Feast Days of the Roman Calendar


January

1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
2 Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors
3 Genevieve
4 Titus; Elizabeth Ann Seton
5 Blessed John Neumann, bishop; Severinus of Noricum; Simeon the Stylite; Amelia
6 Epiphany; (Balthasar, Caspar, Melchior, the three Magi)
7 Raymond of Penyafort, priest; Lucian of Antioch
8 Lucian of Beauvais
9 Julian; Marciana
10 #
11 Honorata; Igino
12 Modesto
13 Hilary, bishop and doctor
14 Felix of Nola, priest/martyr
15 Isidore of Alexandria; Paul the Hermit; Mauro
16 Honoratus; Marcel
17 Anthony, abbot
18 Chair of Peter at Rome; Margaret of Hungary; Prisca
19 Martha, martyr; Mario
20 Fabian, Pope and martyr; Sebastian, martyr
21 Agnes, virgin and martyr
22 Vincent of Saragossa (Spain), deacon and martyr
23 Raymond of Pennafort; Clement; Emerenthian
24 Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor; Timothy, bishop
25 Conversion of Paul the Apostle
26 Timothy and Titus, bishops; Margaret of Hungary; Pauline
27 Angela Merici, virgin; John Chrysostom
28 Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor; Blessed Charlemagne of France; Peter Nolasco
29 Valerio, Valerius; Francis de Sales
30 Martina
31 Don Giovanni Bosco, John Bosco, priest


February

1 Ignatius, bishop and martyr
2 Presentation of our Lord; Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3 Blaise, bishop and martyr; Ansgar, bishop
4 Andrew Corsini; Theophilus the Penitent; Gilbert
5 Agatha, virgin and martyr
6 Paul Mike and companions, martyrs
7 Romuald; Richard
8 Jerome Emiliani; John of Martha
9 Cyril of Alexandria; Apollonia
10 Scholastica, virgin
11 Our Lady of Lourdes; Victoria, martyr
12 Damian
13 Maura; Clement
14 Valentine, bishop and martyr; Cyril, monk; Methodius, bishop; Blessed Conrad of Bavaria
15 Faustino
16 Giuliana
17 Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
18 Simeon, bishop/martyr
19 Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza
20 Eleuterio
21 Peter Damian, bishop and doctor
22 Chair of Peter, Apostle, at Antioch
23 Polycarp, bishop and martyr; Peter Damian
24 Serge
25 Mathias (the Apostle who took the Place of Judas); Walburga; Felix
26 Nestor
27 Gabriel of the Lady of Sorrows
28 Antonia, Antonina; Blessed Hedwig, Queen of Poland
29 #


March

1 Dewi of Wales; Albino
2 Quinto; Blessed Agnes, Bohemian
3 Cunegunda of Luxembourg and Bavaria
4 Casimir, patron of Poland and Lithuania
5 John Joseph; Adrian
6 Felicia; Coletta
7 Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs
8 John of God, religious
9 Frances of Rome, religious
10 Macarius
11 Constantine, King of Cornwall (first martyr of Scotland)
12 Gregory the Great, Pope; Maximilian
13 Patricia
14 #
15 Blessed Conrad of Bavaria; Louise; Zachary, Pope
16 Agapito
17 Patrick, bishop
18 Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor; Edward
19 Joseph, husband of Mary and father on Earth of Jesus
20 Claudia
21 Benedict, abbot
22 Isidore the Farmer; Zachary, Pope; Octaviane
23 Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop
24 Romolo
25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
26 Emmanuel
27 John Damascene; Alexander
28 John Capistran
29 #
30 #
31 #


April

1 #
2 Francis of Paola, hermit; Theodosia
3 Irene
4 Isidore of Seville, bishop and doctor
5 Vincent Ferrer, priest
6 Virginia
7 John Baptist de la Salle, priest
8 Albert
9 Maria of Cleofa
10 Terenzio
11 Leo I the Great, Pope; Stanislaus, bishop and martyr
12 July
13 Martin I, Pope and martyr
14 John, Lithuanian; Justin; Valerian; Liduina
15 Annibal
16 Bernardette Soubirous
17 Aniceto
18 #
19 Leo IX, Pope; Emma
20 Adalgisa
21 Anselm, bishop and doctor
22 Leonida
23 Adalbert of Prague, patron of Prussia, Bohemian; Benedict, Polish; George, martyr, patron of England and Germany
24 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr
25 Mark, Evangelist
26 Stephen of Perm, Russian; Marcellinus
27 Peter Canisius, Second Great Apostle of Germany; Stephen Pechersky, Ukrainian; Zyta
28 Paul of the Cross; Peter Chanel, priest and martyr; Theodora
29 Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor, patroness of Italy; Peter of Verona
30 Pio V, Pope


May

1 Joseph the Workman; James the Lesser Apostle; Philip, Apostle
2 Athanasius, bishop and doctor
3 Philip and James, Apostles; Alexander; Theodosius Pechersky, abbot, Ukrainian/Russian
4 Ada; Antonia, Antonina; Florian, patron of Poland and Upper Austria; Monica, mother of St. Augustine; Pelagia of Tarsus
5 Gottardo
6 Domenico Savio; John the Apostle, before the Latin Gate
7 Flavia; Domitilla; Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków
8 Vittore
9 Gregory Nazianzen
10 Anthony, bishop
11 James the Lesser Apostle; Philip, Apostle; Fabio, Fabius; Blessed Ladislaus of Gielnów, patron of Poland, Galicia, and Lithuania
12 Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Pancras, martyr; Domitilla
13 Our Lady of Fatima
14 Matthias, Apostle; Boniface of Tarsus
15 Isidore of Chios; Torquato
16 John I Nepomucene, Pope and martyr patron of Czechoslovakia
17 Pasquale Baylon
18 #
19 Celestine V, Pope
20 Bernardine of Siena, priest
21 Julia
22 Rita da Cascia
23 #
24 Amalia
25 Venerable Bede, priest and doctor; Gregory VII, Pope; Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin; Urban I, Pope
26 Philip Neri, priest
27 Agustine of Canterbury, bishop
28 Emilio; Ignatius of Rostov, Russian
29 Theodosia; Massimo
30 Felix I, Pope; Joan of Arc
31 Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Angela Merici


June

1 Justin, martyr; Angela Merici; Conrad of Swabia, bishop of Trčves
2 Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs
3 Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs
4 Francis Caracciolo; Quirino
5 Boniface, bishop and martyr, Apostle of Germany
6 Norbert of Germany, bishop
7 Eugenia
8 Medardo
9 Ephrem, deacon and doctor; Pelagia of Antioch
10 Maurino; Bogumil, Polish; Theodosius Pechersky, abbot, Ukrainian/Russian
11 Barnabas, Apostle
12 Antonia, Antonina; John of San Facundo; Blessed Jolenta (Helen of Poland), Polish/Hungarian; Leo III, Pope; Onuphrius
13 Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor
14 Eliseo; Anthony, Lithuanian; Basil the Great; Blessed Jolenta (Helen of Poland), Polish/Hungarian
15 Vitus
16 Aureliano
17 Adolf
18 Marcellianus and Mark, twins; Calogero
19 Boniface, Second Apostle of the Prussians; Romuald, abbot; Juliana Falconieri
20 Flora, Florence; Michalina
21 Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
22 Paulinus of Nola, bishop; John Fisher, bishop and martyr; Thomas More, martyr
23 Lanfranco
24 Birth of John the Baptist; Christine of Bolsena and two Christinas
25 William
26 Vigilio
27 Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and martyr; Ladislaus, King of Hungary
28 Irenaeus, bishop and martyr
29 Peter and Paul, Apostles
30 First Martyrs of the Church of Rome


July

1 Ester
2 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth; Otto
3 Thomas, Apostle
4 Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal (born Isabella)
5 Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest; Filomena
6 Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
7 Saints Cyril and Methidius, Slavic; Claudio, Claudius
8 Adrian
9 Veronica
10 Anthony Perchersky, Ukrainian; John of Dukla, patron of Poland and Lithuania; Rufina and Seconda
11 Benedict, abbot and Pope; Olga, Russian/Ukrainian; John Gualberto
12 Felix, martyr; John Gualbert; Veronica
13 Henry of Bavaria, Emperor of Germany
14 Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain; Camillus de Lellis, priest
15 Simon of Lipnica, Polish; Vladimir of Kiev, patron of Russia; Bonaventure, bishop and doctor
16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
17 Aleksy; Czeslaw, Polish; Clement Slovensky of Okhrida, Apostle of Bulgaria; Leo IV, Pope
18 Frederick; Camile of Lellis
19 Vincent de Paul; Macrina
20 Jerome Emilian; Margaret; Elia
21 Blessed Cunegunda, patroness of Poland and Lithuania, Polish/Hungarian; Prazedes; Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor; Victor of Marseilles, martyr
22 Mary Magdalene
23 Appollinaris; Blessed Cunegunda, patroness of Poland and Lithuania, Polish/Hungarian; Bridget, religious; Susanna (also called Anne), martyr
24 Christine of Bolsena
25 James the Greater, Apostle; Christopher; Valentina
26 Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary
27 Raymond; Clement Slovensky of Okhrida, Apostle of Bulgaria
28 Czeslaw, Polish; Victor I, Pope; Nazario
29 Felix II, Pope; Martha (sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus)
30 Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor; Simon of Lipnica, Polish; Donatella
31 Ignatius of Loyola, priest


August

1 Peter's Chains (the Apostle); Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor
2 Alphonsus Liguori; Stephen I, Pope; Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
3 Lydia; Finding the Body of Stephen the First Martyr
4 Dominic; John M. Vianney, priest
5 Dedication of Saint Mary Major
6 Transfiguration of Jesus
7 Sixtus II, Pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs; Cajetan, Gaetano, priest
8 Dominic, priest
9 Roman
10 Lawrence, deacon and martyr
11 Susanna, martyr
12 Clara, Chiara, Clare, virgin; Ercolano
13 Pontian, Pope and martyr; Hippolytus, priest and martyr
14 Maksymilian M. Kolbe, Polish
15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16 Roch, Rock; Joachim; Stephen of Hungary
17 Hyacinth, patron of Poland (Hyacinth Ronski)
18 Helen
19 John Eudes, priest
20 Bernard, abbot and doctor
21 Pius X, Pope; Jane Frances de Chantal
22 Immaculate Heart of Mary; Timothy, martyr
23 Philip Benizi; Rose of Lima, virgin
24 Bartholomew, Apostle; Emiliana, Emily
25 Louis IX, King of France; Joseph Calasanz, priest; Ludwig, Ludovico
26 Our Lady of Czestochowa, patroness of Poland; Zefrino
27 Monica
28 Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor
29 Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr; Sabina
30 Felix, martyr; Rose of Lima
31 Raymond Nonnatus; Aristid


September

1 Egidio
2 King Stephen, patron of Hungary; Elpidio
3 Gregory the Great, Pope and doctor; Bronislawa, Polish
4 Rosalia, Rose of Viterbo
5 Lawrence Justinian
6 Zachary, Zaccaria
7 Regina; Grato of Aosta
8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9 Peter Claver, priest
10 Nicholas of Tolentino
11 Protus and Hyacinth
12 Guy; Most Holy Name of Mary
13 John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor
14 Triumph of the Cross
15 Seven Sorrows (Dolores in Latin) of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Sorrows)
16 Cornelius, Pope and martyr; Cyprian, bishop and martyr; Lucy, martyr; Ludmila, Bohemian
17 Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor; Theodora
18 Joseph of Cupertino; Eustorgio
19 Constantine, Russian; David, Russian; Januarius, January, John, bishop and martyr; Theodore the Black, Russian
20 Andrew Kim Taegon and companions
21 Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; Michael of Chernigov, Ukrainian/Russian; Theodore, Ukrainian/Russian
22 Thomas of Villanova; Maurice
23 Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, beato; Thecla, Tillie; Lino
24 Pacifico
25 Aurelia
26 Cosmas and Damian, martyrs; Cyprian, martyr; Justina
27 Vincent de Paul, priest
28 John of Dukla, patron of Poland and Lithuania; Wenceslaus, martyr; Waclaw, patron of Czechoslovakia, Bohemian; Venceslao
29 Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
30 Girolamo, Jerome, priest and doctor


October

1 Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin
2 Guardian Angels
3 Thomas Cantelupe of Hereford
4 Francis of Assisi, patron of Italy
5 Placido
6 Bruno, priest, patron of Ruthenia (Ukraine)
7 Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary; Mark, Pope
8 Birgitta, patron of Sweden; Pelagia the Penitent; Simeon (the old man in the Temple)
9 Dionigi, Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs; John Leonardi, priest
10 Francis Borgia
11 Blessed Wincenty Kadlubek, bishop of Kraków Polish; Firmino
12 Maximilian of Lorch; Serafino
13 Edward
14 Callistus I, Pope and martyr
15 Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor
16 Hedwig, religious, patroness of Silesia; Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
17 Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr; Susanna, martyr
18 Luke, Evangelist
19 Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priest and martyrs, and companions, martyrs; Paul of the Cross, priest
20 John Cantius, patron of Poland and Lithuania; Irene
21 Ursula, Orsola
22 Salome, mother of James and John the Apostles; Donato
23 John of Capistrano, priest
24 Raphael, Archangel
25 Crispino
26 Lucian; Evaristo
27 Frumenzio
28 Simon the Zealot, Apostle; Jude Thaddeus, Apostle
29 Ermelinda
30 Dorothy of Montau, patroness of Prussia; Alfonso Rodriguez
31 Zygmunt III Wasa, King of Poland


November

1 All Saints
2 All Souls
3 Martin de Porres, religious
4 Charles Borromeo, bishop
5 Zachary and Elisabeth, parents of John the Baptist
6 Leonard, Leon; Blessed Salome, Polish
7 #
8 Goffredo, Geoffrey
9 Dedication of John Lateran; Theodore, martyr and soldier
10 Leo the Great, Pope and doctor; Andrew Avellino
11 Bartholomew; Martin of Tours, bishop
12 Martin I, Pope; Giosafat
13 Nicholas I the Great, Pope; Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin; Stanislaus Kostka, patron of Poland; Diego
14 Josaphat, bishop and martyr, Polish/Lithuanian
15 Albert the Great, bishop and doctor; Zachary, father of John the Baptist
16 Gertrude; Margaret, Queen of Scotland;
17 Elizabeth of Hungary, religious; Blessed Salome, Polish
18 Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul, Apostles; Blessed Salome, Polish
19 Elizabeth of Hungary; Faustus
20 Edmund; Felix of Valois
21 Presentation of Mary
22 Cecilia, virgin and martyr
23 Clement I, Pope and martyr; Columban, abbot
24 Flora, Florence; John of the Cross; Andrew Dung-Lac and companions
25 Catherine of Alexandria
26 Conrad of Constance, bishop; Sylvester, abbot
27 Virgil
28 #
29 Saturnin
30 Andrew, Apostle, patron of Russia


December

1 Eligio
2 Bibiana, Viviana
3 Francis Xavier, priest
4 John Damascene, priest and doctor; Peter Chrysologus; Barbara
5 #
6 Nicholas, bishop, patron of Russia
7 Ambrogio, Ambrose, bishop and doctor
8 Immaculate Conception
9 Laura; Siro
10 Our Lady of Loreto
11 Damasus I, Pope
12 Our Lady of Guadalupe; Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
13 Lucy of Sicily, martyr
14 John of the Cross, priest and doctor; Isidore
15 Christina, Apostle of Georgia, Russian
16 Adelaide
17 Lazarus, Lazzaro
18 Graziano
19 #
20 Liberato; Victoria, martyr
21 Peter Canisius, priest and doctor
22 Zenon; Francesca Cabrini
23 John of Kanty, priest; the day before the eve of Christmas day
24 Adam; Emiliana, Emily; Irma and Adele; the eve of Christmas day
25 Christmas of our Lord
26 Stephen, the First Martyr
27 John, Apostle and Evangelist; Theodore Graptoi
28 Holy innocents, martyrs
29 Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
30 King David; Sigismund, King of the Burgundians, martyr
31 Sylvester I, Pope




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