05 February 2022

Medieval calendar events in Scotland & England (mostly), Part 3: Saints and other major Holy Days


The framework of this calendar is the Sarum Missal Kalendar, with those of the Use of York and the Aberdeen Breviary also used as primary sources, but I have added saints and holy days from several other authorities:  
the Use of Hereford, the Use of Exeter, the Use of Lichfield, the Use of Lincoln, the Scottish Church, the Irish Church, the Welsh Church, the church in Brittany, the church of the Isle of Mann, and the church in Scandinavia.

All saints from the early centuries of the Christian Church were taken from the Sarum Kalendar (that’s how the Missal spells it.)

The days of the Easter Cycle presented here with fixed dates (Conception and the Crucifixion of Our Lord, 25 March; Resurrection of Our Lord, 27 March; Ascension of Our Lord, 5 May; Pentecost or Whitsunday, 15 May) are not those on which the events were celebrated, but represent those which medieval Christians held to be the dates on which the events of the Passion occurred.

(If Archbishop Welby is serious about a, more-or-less, fixed date for Easter, he start with those, with the observances for Easter and Whitsunday, which the Church of England now calls Pentecost, on the Sundays following the calendar dates for those events.)

JANUARY

1 January

Circumcision of Our Lord

Octave of Christmas

St. Fanchea of Rossory, Abbess (Ireland)

St. Ernan of Hinba, Abbot (Scotland)

2 January

Octave of St. Stephen, Protomartyr

Lichfield Martyrs, Diocletian Persecution

3 January

Octave of St. John the Evangelist, Apostle

St. Genevieve of Paris, Virgin

4 January

Translation of St. Rumon (Ruadhan) of Tavistock, Abbot and Bishop (Devon)

Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs

5 January

Vigil of the Epiphany

Translation of St. Rumon (Ruadhan) of Tavistock

Octave of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr

Memorial of St. Edward the Confessor

6 January

The Epiphany of Our Lord

Sts. Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar

St. Melaine (Melanius) of Rennes, Bishop (burial)

7 January

The Keys of Septuagesima

St. William of York (York)

St. Brannoc, Abbot and Confessor (Exeter)

St. Kentigerna of Nun’s Island (Loch Lomond), Matron

St. Canute Lavard of Sweden, King and Martyr (Denmark)

8 January

Octave of the Circumcision

St. Lucian of Beauvais, Priest, and his Companions, Martyrs

St. Thorfinn of Rudderevoorde, Bishop

St. Nathalan of Tullich, Bishop

Translation of St. William of York (York)

9 January

St. Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot

St. Fillan of Strathfillan, Abbot

Translation of St. Judoc ap Juthael, Priest and Hermit (Brittany)

10 January

St. Paul of Thebes, the First Hermit (York)

11 January

Return From Egypt of the Holy Family (Ireland)

12 January

St. Benedict Biscop of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, Abbot

St. Aelred of Rievaulx, Abbot

13 January

Octave of the Epiphany

St. Mungo (Kentigern) of Glasgow, Bishop, Apostle of Strathclyde

St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church

St. Conan Mochonna of the Isle of Mann, Bishop

St. Canute Lavard of Sweden, King and Martyr (Sweden, Finland, Estonia)

St. Erbin ap Custennin, King (Dumnonia)

14 January

St. Felix of Nola, Priest and Martyr

15 January

St. Ita of Killeedy, Abbess, Patron Saint of Ireland

St. Maurus, Abbot and Confessor

St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria, King and Monk

16 January

St. Fursey of Killursa, Abbot and Missionary, Patron Saint of the Ui Briuin Seola and Muintir Murchada

St. Marcellus of Rome, Pope and Martyr

17 January

St. Sulpitius the Pious, Bishop and Confessor

St. Anthony the Great of Egypt, Father of Monasticism (York & Hereford)

St. Mildgyth of Minster-in-Thanet, Abbess

18 January

Magnification of St. Peter in Rome (Ireland)

Chair of St. Peter at Rome (Gallican Rite)

Solemnity of St. Mary (Ireland, in remembrance of her death)

St. Mary’s Assumption (Gallican Rite)

St. Ninnidh (Nennius) of Inismacsaint, Abbot

St. Anhin, Virgin, Patron Saint of the Delbhna Tir Dha Locha

St. Prisca of Rome, Virgin and Martyr

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Founder of the Cistercians

19 January

Sts. Martha and Mary of Bethany (Ireland)

St. Wulfstan of Worcester, Bishop and Confessor

St. Germanicus of Smyrna, Martyr (York)

St. Blaithmac of Iona, Martyr

Translation of St. Branwalader of Jersey

20 January

St. Fechin of Cong, Abbot, Apostle of the Conmaicne Mara; known as Vigean in Scotland and Fechin of Fore in most of Ireland

St. Fabian, Pope, and St. Sebastian, Healer, Martyrs

21 January

St. Agnes of Rome, Virgin and Martyr

St. Finnian of Holywood (of Moville), Bishop and Confessor (Aberdeen)

22 January

St. Vincent of Sargossa, Protomartyr of Spain

23 January

St. Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr (York)

24 January

St. Babolen of Fosses, Abbot (York)

St. Cadoc of Llanfarcan, Abbot

25 January

Conversion of St. Paul

St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

St. Dwynwen ferch Brychan of Llanddwyn, Virgin not Martyr, Patron Saint of Lovers (Wales)

26 January

St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr, Apostolic Church Father (York)

27 January

St. Julian of Le Mans, Bishop and Confessor

St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Hereford)

Memorial of St. Paula of Rome, Matron (Hereford)

28 January

The Keys of the First Sunday of Lent

St. Glastian of Kinglassie, Bishop

Second Feast of St. Agnes of Rome

29 January

St. Gildas the Wise, Abbot

St. Faelchu of Iona, Abbot, Bishop, and Confessor

30 January

St. Bathild, Queen and Virgin, not a Martyr

31 January

St. Maedoc of Ferns, Bishop (Ireland)

FEBRUARY

1 February

St. Brigid of Kildare, Abbess, Patron Saint of Leinster, Patron Saint of Ireland

St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (Hereford)

2 February

Candlemas, or the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Laurence of Canterbury, Bishop, Companion of St. Augustine

3 February

St. Fillan of Glendochardt, Abbot

St. Wereburgh of Mercia, Abbess

St. Blaise of Sebastea, Bishop and Martyr

St. Ia of Cornwall, Virgin and Martyr

4 February

St. Gilbert of Sempringham, Priest, Founder of the Gilbertine Order (York)

St. Modan of Rosemeath, Abbot and Confessor (Aberdeen)

St. Aldate of Caer Gloui, Bishop and Martyr, 4 February

5 February

St. Agatha of Sicily, Virgin and Martyr

Sts. Vestast of Arras and Amandus of Maastricht, Bishops and Confessors

Five Sacred Wounds of Our Lord

6 February

St. Thurstan of York, Bishop

7 February

St. Sextus of Cantium (Roman Kent), Martyr

St. Augulus of Augusta (Isca Silurum), Bishop and Martyr

9 February

St. Eliud (Teilo) of Llandaff, Bishop (25 November in Brittany, except Dol, 29 November)

St. Breward (Branwalader), Bishop (Cornwall & Devon)

10 February

St. Caedmon of Streonshahl (Whitby), Monk and Poet, Father of English Poetry

St. Trumwin of Abercorn, Bishop

St. Scholastica, Virgin not Martyr

11 February

St. Gobnait of Bairnech (Moin Mor, Ballyvourney), Abbess (Ireland)

Translation of St. Frideswide of Oxford

St. Radegund of Thuringia, Abbess (Hereford)

14 February

St. Valentine of Interamna (Terni, Italy), Bishop and Martyr

St. Conran, Apostle of (Celtic) Orkney, Patron Saint of Orkney

15 February

Temptation of Christ and Defeat of the Devil (Ireland)

16 February

St. Juliana of Nicodemia, Virgin and Martyr

17 February

Feast of the Holy Family (Ireland)

St. Finan of Lindsifarne, Bishop and Abbot

18 February

St. Colman of Lindisfarne, Bishop and Abbot, last Columban Bishop of Lindsifarne and Founder of the convents of Inishbofin and Mayo

20 February

St. Colgan of Clonmacnoise, Abbot

22 February

Chair of St. Peter (also known as Chair of St. Peter at Antioch)

23 February

St. Milburga of Wenlock, Abbess (Hereford)

24 February

St. Matthias the Apostle

St. Aethelbert of Kent, King

25 February

St. Walpurga of Heidenheim, Abbess

28 February

St. Oswald of Worcester, Bishop (Hereford)

29 February

St. Oswald of Worcester, Bishop (Sarum)

MARCH

1 March

St. David of Mynyw, Bishop and Confessor, Patron Saint of Wales

St. Albinus of Angers, Bishop (York)

St. Monan of Fife, Confessor (Aberdeen)

St. Marnock of Aberchirder (of Kilmarnock), Bishop and Confessor  (Aberdeen)

St. Suitbert of Kaiserswerth, Missionary Bishop

Original date for The Holy Guardian Angels in the Use of Rome

2 March

St. Chad of Mercia, Abbot, Bishop, and Confessor, Patron Saint of Mercia

St. Joavan of Leon, Bishop

3 March

St. Winwaloe (Guenole) of Landevennec, Abbot, Patron Saint of Alderney

4 March

St. Adrian, Abbot, and his Companions of the Isle of May, Martyrs

5 March

St. Piran of Padstowe, Patron Saint of Cornwall (Hereford)

St. Ciaran of Saigir, Bishop, Patron Saint of Ossory (Exeter)

St. Caron (Carausius) of Tregaron

6 March

St. Saint Baldred of Tyninghame, Apostle of Lothian (a semi-autonomous sub-province of Northumbria north of the River Tweed and bordering the Kingdom of Strathclyde to the west, called Laodonia in Latin), Bishop and Confessor

7 March

Sts. Perpetuity and Felicity of Carthage, Martyrs

St. Thomas Aquinas, Friar and Doctor of the Church (Aberdeen)

St. Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth, Abbot

8 March

St. Felix of Burgundy, Bishop, Apostle of East Anglia

St. Senan mac Geirrcinn of Scattery, Abbot, Patron Saint of the Ui Fhidgeinte, Patron Saint of the Corco Baiscinn

St. Duthac of Ross, Bishop and Confessor

9 March

St. Mariana of Britonia, Patron Saint of Britonia (in Gallaecia on the Iberian peninsula, then part of the Kingdom of the Suebi)

St. Constantine of Dumnonia, King and Monk (Exeter)

10 March

St. Kessog of Lennox, Bishop and Martyr, Patron Saint of Lennox, Patron Saint of Scotland

11 March

The Keys of Easter

St. Oengus the Culdee, Abbot and Bishop

St. Constantine of Strathclyde, King and Protomartyr of Scotland

12 March

St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor, Patron Saint of England

St. Gregory Ceannanach, Missionary and Martyr

St. Paul Aurelian of Ocsimor, Abbot and Bishop

St. Hieu of Healaugh, Abbess (also founder of Hereteu/Hartlepool)

13 March

St. Kevoka of Kyle, Bishop (Aberdeen)

14 March

St. Curetan (Boniface) of Rosemarkle (in Ross), Bishop

15 March

St. Longinus the Centurion, Martyr

St. Aristobolus of Britannia, Apostle to the Britons

Our Lady of the Underground (Chartres)

16 March

St. Abban the Hermit of Moyarney, Abbot

Entrance of Noah in the Ark (Sarum)

17 March

St. Patrick of Armagh, Patron Saint of Ireland

St. Joseph of Arimathea, Secret Disciple, Keeper of the Holy Grail

18 March

St. Edward the Martyr, King

St. Finnian of Lucca, Bishop (Aberdeen)

19 March

St. Joseph the Carpenter, Husband of St. Mary

St. Joachim, Father of St. Mary

20 March

St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop and Confessor, Patron Saint of Northumbria

21 March

St. Benedict of Nursia, Abbot

St. Enda of Arran, Abbot, a Father of Irish Monasticism, Patron Saint of the Airghialla (Oriel)

24 March

St. Gabriel the Archangel

Maundy Thursday (Ireland)

25 March

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Lady Day of Lent

The Conception and the Crucifixion of Our Lord (Ireland)

St. Dismas the Good Thief

26 March

St. Govan, Hermit

27 March

Resurrection of Our Lord (Sarum & Ireland)

29 March

St. Gwladys ferch Brychan, Hermit

30 March

St. Crónán mac Bécáin Mo Chua of Balla, Hermit and Abbot

St. Osburga of Coventry, Abbess

St. Olaf of Norway, King

APRIL

1 April

St. Gilbert de Moray, Bishop (of Caithness)

St. Tewdrig ap Teithfallt, King and Martyr

2 April

St. Ebba of Coldingham, Abbess, and her Companions, Martyrs

St. Constantine II of Scotland, King and Martyr

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (York; this date makes much more sense chronologically than the date at Rome and Sarum, 2 July)

3 April

St. Richard of Chichester, Bishop and Confessor, Patron Saint of Sussex

4 April

St. Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

7 April

St. Brynach of Nevern, Abbot

First Day of the True Blood of Christ

9 April

St. Theodore of Croyland, Abbot, and his Companions, Martyrs

St. Hedda of Medeshamstede (Peterborough), Abbot, and his Companions, Martyrs

11 April

St. Guthlac of Crowland, Hermit 

13 April

St. Eufemia of Chalcedon, Virgin and Martyr

14 April

Sts. Tiburtis, Valerian, and Maximus, Martyrs

15 April

The Keys of Rogation Sunday

St. Ruadan (Rodan) of Lorrha, Abbot

16 April

St. Magnus Erlendsson, Jarl of Orkney, Martyr, Patron Saint of Orkney

St. Paternus (Padarn) of Llanbarn Fawr, Abbot and Bishop

17 April

St. Donnan, Abbot of Eigg, and his Companions, Martyrs

St. Stephen Harding, Abbot

18 April

St. Idlesbald of Dunes, Abbot

19 April

St. Alphege of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr

20 April

St. Martin of Tours and All Saints of Ireland, Britain, and Europe (Ireland)

St. Caedwalla of Wessex, King and Monk

21 April

St. Maelrubha of Applecross, Abbot and Martyr, Patron Saint of North Argyll

St. Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop

23 April

St. George of Lydda, Martyr, Patron Saint of England

St. Ibar mac Lugna of Beggerin

24 April

St. Mellitus of Canterbury, Bishop

St. Ivo of Ramsey, Bishop and Hermit

St. Ecgberht of Ripon, Bishop and Confessor

St. Mary of Clopas, Matron

Translation of St. Wilfrid (York)

25 April

St. Mark the Evangelist

Rogation Day (Major Rogation; first introduced to counteract the ancient Roman feast of Robigalia on this date.)

St. Egbert of Ripon, Bishop and Confessor

28 April

St. Vitalis of Milan, Martyr

29 April

The Keys of Whitsunday

Departure of Noah from the Ark (Sarum)

30 April

St. Erkenwald of Lindsey, Bishop and Confessor

St. Eutropius of Saintes, Bishop and Martyr

MAY

1 May

St. Philip and St. James the Less, Apostles

St. Asaph of Llanelwy, Bishop

St. Brioc the Traveller of St. Brieuc-des-Vau, Abbot

Beginning of Christ’s Ministry (Ireland)

Translation of St. Walpurga 

2 May

St. Ultan of Peronne, Abbot and Bishop

3 May

Invention of the Holy Cross, or Crouchmas

Sts. Alexander, Pope, and Eventius and Theodolus, Martyrs

4 May

St. Monica of Hippo, mother of St. Augustine

Crown of Our Lord (late Sarum)

5 May

Ascension of Our Lord (Ireland)

6 May

St. Eadberht of Lindisfarne, Bishop

St. John Before the Latin Gate (commemorates the miraculous survival of the Apostle St. John at the Latin Gate of the city of Rome)

7 May

St. John of Beverley, Bishop and Confessor

8 May

St. Julian of Norwich, Theologian and Anchoress

Apparition of St. Michael at Mount Gargano (Exeter)

St. Michael’s Day (Devon & Cornwall)

9 May

Translation of St. Nicholas

St. Comgall of Tiree, Abbot (Scotland; same as St. Comgall of Bangor)

10 May

St. Comgall of Bangor, Abbot (most widespread feast day)

Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus, Martyrs

11 May

St. Credan of Bodmin (Cornwall)

Dedication of Hereford Cathedral

12 May

Saints Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancras of Rome, Martyrs

13 May

St. Mary and All Holy Martyrs Day (as originally proclaimed by Pope Boniface IV in 609; Gregory III moved it to 1 November)

15 May

Pentecost/Whitsunday (Ireland)

16 May

St. Brendan the Navigator of Clonfert, Abbot

17 May

St. Cathan of Bute, Bishop, Patron Saint of Cenel Comgaill

19 May

St. Ivo of Kermatin, Priest, Patron Saint of Brittany

St. Dunstan of Canterbury, Bishop and Confessor

20 May

St. Sanctan of Santan, Bishop (Isle of Mann)

St. Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot, and Scholar

St. Lucifer of Cagliari, Bishop and Confessor

St. Aethelbert (II) of East Anglia, King (Hereford)

21 May

St. Constantine and St. Helena

St. Collen of Glastonbury, Abbot (Wales)

St. Alkmund (Ehlmund) of Derby, Prince and Martyr

St. Godric of Finchale, Hermit

22 May

St. Ronan of Lann Ronain, Bishop and Confessor

23 May

St. William of Perth, Martyr (Scotland; same as William of Rochester, see 11 June)

24 May

Feast of the Holy Savior (Sarum)

St. David of Scotland, King, Patron Saint of Scotland

St. Vincent of Lerins, Monk and Author

Seven Sisters of Renvyle (or Seven Princesses of Inisheer or Seven Sisters Daughters of Fergus of Inishcaltra or Seven Maidens of Inverary)

25 May

St. Aldhelm of Malmesbury, Abbot, Bishop, and Confessor, Patron Saint of Wessex

St. Bede the Venerable, Monk, Scholar, Doctor of the Church

St. Urban, Pope (York)

26 May

St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle to the English (of Kent), Patron Saint of Kent

28 May

St. Germain of Paris, Bishop and Confessor

Octave of St. Aethelbert (II) of East Anglia (Hereford)

29 May

Translation of St. Dyfrig

30 May

St. Tudglyd of Penmachno

31 May

St. Petronilla of Rome, Virgin and Martyr

JUNE

1 June

St. Wigstan of Mercia, Monk, King, and Martyr

St. Rumon (Ruadhan) of Tavistock, Abbot and Bishop (Brittany)

St. Ronan of Lochronan, Hermit (Brittany)

Dedication of the Church of St. Nicomedes

2 June

Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs

St. Herve of Brittany, Abbot

St. Oda the Good of Canterbury, Bishop

3 June

St. Kevin of Glendalough, Hermit and Abbot, “St. Francis of Ireland”

4 June

St. Petroc, Patron Saint of Dumnonia and of Devon (York & Exeter)

St. Edfrith of Lindisfarne, Bishop

5 June

St. Boniface of Devon, Apostle to the Germans, (modern) Patron Saint of Devon, and his Companions, Martyrs

St. Tudno of Llandudno

6 June

St. Philip the Evangelist, Deacon

St. Branwalader (Breward), Bishop (Jersey)

Translation of St. Jarlath of Tuam

St. Norbert of Xanten, Bishop and Confessor, Founder of the Order of Premonstratensian Canons

7 June

St. Robert of Newminster, Priest and Abbot

St. Colman of Dromore, Bishop

8 June

St. William of York, Bishop and Martyr (York)

Sts. Medard of Vermandois and Gildard of Rouen, Bishops and Confessors

9 June

St. Colmcille (Columba) of Iona, Abbot, Patron Saint of Ulster, Patron Saint of Ireland, Patron Saint of Scotland, Patron Saint of Cenel nGabrain, Apostle of Fortrenn (northern Picts)

Translation of St. Edmund of Canterbury

10 June

St. Ithamar of Rochester, Bishop (1st Anglo-Saxon bishop)

Sts. Primus and Felician, Martyrs (York)

11 June

St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr

St. William of Rochester, Martyr (same as William of Perth, 23 May)

12 June

Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs

St. Ternan, Bishop and Confessor (Aberdeen)

13 June

St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Friar

14 June

St. Basil the Great of Caesarea Mazaca (Cappadocia), Bishop and Confessor

St. Nennus of Arran, Abbot

15 June

St. Cavan of Inisheer, Abbot

Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Martyrs

Octave of St. William of York (York)

St. Edburga of Winchester, Virgin, not Martyr (Hereford)

16 June

Translation of St. Richard of Chichester

Sts. Ciricus and Julitta of Antioch, Martyrs

17 June

St. Botwulf of Thorney, Abbot (York & Hereford)

St. Nectan of Hartland (Devon), Abbot and Martyr

18 June

Sts. Mark and Marcellian of Rome, Martyrs

19 June

Sts. Gervase and Protase of Milan, Martyrs

Translation of St. Margaret

20 June

Translation of St. Edward, King and Martyr

St. Fillan the Leper of Ystrad Aeron (Strathearn)

21 June

St. Leufrid of La Croix-Saint-Qu’en, Abbot (York)

St. Cormac of Durrow, Abbot

St. Lazarus the Leper

22 June

St. Alban of Verulamium, Protomartyr of Britannia

St. Amphibalus of Verulamium, Martyr

23 June

Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

St. Etheldreda of Ely, Abbess, Virgin Not Martyr

24 June

Nativity of St. John the Baptist

25 June

St. Moluag (Lughaidh) of Lismore, Abbot, Bishop, Patron Saint of Cenel Loairn, Patron Saint of (South) Argyll

St. Botwulf of Thorney, Abbot (Scotland)

St. Salomon of Brittany, King and Martyr

St. Maxentius of Poitou, Abbot

St. Adalbert of Egmond, Archdeacon and Confessor

Translation of St. Eligius of Noyon

St. Maxentius of Poitou, Abbot

26 June

Sts. John and Paul of Rome, Martyrs

St. Brannoc of Brauton, Abbot (Braunton)

27 June

St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor

St. Joanna the Myrrhbearer

St. Arianell merch Guidgentivai (Gwyddien), Virgin not Martyr (Wales)

28 June

Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul

St. Leo of Rome, Pope and Confessor

St. Lazarus the Leper

29 June

Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles and Martyrs

30 June

Commemoration of St. Paul

JULY

1 July

Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

St. Serf of Culross, Bishop, Patron Saint of Orkney

Sts. Julius and Aaron of Isca Augusta, Martyrs

St. Rumold of Mechelen and Dublin, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Cewydd ap Caw of Ynys Mon, Patron of Weather

2 July

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(
Franciscan in origin.  Note the chronological dissonance with Mary going to see Elizabeth to announce her pregnancy to her also pregnant cousin more than a week after the latter had given birth.  Probably why York observed the feast on 2 April instead.)

Sts. Processus and Martinian of Rome, Martyrs

St. Swithun of Winchester, Bishop and Confessor

4 July

St. Marianus Scotus of Ratisbon, Abbot

Translation and Ordering of St. Martin, Bishop

6 July

Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul

7 July

St. Palladius, Apostle of the Irish (Leinster) and Apostle of Circinn

St. Maelruin of Tallaght, Abbot and Martyr

St. Ethelburga of Faremoutiers, Abbess

St. Haedde of Winchester, Monk and Bishop

St. Willibald of Eichstätt, Bishop

Translation of St. Thomas of Canterbury
        Sunday After the Translation: The Feast of Relics (after 1252)

8 July

St. Grimbald of St. Bertin, Abbot and Confessor

St. Killian and St. Totnan, Martyrs, Apostles of Franconia

St. Urith of Chittlehampton, Virgin and Martyr

9 July

Octave of the Visitation

St. Everild of Everingham, Abbess

10 July

Seven Holy Brothers of Rome, Martyrs

St. Canute the Holy of Denmark, King and Martyr, Patron Saint of Denmark

11 July

Translation of St. Benedict

12 July

St. Donald of Glenogilvie, Hermit

St. Veronica of Jerusalem

St. Cletus of Rome, Pope (Hereford)

13 July

St. Mildryth of Minster-in-Thanet, Abbess

Translation of St. Juthwara of Sherbourne, Virgin and Martyr, 13 July (Devon & Cornwall)

15 July

Translation of St. Swithun and Companions

Dispersion of the Apostles (Ireland)

St. Donald of Ogilvy, Abbot (Aberdeen)

St. Cewydd ap Caw of Ynys Mon, Patron of Weather (Deheubarth)

16 July

St. Helier, Patron Saint of Jersey

St. Sinach mac Dara, Hermit and Abbot, Patron Saint of Seafarers

Translation of St. Osmund

17 July

St. Kenelm of Mercia, King and Martyr

18 July

St. Arnoul, Missionary to the Franks, Martyr, and St. Arnulph of Metz, Bishop

The Nine Maidens of Abernethy (daughters of St. Donald of Ogilvy)

St. Thaney (Thenew) ferch Letan Luyddoc, Matron, mother of St. Kentigern (Mungo) ap Owain (Aberdeen)

20 July

St. Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr

St. Arilda of Oldbury, Virgin and Martyr

21 July

St. Praxedes of Rome, Virgin not Martyr

22 July

St. Mary Magdalene

St. Wandregisel of Fontenelle, Abbot (a Frank, his abbey nonetheless followed the Rule of St. Columbanus)

St. Ruadhan (Rumon) of Tavistock, Abbot and Bishop (Ireland)

23 July

St. Apollinarius of Ravenna, Bishop

Octave of the Translation of St. Osmund

24 July

St. Declan of Ardmore, Abbot and Bishop, Patron Saint of the Deisi Mumha

St. Christina of Bolsena, Virgin and Martyr

St. Miliau mab Budic, King and Martyr (Brittany)

Vigil of St. James

25 July

St. James the Great, Apostle

Sts. Christopher of Lycia and Cucuphas of Scillis (Africa), Martyrs

26 July

St. Anne, Mother of St. Mary, Patron Saint of Brittany

Transfiguration of Our Lord (Ireland)

27 July

Seven Holy Sleepers of Ephesus

28 July

St. Samson of Dol, Abbot and Bishop, Patron of Guernsey (as St. Sampson)

St. Panthaleon of Nicodemia

29 July

St. Lupus of Troyes, Bishop

Sts. Saints Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice, Martyrs

St. Olaf Haraldsson, King, Patron Saint of Norway

St. Mary and St. Martha of Bethany

30 July

Sts. Abdon and Senan, Martyrs

31 July

Greater Feast of St. Maughold, Patron Saint of the Isle of Mann

St. Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop

St. Neot, Monk and Hermit

AUGUST

1 August

Lammas Day, derived from Lamb-mas, the custom of tithing a lamb in Wales, Devon & Cornwall, and the Isle of Mann.

St. Peter in Chains

St. Aethelwold of Winchester, Bishop and Reformer (of monasticism)

Our Lady of Pity

2 August

St. Stephen of Rome, Pope

St. Sidwella, Virgin not Martyr (Patron Saint of Exeter)

3 August

St. Nicodemus the Pharisee, Defender of Christ

Invention of the Relics of St. Stephen, Protomartyr

St. Waltheof of Melrose, Abbot

5 August

St. Oswald of Northumbria, King and Martyr

St. Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers

Our Lady of the Snows

6 August

Transfiguration of Our Lord

Sts. Sixtus, Pope, and Companions Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs

7 August

Most Holy Name of Jesus

St. Donatus of Arezzo, Bishop

8 August

Sts. Cyriacus and Companions, Martyrs

9 August

St. Romanus Ostiarius, Martyr

Vigil of St. Laurence

10 August

St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr

St. Blane of Kingarth, Bishop and Confessor (Aberdeen)

St. Geraint of Dumnonia, King and Martyr (Cornwall)

11 August

St. Tiburtius, Martyr

St. Taurinus of Evreux, Bishop and Martyr (Hereford)

12 August

St Clare of Assisi, Virgin and Mystic, Founder of the Order of Poor Ladies

St. Porcarius of Lerins, Abbot, and his Companions, Martyrs

13 August

Octave of the Transfiguration

St. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr

St. Cybi of Caer Gybi, Abbot (Cornwall)

St. Wihtberht (Wigbert), Abbot and Missionary

14 August

St. Eusebius of Rome, Priest and Confessor

Octave of the Most Holy Name

Vigil of the Assumption

15 August

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Lady Day of Harvest

16 August

St. Ninian, Apostle of Caledon (southern Picts), Patron Saint of Galloway

St. Joachim, Father of St. Mary

17 August

Octave of St. Laurence

18 August

St. Agapitus of Palestrina, Martyr

19 August

St. Magnus of Cuneo, Martyr

St. Credan of Evesham, Abbot

20 August

St. Philibert of Jumieges, Abbot

St. Oswin of Deira, King and Martyr

22 August

Sts. Symphorian and Timotheus of Rome, Martyrs

23 August

Sts. Timothy and Apollinaris of Reims, Martyrs

St. Parchardus of Kinchardine O’Neill, Bishop (Aberdeen)

Vigil of St. Bartholomew

24 August

St. Bartholomew the Apostle

St. Audoin of Rouen, Bishop

25 August

St. Genesius of Arles, Martyr

St. Louis IX of France, King and Confessor

Translation of St. Hilda (York)

26 August

St. Bregowine of Canterbury, Bishop

27 August

St. Saint Rufus of Capua, Bishop and Martyr

28 August

St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

St. Hermes of Rome, Martyr

St. Ruadhan (Rumon) of Tavistock, Abbot and Bishop (Devon & England)

St. Melor ab Meliau of Cornuaille, Prince and Martyr, 28 August (Cornwall)

29 August

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

St. Saebbi of Essex, King and Monk

St. Sabina of Rome, Widow and Martyr

30 August

St. Rumon (Ruadhan) of Tavistock, Abbot and Bishop (Cornwall)

Sts. Felix and Adauctus of Rome, Martyrs

31 August

St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Apostle of Northumbria, Abbot and Bishop

St. Cuthburga of Wimborne, Widow and Abbess

SEPTEMBER

1 September

St. Giles the Leper, Priest and Abbot

St. Priscus of Africa, Bishop and Martyr

St. Sixtus of Reims, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of the Gauls

2 September

St. Antoninus of Pamiers, Priest and Martyr, Apostle of the Rouergue

3 September

Ordination of St. Gregory the Great

4 September

Translation of St. Cuthbert

5 September

St. Bertin of Saint-Omer, Abbot and Confessor

7 September

St. Evortius of Orleans, Bishop and Confessor

8 September

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Marymas

St. Adrian of Nicodemia, Martyr

St. Fergus Cruithneach (Ireland)

9 September

St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Abbot, Patron Saint of Connacht

Sts. Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius, and Dorotheus of Nicodemia, Martyrs

10 September

St. Finnian of Moville, Abbot, Patron Saint of Ulster

St. Barloc of Norbury, Hermit

11 September

Sts. Protius and Hyacinth of Rome, Martyrs

St. Deiniol of Bangor, Abbot and Bishop

12 September

St. Ailbe of Emly, Patron Saint of Munster, Patron Saint of Ireland

St. Lasren mac Nad Froich of Devenish, Abbot

Holy Blood of Our Lord

St. Eanswith of Folkestone, Abbess

13 September

Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Edward the Confessor, King, Patron Saint of England

St. Maurilius of Angers, Bishop (York)

14 September

Exaltation of the Holy Cross, or Roodmas (also known as Holy Cross Day and Holyrood Day.  This feast marks the dedication of the first Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 335 CE)

Sts. Cornelius of Rome and Cyprian of Carthage, Bishops

Ember Days of Fall

These are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Roodmas, the only set of Ember Days dependent on a fixed date.

15 September

St. Nicomedes of Rome, Martyr

Feast of Relics in the Use of Sarum (original, until 1252)

Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

16 September

St. Edith of Wilton, Abbess

Sts. Euphemia of Chalcedon, Lucy of Syracuse, and Geminianus of Rome, Virgins and Martyrs

17 September

St. Lambert of Maastricht, Bishop and Martyr

19 September

St. Theodore of Tarsus, Bishop (Canterbury)

20 September

Vigil of St. Matthew

St. Eustace of Rome and Companions, Martyrs

21 September

St. Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle

St. Laudo of Coutances, Bishop and Confessor

22 September

St. Maurice and Companions, Soldiers and Martyrs (Maurice was Patron Saint of the Holy Roman Empire)

St. Lolan of Whithorn, Bishop (Aberdeen)

23 September

St. Adomnan of Iona, Abbot

St. Thecla of Iconium, Virgin not Martyr

24 September

Conception of St. John the Baptist

25 September

St. Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow, Abbot

St. Finbar of Cork, Abbot, Bishop of Caithness, Patron Saint of Clan Ferghail

St. Fermin of Pamplona, Bishop and Martyr

St. Cadoc of Llanfarcan, Abbot (Cardiff)

26 September

Sts. Cyprian, Bishop, and Juliana, Virgin, of Nicodemia, Martyrs

27 September

St. John Mark of Byblos, Bishop

Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs

28 September

St. Machan of Clampsie, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Conval of Inchinnan (Aberdeen)

29 September

St. Michael the Archangel, or Michaelmas

30 September

St. Honorious of Canterbury, Bishop

St. Jerome of Stridon, Hermit and Doctor of the Church

Dedication of Salisbury Cathedral

OCTOBER

1 October

Sts. Remigius of Reims, Germanus of Auxerre, Vedast of Arras and Cambrai, and Bavo of Ghent (Sarum); Remigius was the Apostle of the Franks

St. Melor, Abbot and Martyr

Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2 October

St. Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford, Bishop (Hereford, York, Exeter)

St. Leodegar of Autun, Bishop and Martyr

Holy Guardian Angels (Franciscan origin, c. 1500)

3 October

Sts. Nigrus and Albus, Martyrs

St. Melor ab Meliau of Cornuaille, Prince and Martyr, (Brittany)

4 October

St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor and Stigmatist, Founder of the Order of Friars Minor

6 October

St. Faith of Conques, Virgin and Martyr

7 October

Sts. Mark, Marcellus, and Apuleius, Martyr (Note: Mark, a Pope, actually died of natural causes while Marcellus and Apuleius were martyred monks of the 4th century)

Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, Martyrs (Hereford; note:  In Rome, Syrian martyrs Sergius and Bacchus were commemorated with the three above as Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Mark, Marcellus, and Apuleius, Martyrs)

St. Osyth of Quarrendon, Abbess (of Chich) and Martyr (Hereford)

Octave of the Dedication of Salisbury Cathedral

8 October

St. Triduana of Restenneth, Virgin

St. Pelagia, Virgin and Martyr (York)

St. Keyne merch Brychan, Virgin not Martyr (Dumnonia)

9 October

St. Denys, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs; Denis is the Patron Saint of Paris

10 October

St. Gereon and his Companions, Soldiers and Martyrs

St. Uriel the Archangel (Brittany)

St. Paulinus of York, Bishop (York & Hereford)

11 October

St. Canice (Kenneth) of Aghaboe, Patron Saint of the Osraige

St. Nicasius and his Companions, Martyrs

Translation of St. Melaine of Rennes

12 October

St. Wilfrid of York, Abbot and Bishop (York)

St. Mobhi (Berchan) Clarraineach, Abbot

13 October

St. Comgan of Lochalsh, Abbot

Sts. Findoca and Findcana, Virgins (Aberdeen)

Translation of St. Edward the Confessor

14 October

St. Callixtus of Rome, Pope and Martyr

St. Cummian Fada of Clonfert, Abbot and Bishop, Patron Saint of the Delbhna Tir Dha Locha

15 October

St. Wulfram of Sens, Bishop and Confessor

16 October

Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel at Mont-Saint-Michel

St. Gall, Priest and Abbot

St. Colman of Muckamore, Abbot and Bishop

17 October

St. Regulus (Rule), Monk, Apostle of Fife

Translation of St. Aethereda of Ely

St. Aethelred and St. Aethelberht of Eastry, Princes and Martyrs

18 October

St. Luke the Physician, Evangelist

St. Justus of Trieste, Martyr

St. Selevan (Salomon) of Cornwall, King

19 October

St. Frideswide of Oxford, Abbess

Feast of Relics (York)

20 October

St. Acca of Hexham, Bishop

St. Austrebertha of Pavilly, Abbess (York)

21 October

St. Fintan Munde of Argyll, Abbot (Aberdeen)

St. Ursula of Dumnonia and the Eleven Thousand Virgins, Martyrs (the Virgin Islands are named for St. Ursula)

22 October

St. Mellonius of Rotomagus (Rouen), Bishop and Hermit

St. Mary Salome, Matron

Sts. Gwynnog and Noethon, sons of Gildas (Wales)

23 October

St. Ethelfleda of Romsey, Abbess

St. Merwinna of Romsey, Abbess

St. Romanus of Rouen, Bishop and Confessor

24 October

St. James the Just, Bishop and Martyr

St. Raphael the Archangel

St. Caeti (Coeddi) of Iona, Bishop

St. Magliore of Dol, Abbot, Patron Saint of Sark

25 October

Sts. Crispin and Crispinian of Rome, Martyrs

St. Mernoc (Marnock), Hermit (Aberdeen)

Translation of St. John of Beverley

Translation of St. Thomas of Hereford

26 October

St. Cedd of Essex, Bishop and Abbot, Patron Saint of Essex

St. Bean of Mortlach, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Cuthbert of Canterbury, Abbot and Bishop

27 October

St. Oran (Odhran, Otteran) of Iona, Patron Saint of Atheists

St. Abban the Hermit of Moyarney, Abbot

St. Colman, Martyr, Apostle of Franconia

Vigil of Sts. Simon and Jude

28 October

Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles

29 October

St. Colman mac Duagh, Abbot and Bishop

St. Kennera, Virgin and Martyr (Aberdeen)

St. Sigebert of East Anglia, King, Monk, and Martyr

30 October

St. Talarican (Tarkin), Bishop of Lismore (the Isles)

31 October

Saint Quintinus (Quentin) of Amiens, Martyr

Saint Bega, Virgin (Aberdeen)

Vigil of All Saints’, also called All Hallows’ Eve, or Hallowe’en

NOVEMBER

1 November

All Saints’ Day, or Hallowmas

2 November

All Souls’ Day, Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

St. Eustachius and his Companions, Martyrs

3 November

St. Winifred of Holywell, Virgin and Martyr

St. Malachy of Armagh, Bishop

St. Hubert of the Ardennes, Bishop

Sts. Beya and Maura, Virgins (Aberdeen)

St. Englatius (Tanglan), Abbot (Aberdeen)

6 November

St. Illtud the Knight of Bangor Illtud, Abbot and Teacher

St. Leonard of Noblac, Abbot and Confessor

St. Melaine (Melanius) of Rennes, Bishop (death)

7 November

St. Willibrod of Utrecht, Apostle to Friesland, Abbot and Bishop

St. Bega, Virgin

St. Cyngar of Llangefni, Abbot

St. Tryphine, Martyr (Brittany)

8 November

Octave of All Saints

St. Fergus Cruithentuath of Glamis, Bishop, Apostle of Caithness, Patron Saint of Caithness (Ireland)

St. Cybi of Caer Gybi, Abbot (Wales)

Four Crowned Martyrs (Severus, Severianus, Carpophorus, and Victorinus, along with Claudius, Castorius, Symphorian, Nicostratus, and Simplicius)

St. Moroc of Dunkeld, Abbot, and of Dunblane, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Gervadius of Kinnedor, Hermit (Aberdeen)

St. Willehad of Bremen, Missionary and Bishop

9 November

St. Theodore of Amasea, Martyr

Feast of the Holy Savior (Scotland)

10 November

St. Justus of Canterbury, Bishop

St. Martin, Pope (York)

11 November

St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor, or Martinmas

St. Menas of Egypt, Martyr

13 November

St. Brice of Tours, Bishop and Confessor

St. Devenick of Caithness, Bishop (Aberdeen)

14 November

St. Dyfrig (Dubricus) of Ergyng, Bishop (Hereford)

St. Modan of Dryburgh, Abbot (Aberdeen)

Translation of St. Erkenwald of Lindsey

15 November

St. Malo (Machutus) of Aleth (Brittany), Bishop

Lesser Feast of St. Maughold as Patron Saint of the Isle of Mann; also the day he is/was commemorated Scotland & Ireland

16 November

St. Margaret of Scotland, Patron Saint of Scotland

St. Edmund of Canterbury, Bishop and Confessor

17 November

St. Hilda of Streoneshalh (Whitby), Abbess

St. Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop and Confessor

St. Aignan (Anianus) of Orleans, Bishop (York)

18 November

Octave of St. Martin

St. Fergus Cruithentuath of Glamis, Bishop, Apostle of Caithness, Patron Saint of Caithness (Scotland)

St. Juthwara of Sherbourne, Virgin and Martyr

19 November

St. Medan of Galloway, Virgin (Aberdeen)

St. Ecgbert of York, Bishop

St. Domne Eafe (aka Eormenburg) of Minster-in-Thanet, Abbess

20 November

St. Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia, King and Martyr, Patron Saint of East Anglia, Patron Saint of England

21 November

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

22 November

St. Cecilia of Rome, Virgin and Martyr

23 November

St. Columbanus of Luxiel and Bobbio, Abbot

St. Clement of Rome, Pope, Martyr, and Apostolic Father

St. Felicity of Rome, Martyr

St. Paulinus of Wales, Abbot

St. Tathan of Caerwent, Abbot

24 November

St. Chrysogonus of Aquilea, Martyr

25 November

St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr

26 November

St. Linus, Pope and Martyr

29 November

St. Brendan the Elder of Birr, Abbot, Prophet of Ireland

Sts. Saturninus, Priest, and Sisinnus, Deacon, of Rome, Martyrs

Vigil of St. Andrew

30 November

St. Andrew, Apostle, Patron Saint of Fife, Patron Saint of Scotland

St. Tudwal of Treguier, Abbot and Bishop, Patron Saint of Herm (as Tugual)

DECEMBER

1 December

Translation of St. Botwulf

St. Eligius of Noyon, Bishop and Confessor

Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria of Rome, Martyrs (York & Hereford)

2 December

St. Ethernan, Bishop (Aberdeen)

3 December

St. Berin (Birinus) of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex (Hereford)

St. Adrian of May, Bishop and Martyr

4 December

St. Osmund of Salisbury, Bishop and Confessor

St. Barbara of Heliopolos, Virgin and Martyr

St. Melor of Redon, Bishop and Confessor (Brittany)

Translation of St. Nectan of Hartland, Martyr

5 December

St. Sabbas, Abbot

6 December

St. Nicholas of Myra, Bishop and Confessor

St. Gobban of Killamery, Abbot

7 December

Octave of St. Andrew

Memorial of St. Ambrose (Hereford)

8 December

Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (originated with Anglo-Saxons)

St. Eucharius, Apostle of the Treveri

St. Budoc of Plymouth, Abbot and Bishop (Devon)

9 December

St. Budoc of Plymouth, Abbot and Bishop (Brittany)

11 December

St. Damasus of Rome, Pope

12 December

St. Finnian of Clonard, Abbot, Patron Saint of Meath, a Father of Irish Monasticism

St. Corentin of Quimper, Bishop

St. Columba of Terryglass, Abbot

13 December

St. Lucia of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr, Diocletian Persecution; celebrated as St. Lucy’s Day

St. Judoc ap Juthael, Priest and Hermit, (Brittany)

14 December

St. Drostan mac Cosgreg of Deer, Abbot, Apostle of Buchan and Marr (Aberdeen)

16 December

St. Judicael of Domnonea (Brittany), King and Monk

17 December

St. Lazarus of Bethany

18 December

St. Manirus of Crathie, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Winibald of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm, Abbot

20 December

St. Pelagius the Briton, known to some modern Christians as St. Morgan of Wales.  Pelagius the Monk, born in Late Roman Britanniae and educated at Rome, does not really have a feast day here; neither was he really a heretic but actually quite orthodox.  This is the date of his exoneration of heresy at the Synod of Diospolis (Lydda) under Eulogius, Metropolitan of Caesarea Maxima, which followed his previous exoneration by the Synod of Jerusalem under John, bishop thereof, on 30 July, both in 415 CE.

Vigil of St. Thomas

21 December

St. Thomas the Doubter, Apostle

22 December

St. Hildelith of Barking, Abbess

23 December

St. Mayoca of Drumoak (Dalmaik), Virgin (Aberdeen)

St. Caran of Mearns and Aberdeen, Bishop (Aberdeen)

St. Fotinus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr (Aberdeen)

24 December

Vigil of the Nativity

25 December

Nativity of Our Lord

26 December

St. Stephen the Protomartyr; this feast could also be called the Invention of St. Stephen, because it is on this day that the priest Lucian along with the bishops John of Jerusalem, Eutonious of Sebaste, and Eleutherius of Jericho recovered the relics of Stephen from where Lucian had discovered them, an event which intersected with the Synod of Diospolis of 415.

St. Jarlath of Tuam, Abbot

27 December

St. John the Evangelist, Apostle

28 December

Childermas, or Feast of the Holy Innocents

29 December

St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr, Patron Saint of England

30 December

St. Egwin of Evesham, Abbot and Bishop (of Worcester) (Hereford)

31 December

St. Sylvester I, Pope and Confessor

 

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