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)
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
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
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
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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