William
  William of Montevergine
  
  Saint William of Montevergine or William of Vercelli was a Christianity hermit and the founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine, or "Williamites"....
   Abbot, III class.
• June 26: Ss. John and Paul
  John and Paul
  
  John and Paul are saints in the Roman Catholic Church. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June. They should not be confused with the famous apostles of the same name ....
   Martyrs, III class.
• June 27: Feria.
• June 28: Vigil, II class.
• June 29: Ss. Peter
  Saint Peter
  
  Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
   and Paul
  Paul of Tarsus
  
  Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
   Apostles, I class.
• June 30: On the Commemoration of St. Paul
  Paul of Tarsus
  
  Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
   Apostle, III class, Com. of St. Peter
  Saint Peter
  
  Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
   Apostle.

July

• July 1: The most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
  Blood of Christ
  
  The Blood of Christ in Christian theology refers to the physical blood actually shed by Jesus Christ on the Christian Cross, and the salvation which Christianity teaches was accomplished thereby; and the Eucharistic blood used at Holy Communion, under species of wine....
  , I class.
• July 2: On the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, II class, Com. of Ss. Processus and Martinian
  Martinian and Processus
  
  Saints Martinian and Processus or Saints Processus and Martinian were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome.The dates of these martyrs are unknown, as well as the circumstances of their deaths....
   Martyrs.
• July 3: St. Irenaeus
  Irenaeus
  
  Saint Irenaeus , was a Catholic Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire . He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• July 4: Feria.
• July 5: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
  Anthony Maria Zaccaria
  
  Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria was an Italy saint.Anthony was born in the city of Cremona in the Duchy of Milan. He lost his father at the age of two, and was brought up as an only child by his mother....
   Confessor, III class.
• July 6: Feria.
• July 7: Ss. Cyril and Methodius
  Saints Cyril and Methodius
  
  Saints Cyril and Methodius were two Byzantine Greeks brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century, who became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples of Great Moravia and Pannonia....
   Bishops and Confessors, III class.
• July 8: St. Elizabeth
  Elizabeth of Aragon
  
  Saint Elizabeth of Portugal also known as Elizabeth of Aragon was queen consort of Portugal and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church....
   Queen, Widow, III class.
• July 9: Feria.
• July 10: The Seven Holy Brothers
  Felicitas of Rome
  
  Saint Felicitas of Rome is a Christian Christian martyrs Saint. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria on a November 23....
   Martyrs, and Ss. Rufina and Secunda
  Rufina and Secunda
  
  Saints Rufina and Secunda were Ancient Rome martyrs and Christian saints. Their feast day is celebrated on July 10....
   Virgins and Martyrs, III class.
• July 11: Commemoration of St. Pius I
  Pope Pius I
  
  Pope Saint Pius I was Bishop of Rome, according to the "Annuario Pontificio," from 142 or 146 to 157 or 161, respectively. Others suggest that his pontificate was perhaps from 140 to 154....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• July 12: St. John Gualbert Abbot, III class, Com. of Ss. Nabor and Felix
  Nabor and Felix
  
  Saints Nabor and Felix were martyred during the reign of Emperor Diocletian in 303. A tomb in Milan is believed to contain their relics.In the apocryphal "Acts of Saints Nabor and Felix" ...
   Martyrs.
• July 13: Feria.
• July 14: St. Bonaventure
  Bonaventure
  
  Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio , born John of Fidanza , was an Italian medieval Scholasticism theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly called the Franciscans....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• July 15: St. Henry II
  Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
  
  Saint Henry II , called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Roman Empire of the Ottonian dynasty from his coronation in Rome in 1014 until his death a decade later....
   Emperor, Confessor, III class.
• July 16: Commemoration of Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel
  Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  
  File:100_6685a.jpgOur Lady of Mount Carmel is a title traditionally given to Blessed Virgin Mary, in honor of her having given the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to Saint Simon Stock....
  , Comm.
• July 17: Commemoration of St. Alexius Confessor, Comm.
• July 18: St. Camillus de Lellis
  Camillus de Lellis
  
  Saint Camillus de Lellis was an Italy monk who founded a religious order....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Symphorosa and her seven Sons
  Symphorosa
  
  Saint Symphorosa is venerated as a Christian saint. According to tradition, she was martyred with her seven sons at Tibur towards the end of the reign of Hadrian ....
   Martyrs.
• July 19: St. Vincent de Paul
  Vincent de Paul
  
  Vincent de Paul was a Roman Catholic Church priest dedicated to serving the poor, who is venerated as a saint....
   Confessor, III class.
• July 20: St. Jerome Emiliani Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Margaret
  Margaret the Virgin
  
  Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church Churches on July 20 and July 17 in the Eastern Church....
   Virgin Martyr.
• July 21: St. Lawrence of Brindisi
  Lawrence of Brindisi
  
  Saint Lawrence of Brindisi , born Giulio Cesare Russo, was a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Praxedes
  Praxedes
  
  Saint Praxedes is a traditional Christianity saint of unknown dates. She is sometimes called Praxedis or Praxed.Not much is known for sure about Praxedes....
   Virgin.
• July 22: St. Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene
  
  Saint Mary Magdalene or Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted Disciple of Jesus....
   Penitent, III class.
• July 23: St. Apollinaris Martyr, III class, Com. of St. Liborius Bishop and Confessor.
• July 24: Commemoration of St. Christina
  Saint Christina
  
  Saint Christina or Christine is the name of saints, the most recent of whom is Christina the Astonishing , whose feast is on 24 July....
   Virgin and Martyr.
• July 25: St. James Apostle, II class.
• July 26: St. Anne
  Saint Anne
  
  Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
   Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, II class.
• July 27: St. Pantaleon
  Saint Pantaleon
  
  Saint Pantaleon , counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Persecution of Christians of 303 AD....
   Martyr, Comm.
• July 28: Ss. Nazarius and Celsus
  Nazarius and Celsus
  
  Saints Nazarius and Celsus were two martyrs of whom nothing is known except the discovery of their bodies by Saint Ambrose.According to Paulinus the Deacon Vita Ambrosii, Ambrose, at some time within the last three years of his life, after the death of the Emperor Theodosius , discovered in a garden outside the walls of Milan the body...
   Martyrs, Victor I
  Pope Victor I
  
  Pope Saint Victor I was a Pope from 189 to 199 .Victor I was the first bishop of Rome born in the Roman Province of Africa . He was later canonization....
   Pope and Martyr, and St. Innocent I
  Pope Innocent I
  
  Pope Saint Innocent I was pope from 401 to March 12, 417.He was, according to his biographer in the Liber Pontificalis, the son of a man called Innocens of Albano; but according to his contemporary Jerome, his father was Pope Anastasius I , whom he was called by the unanimous voice of the clergy and laity to succeed ....
   Pope and Confessor, III class.
• July 29: St. Martha
  Martha
  
  Saint Martha was the sister of Lazarus and Mary, sister of Lazarus, and in the Gospel of John was witness to Jesus' resurrection of her brother....
   Virgin, III class, Com. of Ss. Felix
  Felix
  
  Felix is a male given name and the name of many different individuals, both real and fictional. The surname Felix is observed among the English, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian....
  , Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice
  Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
  
  Saints Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice were a group of Christian martyrs who died in Rome during the Diocletian persecution ....
   Martyrs.
• July 30: Commemoration of Ss. Abdon and Sennen Martyrs, Comm.
• July 31: St. Ignatius
  Ignatius of Loyola
  
  Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus.The compiler of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatius was described by Pope Benedict XVI as being above all a man of God, who gave the first place of his life to God, and a man of profound prayer....
   Confessor, III class.

August

• August 1: Commemoration of the Holy Machabees
  Maccabees
  
  The Maccabees were a Jewish national liberation movement that fought for and won independence from Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• August 2: St. Alphonsus Mary of Liguori
  Alphonsus Liguori
  
  Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a Roman Catholic Bishop , spiritual writer, theology, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the "Redemptorists," an influential religious order....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Stephen I
  Pope Stephen I
  
  Pope Saint Stephen I served as Bishop of Rome from 12 May, 254 to 2 August, 257.Of Rome birth but of Greek people ancestry, he became bishop of Rome in 254, having served as archdeacon of Pope Lucius I, who appointed Stephen his successor....
   Pope and Martyr.
• August 3: Feria.
• August 4: St. Dominic
  Saint Dominic
  
  Saint Dominic , also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzm?n and Domingo de Guzm?n Garc?s was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominican Order or Order of Preachers , a Catholic religious order....
   Confessor, Greater III class.
• August 5: On the Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows
  Dedication of Saint Mary Major
  
  The Dedication of Saint Mary Major is a liturgical feast day celebrated on August 5 on the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, with the rank of Ranks of Catholic liturgical days, to commemorate the dedication of the restored Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore by Pope Sixtus III , just after the Council of Ephesus in 431....
  , III class.
• August 6: On the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ
  Transfiguration of Jesus
  
  The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain . Jesus becomes radiant, speaks with Moses and Elijah, and is called "Son" by God....
  , II class, Com. of Ss. Xystus II
  Pope Sixtus II
  
  Pope Sixtus II or Pope Saint Sixtus II was pope from August 30, 257 to August 6, 258. He died as a martyrdom during the persecution by Emperor Valerian ....
   Pope, Felicissimus, and Agapitus Martyrs.
• August 7: St. Cajetan
  Saint Cajetan
  
  For the cardinal, see Thomas Cajetan.'For Saint Cajetan Catanoso, see Gaetano Catanoso.Saint Cajetan, born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, also Thiene is a Roman Catholic Church saint and founder of the Religious order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Donatus.
• August 8: St. John Mary Vianney
  Jean Vianney
  
  Saint Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney was a French parish priest who became a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in English, as the "Cur? d'Ars" ....
   Confessor and Priest, III class, Com. of Ss. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus Martyrs.
• August 9: Vigil, III class, Com. of St. Romanus
  Romanus Ostiarius
  
  Saint Romanus Ostiarius is a legendary saint of the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was a soldier who converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence, who baptism Romanus after the soldier was imprisoned....
   Martyr.
• August 10: St. Laurence Martyr, II class.
• August 11: Commemoration of Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna
  Saints Tiburtius and Susanna
  
  Saints Tiburtius and Susanna were two ancient Rome Catholic martyrs, the feast day of each of whom is 11 August. The saints were not related, but are simply venerated on the same day....
   Virgin, Martyrs, Comm.
• August 12: St. Clare
  Clare of Assisi
  
  Saint Clare of Assisi, born Chiara Offreduccio is an Italian people saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monasticism religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition....
   Virgin, III class.
• August 13: Commemoration of Ss. Hippolytus and Cassian Martyrs, Comm.
• August 14: Vigil, II class, Com. of St. Eusebius
  Eusebius of Rome
  
  Saint Eusebius , the founder of the church on the Esquiline Hill in Rome that bears his name, is listed in the Roman Martyrology as one of the saints venerated on 14 August....
   Confessor.
• August 15: On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Assumption of Mary
  
  The Roman Catholic Church teaches as Dogma that the Mary , "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." This means that Mary was transported into Heaven with her body and soul united....
  , I class.
• August 16: St. Joachim
  Joachim
  
  Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God", in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Anglican traditions....
   Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor, II class.
• August 17: St. Hyacinth
  Saint Hyacinth
  
  Saint Hyacinth, Swiety Jacek, Jacek Odrowaz was educated in Paris and Bologna. A Doctor of Sacred Studies and a priest, he worked to reform convents in his native Poland....
   Confessor, III class.
• August 18: Commemoration of St. Agapitus Martyr, Comm.
• August 19: St. John Eudes
  Jean Eudes
  
  Jean Eudes, or John Eudes, was a France missionary, founder of the Eudists and of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge, and author of the Propers for Mass and Divine Office of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart of Mary....
   Confessor, III class.
• August 20: St. Bernard
  Bernard of Clairvaux
  
  Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order....
   Abbot and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• August 21: St. Jane Frances de Chantal
  Jane Frances de Chantal
  
  Saint Jane Frances de Chantal is a Roman Catholic Church Saint, who founded a religious order after the death of her husband....
   Widow, III class.
• August 22: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Immaculate Heart of Mary
  
  The Immaculate Heart of Mary originally The Sacred Heart of Mary is a Catholic devotionsal name used by Roman Catholics and some Anglo-Catholics to refer to the physical heart of Mary, the mother of Jesus as a symbol of Blessed Virgin Mary's interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her vi...
  , II class, Com. of Ss. Timothy
  Symphorian and Timotheus
  
  Saints Timotheus and Symphorian are venerated together as saints by the Catholic Church and share the same Calendar of saints , though the lives of the two saints are not related....
   and Companions Martyrs.
• August 23: St. Philip Benizi
  Philip Benizi de Damiani
  
  Saint Philip Benizi de Damiani was a general superior of the Order of the Servites....
   Confessor, III class.
• August 24: St. Bartholomew
  Bartholomew
  
  Saint Bartholomew was one of the twelve Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Bartholomew comes from the Aramaic bar-T?lmay , meaning son of Tolmay or son of the furrows ....
   Apostle, II class.
• August 25: St. Louis
  Louis IX of France
  
  Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
   King, Confessor, III class.
• August 26: Commemoration of St. Zephyrinus
  Pope Zephyrinus
  
  Pope Saint Zephyrinus, born in Rome, was pope from 199 to 217. His predecessor was Pope Victor I. Upon his death on December 20, 217, he was succeeded by his principal advisor, Pope Callixtus I....
   Pope Martyr, Comm.
• August 27: St. Joseph Calasanctius
  Joseph Calasanctius
  
  Saint Joseph Calasanctius , also known as Joseph Calasanz, and Josephus a Matre Dei, was the founder of the Pious Schools and the Order of the Piarists....
   Confessor, III class.
• August 28: St. Augustine Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Hermes
  Saint Hermes
  
  Saint Hermes, born in Greece, died in Rome as a martyr in 120, is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church....
   Martyr.
• August 29: On the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  
  The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist is a holy day observed by various Christian churches which follow Christian liturgy. The day commemorates the martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist....
  , III class, Com. of St. Sabina Martyr.
• August 30: St. Rose of Lima
  Rose of Lima
  
  Saint Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru....
   Virgin, III class, Com. of Ss. Felix and Adauctus
  Felix and Adauctus
  
  Saints Felix and Adauctus were Christian martyrs who are believed to have lived during the reigns of Diocletian and Maximian.The Acts, first published in Ado Martyrology, relate as follows: Felix, a ancient Rome priest, and brother of another priest, also named Felix, being ordered to offer sacrifice to the gods, was brought...
   Martyrs.
• August 31: St. Raymond Nonnatus
  Raymond Nonnatus
  
  Saint Raymond Nonnatus was a saint from Catalonia in Spain. His surname is derived from the fact that he was born by Caesarean section . He is the Patron Saint of childbirth, midwife, children, and pregnant women....
   Confessor, III class.

September

• September 1: Commemoration of St. Giles Abbot, Comm, Com. of the Holy Twelve Brothers Martyrs.
• September 2: St. Stephen
  Stephen I of Hungary
  
  Saint Stephen I was Grand Prince of the Hungarians and the first King of Hungary . He greatly expanded Hungarian control over the Carpathian Basin during his lifetime, broadly established Christianity in the region, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the Kingdom of Hungary....
   King, Confessor, III class.
• September 3: St. Pius X
  Pope Pius X
  
  Pope St. Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII ....
   Pope and Confessor, III class.
• September 4: Feria.
• September 5: St. Laurence Justinian
  Lorenzo Giustiniani
  
  Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice.He was a member of the well-known Giustiniani family, which includes several saints....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• September 6: Feria.
• September 7: Feria.
• September 8: On the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Nativity of Mary
  
  The Nativity of Mary is celebrated as a liturgy feast in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and in most List of Anglican Church Calendars on 8 September, nine months after the solemnity of her Immaculate Conception, celebrated on 8 December....
  , II class, Com. of St. Hadrian Martyr.
• September 9: Commemoration of St. Gorgonius
  Gorgonius
  
  Saint Gorgonius was a Christian martyr, part of the group Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus, who died in 304 AD at Nicomedia during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian....
   Martyr, Comm.
• September 10: St. Nicholas of Tolentino
  Nicholas of Tolentino
  
  Saint Nicholas of Tolentino , known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italy saint and mystic....
   Confessor, III class.
• September 11: Commemoration of Ss. Protus and Hyacinth
  Hyacinth and Protus
  
  Saints Hyacinth and Protus were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian I . Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• September 12: The Most Holy Name of Mary, III class.
• September 13: Feria.
• September 14: On the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  Feast of the Cross
  
  In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different feasts known as Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the True Cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus....
  , II class.
• September 15: Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Our Lady of Sorrows
  
  Our Lady of Sorrows , the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows , Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is referred to in relations to sorrows in her life....
  , II class, Com. of St. Nicomedes
  Saint Nicomedes
  
  Saint Nicomedes was a Martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September.The Roman Martyrologium and the historical Martyrologies of Bede and his imitators place the feast on this date....
   Martyr.
• September 16: St. Cornelius
  Pope Cornelius
  
  Pope Cornelius was pope from his election on 6 or 13 March, 251 to his martyrdom in June 253....
   Pope and St. Cyprian
  Cyprian
  
  Saint Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and an important early Christianity writer. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa during the Classical Period, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an excellent classical education....
   Bishop, Martyrs, III class, Com. of Ss. Euphemia Virgin, Lucy and Geminianus
  Saint Lucy
  
  Saint Lucy, also known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia, was a wealthy young Christian martyrs who is venerated as a saint by both Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy Christians....
   Martyrs.
• September 17: Commemoration of the Impression of the sacred Stigmata
  Stigmata
  
  Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. The term originates from the line at the end of Paul of Tarsus's Letter to the Galatians where he says, "I bear on my body the st?gmata of Jesus" - stigmata is the plural of the Greek_language word st???a, st?gma,...
   of St. Francis
  Francis of Assisi
  
  Francis of Assisi was a friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans.He is known as the patron saint of animals, the Natural environment and Italy, and it is customary for Catholic Church es to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of 4 October....
   Confessor, Comm.
• September 18: St. Joseph of Cupertino
  Joseph of Cupertino
  
  Saint Joseph of Cupertino , is an Italy saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous Metaphysical levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping....
   Confessor, III class.
• September 19: St. Januarius
  Januarius
  
  Saint Januarius, , Bishop of Naples, is a Christian martyrs saint of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. He died around the year 305, during the Diocletianic Persecution....
   Bishop and Companions Martyrs, III class.
• September 20: Commemoration of St. Eustace and Companions
  Saint Eustace
  
  Saint Eustace, also known as Eustachius or Eustathius, was a legendary Christianity Christian martyrs who lived in the 2nd century AD....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• September 21: St. Matthew
  Matthew the Evangelist
  
  Matthew the Evangelist , most often called Saint Matthew, is a Christian figure, and one of Jesus's Twelve Apostles. He is credited by tradition with writing the Gospel of Matthew, and is identified in that gospel as being the same person as Levi the publican ....
   Apostle and Evangelist, II class.
• September 22: St. Thomas of Villanova
  Thomas of Villanova
  
  St. Thomas of Villanueva, Augustinian , was a preacher, ascetic, writer andSpain Augustinian friar.Thomas grew up and was educated in Villanueva de los Infantes, in the Ciudad Real , Spain, where his parents owned a prosperous Estate ....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class, Com. of Ss. Maurice
  Saint Maurice
  
  Saint Maurice was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century, and one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that group....
   and Companions Martyrs.
• September 23: St. Linus
  Pope Linus
  
  Saint Linus was the second Bishop of Rome, according to Irenaeus, Jerome, Eusebius of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, the Liberian Catalogue and the Liber Pontificalis; he was succeeded by Pope Anacletus....
   Pope and Martyr, III class, Com. of St. Thecla
  Thecla
  
  Saint Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century A.D. She is not mentioned in the New Testament, but the earliest record of her comes from the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, probably composed in the early 2nd century....
   Virgin and Martyr.
• September 24: Commemoration of Our Lady of Ransom
  Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
  
  The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives also known as Our Lady of Ransom is a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1218 by St....
  , Comm.
• September 25: Feria.
• September 26: Commemoration of Ss. Cyprian and Justina
  Cyprian and Justina
  
  Saints Cyprian and Justina are honored in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy as Christians of Antioch who in 304, during the persecution of Diocletian, suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia on September 26, the date of their feast....
   Virgin, Martyrs, Comm.
• September 27: Ss. Cosmas and Damian Martyrs, III class.
• September 28: St. Wenceslaus
  Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
  
  Saint Wenceslaus or Saint Wenceslas Help:IPA , was duke of Bohemia from 921 until his death. Wenceslas is best known in the English-speaking world as the subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas."...
   Duke, Martyr, III class.
• September 29: On the Dedication of St. Michael
  Michael (archangel)
  
  Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian and Islamic tradition. He is viewed as the field commander of the Army of God.He is mentioned by name in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation....
   Archangel, I class.
• September 30: St. Jerome
  Jerome
  
  Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
   Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.

October

• October 1: Commemoration of St. Remigius
  Saint Remigius
  
  Saint Remigius , was Bishop of Reims and Apostle of the Franks, . On 24 December 496 he baptism Clovis I, List of Frankish monarchs. This baptism, leading to the conversion of the entire Frankish people to Nicene Christianity, was a momentous success for the Roman Catholic Church and a seminal event in European history....
   Bishop and Confessor, Comm.
• October 2: The Holy Guardian Angels
  Guardian angel (spirit)
  
  A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person. The concept of tutelary angels and their hierarchy was extensively developed in Christianity in the 5th century by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite....
  , Greater III class.
• October 3: St. Teresa of the Child Jesus
  Thérèse de Lisieux
  
  Th?r?se de Lisieux , or Sainte Th?r?se de l'Enfant-J?sus et de la Sainte Face, born Marie-Fran?oise-Th?r?se Martin, was a Roman Catholic Carmelites nun who was canonization a saint and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church, one of only three women to receive that honor....
   Virgin, III class.
• October 4: St. Francis of Assisi
  Francis of Assisi
  
  Francis of Assisi was a friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans.He is known as the patron saint of animals, the Natural environment and Italy, and it is customary for Catholic Church es to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of 4 October....
   Confessor, III class.
• October 5: Commemoration of St. Placid and companions Martyrs, Comm.
• October 6: St. Bruno
  Bruno of Cologne
  
  Saint Bruno of Cologne , the founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the order's first two communities. He was a celebrated teacher at Reims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II....
   Confessor, III class.
• October 7: Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary
  Our Lady of the Rosary
  
  Our Lady of the Rosary is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the method of prayer known as the rosary, whose origin has been attributed to a Marian apparitions to Saint Dominic in 1208 in the church of Prouille....
  , II class, Com. of St. Mark
  Pope Mark
  
  Pope Saint Mark or Marcus was Pope from January 18, 336 to October 7, 336.He is said to have been a Ancient Rome, but little is known of his early life....
   Pope and Confessor.
• October 8: St. Bridget
  Bridget of Sweden
  
  Birgitta Birgersdotter , later known as Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena , was a Mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines, after over 20 years of married life before her husband died....
   Widow, III class, Com. of Ss. Sergius, Bacchus
  Saints Sergius and Bacchus
  
  Saints Sergius and Bacchus , were third century Roman Empire soldiers who are commemorated as martyrs by the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy churches....
  , Marcellus and Apuleius
  Marcellus of Capua
  
  Marcellus of Capua was a third- or fourth-century martyr who was inserted in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints in the thirteenth century, but when that calendar was revised in 1969, his feast was omitted, since the saint had no association with Rome....
   Martyrs.
• October 9: St. John Leonard
  John Leonardi
  
  Saint John Leonardi was founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca. He was born in the City-state of Lucca, Tuscany in the year 1541....
   Confessor, III class, St. Denis
  Denis
  
  Saint Denis is a Christian martyrs and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately A.D. 250, and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of Paris, France and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers....
   Bishop, Rusticus
  Denis
  
  Saint Denis is a Christian martyrs and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately A.D. 250, and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of Paris, France and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers....
   Priest, and Eleutherius
  Denis
  
  Saint Denis is a Christian martyrs and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately A.D. 250, and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of Paris, France and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers....
   Martyrs.
• October 10: St. Francis Borgia
  Francis Borgia
  
  Saint Francis Borgia was a Spain Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on June 20, 1670....
   Confessor, III class.
• October 11: The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Theotokos
  
  Theotokos is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches....
  , II class.
• October 12: Feria.
• October 13: St. Edward
  Edward the Confessor
  
  Saint Edward the Confessor , son of Ethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxons List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death....
   King, Confessor, III class.
• October 14: St. Callistus I
  Pope Callixtus I
  
  Pope Callixtus I or Callistus I, was pope from about 217 to about 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus....
   Pope and Martyr, III class.
• October 15: St. Teresa
  Teresa of Ávila
  
  Saint Teresa of ?vila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystics, Carmelites nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation....
   Virgin, III class.
• October 16: St. Hedwig
  Hedwig of Andechs
  
  Saint Hedwig of Andechs was a saint, the daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania and his wife Agnes.She was born at at Castle Andechs, Bavaria....
   Widow, III class.
• October 17: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
  Marguerite Marie Alacoque
  
  Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French people Roman Catholic Church nun and mysticism, who promoted Catholic devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form....
   Virgin, III class.
• October 18: St. Luke
  Luke the Evangelist
  
  Luke the Evangelist was an early Christianity leader who is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles....
   Evangelist, II class.
• October 19: St. Peter of Alcantara
  Peter of Alcantara
  
  Saint Peter of Alcantara was a Spain Franciscan. He was born at Alc?ntara, C?ceres , Extremadura, Spain. His father, Peter Garavito, was the governor of Alc?ntara, and his mother was of the noble family of Sanabia....
   Confessor, III class.
• October 20: St. John Cantius
  John Cantius
  
  Saint John Cantius was a renowned Poland priest, Scholasticism and theologian. In English he is also known as John of Kanty or John of Kanti....
   Confessor, III class.
• October 21: Commemoration of St. Hilarion
  Hilarion
  
  File:PaintbyNumbers10rs.jpgSaint Hilarion was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great....
   Abbot, Comm., Com. of St. Ursula
  Saint Ursula
  
  Saint Ursula is a Great Britain Christian saint. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is October 21. Because of the lack of sure information about the anonymous group of holy virgins who on some uncertain date were killed at Cologne, their commemoration was omitted from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints for universal liturgical ce...
   and Companions Virgins and Martyrs.
• October 22: Feria.
• October 23: St. Anthony Mary Claret Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• October 24: St. Raphael
  Raphael (archangel)
  
  Raphael is the name of an archangel of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, who performs all manner of healing....
   Archangel, III class.
• October 25: Commemoration of Ss. Chrysanthus and Daria
  Saints Chrysanthus and Daria
  
  Saints Chrysanthus and Daria are saints of the Early Christian period. According to legend, Chrysanthus was the only son of an Egyptian patrician, named Polemius or Poleon, who lived during the reign of Numerian....
   Martyrs, Comm.
• October 26: Commemoration of St. Evaristus
  Pope Evaristus
  
  Pope Saint Evaristus was the fifth pope, holding office from c. 99 to 107 AD or from 99 to 108. He was also known as Aristus.Little is known about St Evaristus....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• October 27: Feria.
• October 28: Ss. Simon
  Simon the Zealot
  
  The Twelve apostles called Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, in Gospel of Luke 6:15 and Acts of the Apostles 1:13; and Simon Kananaios , was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus....
   and Jude Apostles, II class.
• October 29: Feria.
• October 30: Feria.
• October 31: Feria.

November

• November 1: All Saints
  All Saints
  
  All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on November 1 in Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity in honour of all the saints, known and unknown....
  , I class.
• November 2: On the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
  All Souls Day
  
  In Western Christianity, All Souls' Day commemorates the faithful afterlife. This day is observed in the Roman Catholic Church, churches of the Anglicanism, Old Catholic Churches, and to some extent among Protestantism....
  , I class.
• November 3: Feria.
• November 4: St. Charles
  Charles Borromeo
  
  Saint Charles Borromeo is an Italy saint and was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He worked during the period of the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class, Com. of Ss. Vitalis and Agricola
  Saints Vitalis and Agricola
  
  Saints Vitalis and Agricola are venerated as martyrs, who are considered to have died at Bologna about 304, during the persecution ordered by Roman Emperor Diocletian....
   Martyrs.
• November 5: Feria.
• November 6: Feria.
• November 7: Feria.
• November 8: Commemoration of the Holy Four Crowned Martyrs
  Four Crowned Martyrs
  
  The designation Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones actually refers to 9 separate martyrs, divided into two groups:#Severus , Severian, Carpophorus , Victorinus ...
  , Comm.
• November 9: On the Dedication of the Archbasilica of the most Holy Saviour
  Basilica of St. John Lateran
  
  The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope....
  , II class, Com. of St. Theodore
  Theodore of Amasea
  
  Saint Theodore of Amasea is one of the Greek military saints of the 4th century, the earlier patron saint of Venice, now outshone there by Saint Mark, but still represented atop one of the two Byzantine columns standing in the Piazzetta of the Piazza San Marco, treading upon the sacred crocodile of Egypt....
   Martyr.
• November 10: St. Andrew Avellino
  Andrew Avellino
  
  Saint Andrew Avellino is an Italy saint. Born at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily, his baptismal name was Lancelotto, which out of love for the cross he changed into Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines....
   Confessor, III class, Com. of Ss. Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha
  Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha
  
  Saints Tryphon , Respicius, and Nympha are Christian saints who were formerly celebrated jointly on 10 November in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church from the eleventh century until the twentieth....
   Martyrs.
• November 11: St. Martin
  Martin of Tours
  
  Saint Martin of Tours , was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic Church saints....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class, Com. of St. Mennas
  Saint Menas
  
  Saint Menas , the Martyr and Wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Egyptians saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers....
   Martyr.
• November 12: St. Martin I
  Pope Martin I
  
  Pope Saint Martin I, born near Todi, Umbria in the place now named after him Pian S. Martino, was pope from 649 to 653, succeeding Pope Theodore I in July 649....
   Pope and Martyr, III class.
• November 13: St. Didacus
  Didacus of Alcalá
  
  Saint Didacus of Alcal?, Saint Diego, , was a lay brother of the Order of Friars Minor who died at Alcal? de Henares, Spain, November 12, 1463....
   Confessor, III class.
• November 14: St. Josaphat Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• November 15: St. Albert the Great
  Albertus Magnus
  
  Saint Albertus Magnus, Ordo Praedicatorum , also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican Order Dominican friar and bishop who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful Relationship between religion and science....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• November 16: St. Gertrude
  Gertrude the Great
  
  Saint Gertrude the Great or Saint Gertrude was a Germany Benedictine and mystic writer.She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and is inscribed, as "Saint Gertrude", not as "Saint Gertrude the Great", in the Roman Catholic calendar of the saints, for celebration throughout the Latin Rite on November 16....
   Virgin, III class.
• November 17: St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
  Gregory Thaumaturgus
  
  Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory the Wonderworker, was a Christian bishop of the 3rd century....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• November 18: On the Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter
  St. Peter's Basilica
  
  The Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian language as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is located within the Vatican City....
   and Paul
  Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
  
  The Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls or St Paul-without-the-Walls is one of four church es considered to be the great Ancient Rome basilicas of Rome....
  , III class.
• November 19: St. Elisabeth
  Elisabeth of Hungary
  
  Saint Elisabeth of Hungary is a German Catholic saint. According to tradition, she was born in the castle of S?rospatak, Hungary, on July 7, 1207....
   Widow, III class, Com. of St. Pontianus Pope and Martyr.
• November 20: St. Felix of Valois Confessor, III class.
• November 21: On the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Presentation of Mary
  
  The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , or The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple , is a liturgy feast celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches....
  , III class.
• November 22: St. Cecilia Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• November 23: St. Clement I
  Pope Clement I
  
  Pope Saint Clement I, , also known as Saint Clement of Rome , is listed from an early date as one of the first Bishops of Rome. He was the first Apostolic Father of the early Christian church....
   Pope and Martyr, III class, Com. of St. Felicitas
  Felicitas of Rome
  
  Saint Felicitas of Rome is a Christian Christian martyrs Saint. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria on a November 23....
   Martyr.
• November 24: St. John of the Cross
  John of the Cross
  
  Saint John of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Alvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystics, and Carmelites friar and Priesthood , born at Fontiveros, a small village near ?vila....
   Confessor and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Chrysogonus
  Saint Chrysogonus
  
  Saint Chrysogonus is a Roman Catholic saint and martyr of ancient Rome....
   Martyr.
• November 25: St. Catherine
  Catherine of Alexandria
  
  Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is a Christian saint and martyr who is claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th century....
   Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• November 26: St. Sylvester
  Sylvester Gozzolini
  
  Saint Sylvester Gozzolini was an Italian saint, the founder of the religious order known as the Sylvestrines.Born of the noble family of the Gozzolini at Osimo, Marche, he was sent to study jurisprudence at Bologna and Padua, but, feeling within himself a call to the ecclesiastical state, abandoned the study of law for that of theology and...
   Abbot, III class, Com. of St. Peter of Alexandria
  Peter of Alexandria
  
  Pope Peter of Alexandria was Pope of Alexandria . He is revered as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church....
   Bishop and Martyr.
• November 27: Feria.
• November 28: Feria.
• November 29: Commemoration of St. Saturninus
  Saint Saturninus
  
  Saint Saturninus may refer to:*Saturninus , companion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyred in Carthage, feast day: 7 March*Saturnin of Toulouse , first bishop of Toulouse, France, feast day: 29 November...
  , Comm.
• November 30: St. Andrew
  Saint Andrew
  
  Saint Andrew , called in the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Twelve Apostles and the younger brother of Saint Peter....
   Apostle, II class.

December

• December 1: Feria.
• December 2: St. Bibiana
  Saint Bibiana
  
  The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority of 'Saint Bibiana' , a ancient Rome Consecrated virgin and Christian martyrs, occurs in the "Liber Pontificalis,", where, in the biography of Pope Simplicius , it is stated that this pope "consecrated a basilica of the holy martyr Bibiana, which contained her body, near the 'palati...
   Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• December 3: St. Francis Xavier
  Francis Xavier
  
  Francis Xavier, born Francisco de Jaso y Azpilicueta was a Kingdom of Navarre pioneering Roman Catholic missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus....
   Confessor, III class.
• December 4: St. Peter Chrysologus
  Peter Chrysologus
  
  Saint Peter Chrysologus was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 AD until his death. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class, Com. of St. Barbara
  Saint Barbara
  
  Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara , was a Christianity saint and martyr. Although there is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings, nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology, veneration of her was common from the seventh century....
   Virgin and Martyr.
• December 5: Commemoration of St. Sabbas
  Sabbas the Sanctified
  
  Saint Sabbas the Sanctified , a Cappadocian-Greek monk, priest and saint, lived mainly in Palestine. He was the founder of several monasteries, most notably the one known as Mar Saba....
   Abbot, Comm.
• December 6: St. Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas
  
  Saint Nicholas is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a saint and Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker....
   Bishop and Confessor, III class.
• December 7: St. Ambrose
  Ambrose
  
  Saint Ambrose was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century. He is counted as one of the four original doctors of the Church....
   Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
  Doctor of the Church
  
  Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their additions to theological or doctrinal matters....
  , III class.
• December 8: On the Immaculate Conception
  Immaculate Conception
  
  For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. For the novel by Ga?tan Soucy, see The Immaculate Conception.The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic Dogma, the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary without any stain of original sin....
   of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I class.
• December 9: Feria.
• December 10: Commemoration of St. Melchiades
  Pope Miltiades
  
  Pope Saint Miltiades, also called Melchiades , was pope from 2 July 311 to 10 January 314.He appears to have been an African pope by birth, but of his personal history nothing is known....
   Pope and Martyr, Comm.
• December 11: St. Damasus I
  Pope Damasus I
  
  Pope Damasus I was pope from 366 to 384.He was born around 305, probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha , in what is present-day Portugal, or near the city of Castelo Branco , then part of the Western Roman Empire....
   Pope and Confessor, III class.
• December 12: Feria.
• December 13: St. Lucy
  Saint Lucy
  
  Saint Lucy, also known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia, was a wealthy young Christian martyrs who is venerated as a saint by both Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy Christians....
   Virgin and Martyr, III class.
• December 14: Feria.
• December 15: Feria.
• December 16: St. Eusebius
  Eusebius of Vercelli
  
  Saint Eusebius of Vercelli was a Bishop and an Italy saint. Along with St Athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against the Arianism heresy....
   Bishop and Martyr, III class.
• December 17: Feria.
• December 18: Feria.
• December 19: Feria.
• December 20: Feria.
• December 21: St. Thomas
  Thomas the Apostle
  
  Saint Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas, or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is perhaps best known for disbelieving Jesus' Resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus....
   Apostle, II class.
• December 22: Feria.
• December 23: Feria.
• December 24: Vigil
  Christmas Eve
  
  Christmas Eve, December 24, is the night before Christmas Day, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ ....
  , I class.
• December 25: On the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
  Christmas
  
  Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
  , I class with an octave. In the second Mass: Commemoration of St. Anastasia Martyr.
• December 26: II day within the octave of the Nativity of the Lord: St. Stephen
  Saint Stephen
  
  Saint Stephen , known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
   Protomartyr, II class.
• December 27: III day within the octave of the Nativity of the Lord: St. John
  John the Apostle
  
  John the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition identifies him as the author of several New Testament works: the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation....
   Apostle and Evangelist, II class.
• December 28: IV day within the octave of the Nativity of the Lord: The Holy Innocents
  Massacre of the Innocents
  
  File:Giotto-innocents.jpgThe Massacre of the Innocents is an episode of mass infanticide by the King of Iudaea Province, Herod the Great, that appears in the Gospel of Matthew ....
  , II class.
• December 29: Of the V day within the octave of the Nativity of the Lord, II class, Commemoration of St. Thomas
  Thomas Becket
  
  Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his death. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion....
   Bishop and Martyr.
• December 30: Of the VI day within the Octave of the Nativity, II class.
• December 31: Of the VII day within the Octave of the Nativity, II class, Commemoration of St. Sylvester I Pope and Confessor.

See also

• Namesdays
• Moveable feast
  Moveable feast
  
  In Christianity, a moveable feast or movable feast is a holy day — a feast day or a fast day — whose date is not fixed to a particular day of the calendar year but moves in response to the date of Easter, the date of which varies according to a computus....
  
• List of saints
  List of saints
  
  This is an incomplete list of Christian saints in alphabetical order by Christian name, but if necessary by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well....
  
• Roman Catholic calendar of saints
  Roman Catholic calendar of saints
  
  The General Roman Calendar indicates the days of the year to which are assigned the liturgical celebrations of Saint and of the mysteries of the Jesus Christ that are to be observed wherever the Roman Rite is used....
  
• Tridentine Calendar
  Tridentine Calendar
  
  The Tridentine Calendar is the calendar of saints to be honoured in the official liturgy of the Roman Rite during the course of the liturgical year....
  
• General Roman Calendar of 1954