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| January - Roman Catholic 1: Octave of Christmas, Mary, Mother of God 2: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors 3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus 6: Epiphany 7: Saint Raymond of Peñafort, priest 13: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor 17: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot 20: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr 21: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr 22: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr 24: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor 25: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle 26: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops 27: Saint Angela Merici, virgin 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor 31: Saint John Bosco, priest |
January - Anglican 1: The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus 2: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389 2: Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833 2: Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945 6: The Epiphany 10: William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645 11: Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 12: Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 12: Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 13: Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367 13: Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603 13: George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691 17: Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356 17: Charles Gore, Bishop, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932 18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 19: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 20: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349 21: Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 22: Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304 24: Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622 25: The Conversion of Paul 26: Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul 28: Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 30: Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 31: John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 |
| February - Roman Catholic 2: Presentation of the Lord 3: Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr or Saint Ansgar, bishop 5: Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr 6: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs 8: Saint Jerome Emiliani, priest; or Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin 10: Saint Scholastica, virgin 11: Our Lady of Lourdes 14: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop 17: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order 21: Saint Peter Damian, bishop 22: Chair of Saint Peter, apostle 23: Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr |
February - Anglican 1: Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 2: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) 3: Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 4: Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 6: The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 10: Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543 14: Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885 14: Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269 15: Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045 15: Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of the SPCK and the SPG, 1730 17: Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 23: Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155 27: George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 |
| March - Roman Catholic 4: Saint Casimir 7: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs 8: Saint John of God, religious 9: Saint Frances of Rome, religious 17: Saint Patrick, bishop 18: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor 19: Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary 23: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop 25: Annunciation of the Lord |
March - Anglican 1: David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 2: or (26 October) Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 7: Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 8: Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910 8: Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 8: Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929 17: Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 18: Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386 19: Joseph of Nazareth 20: (or 4 September) Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 21: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556 24: Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396 24: Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 25: The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary 26: Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St John the Baptist, 1883 31: John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 |
| April - Roman Catholic 2: Saint Francis of Paola, hermit 4: Saint Isidore, bishop 5: Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest 7: Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest 11: Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr 13: Saint Martin I, pope and martyr 21: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor 23: Saint George, martyr or Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr 24: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist 28: Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr or Saint Louis Marie de Montfort, priest 29: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor 30: Saint Pius V, pope |
April - Anglican 1: Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872 9: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945 10: William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761 10: William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1347 11: George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878 16: Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923 19: Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012 21: Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109 23: George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 24: Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop at St Paul's, 624 25: Mark the Evangelist 27: Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 28: Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841 29: Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380 30: Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 192 |
| May - Roman Catholic 1: Saint Joseph the Worker 2: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor 3: Saints Philip and James, Apostles 12: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs or Saint Pancras, martyr 13: Our Lady of Fatima 14: Saint Matthias the Apostle 18: Saint John I, pope and martyr 20: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs 22: Saint Rita of Cascia 25: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; or Saint Gregory VII, pope or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin 26: Saint Philip Neri, priest 27: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
May - Anglican 1: Philip and James, Apostles 2: Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373 4: English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era 8: Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417 14: (or 24 February) Matthias the Apostle 16: Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877 19: Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988 20: Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804 21: Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330 24: John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788 25: The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735 25: Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709 26: Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 26: John Calvin, Reformer, 1564 26: Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595 28: Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089 30: Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 30: Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 30: Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933 31: (or 2 July) The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth |
| June - Roman Catholic 1: Saint Justin Martyr 2: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs 3: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs 5: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr 6: Saint Norbert, bishop 9: Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor 11: Saint Barnabas the Apostle 13: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor 19: Saint Romuald, abbot 21: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious 22: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop or Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, martyrs 24: Birth of Saint John the Baptist 27: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor 28: Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr 29: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles 30: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome |
June - Anglican 1: Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 3: The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 and 1978 4: Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century 5: Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754 6: Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 8: Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Nonjuror, Hymn Writer, 1711 9: Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 9: Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373 11: Barnabas the Apostle 14: Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691 15: Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 16: Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253 16: Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Philosopher, 1752 17: Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936 18: Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896 19: Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929 22: Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250 23: Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 24: The Birth of John the Baptist 27: Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444 28: Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c.200 29: Peter and Paul, Apostles |
| July - Roman Catholic 3: Saint Thomas the Apostle 4: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal 5: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest 6: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr 9: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs 11: Saint Benedict, abbot 13: Saint Henry 14: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest 15: Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel 20: Saint Apollinaris 21: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor 22: Saint Mary Magdalene 23: Saint Birgitta, religious 24: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, hermit 25: Saint James the Greater, apostle 26: Saints Joachim and Anne 29: Saint Martha 30: Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor 31: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest |
July - Anglican 1: Henry, John, and Henry Venn the younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873 3: (or 21 December) Thomas the Apostle 6: Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535 11: Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 14: John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 15: Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 15: Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 16: Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 18: Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 19: Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and c.379 20: Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century 20: Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566 22: Mary Magdalene 23: Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 25: James the Apostle 26: Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 27: Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901 29: Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord 30: William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 31: Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 |
| August - Roman Catholic 1: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop and doctor 2: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop or Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest - Optional Memorial 4: Saint Jean Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest 5: Dedication of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 6: Transfiguration of the Lord 7: Saint Sixtus II and companions, martyrs or Saint Cajetan, priest 8: Saint Dominic, priest 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr 10: Saint Lawrence 11: Saint Clare, virgin 12: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal 13: Saints Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 16: Saint Stephen of Hungary 19: Saint John Eudes, priest 20: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and doctor 21: Saint Pius X, pope 22: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary 23: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin 24: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle 25: Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, priest 27: Saint Monica 28: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor 29: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr |
August - Anglican 4: Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 5: Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 6: The Transfiguration of Our Lord 7: John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 8: Saint Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 9: Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921 10: Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 11: Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 11: John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890 13: Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667 13: Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910 13: Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912 14: Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 15: (or 8 September) The Blessed Virgin Mary 20: Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153 20: William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890 24: Bartholomew the Apostle 27: Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 28: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430 29: The Beheading of John the Baptist 30: John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 31: Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 |
| September - Roman Catholic 3: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor 8: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9: Saint Peter Claver, priest 12: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary 13: Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor 14: Triumph of the Holy Cross 15: Our Lady of Sorrows 16: Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs 17: Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor 19: Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr 20: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, and Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs 21: Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist 23: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest 26: Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs 27: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest 28: Saint Wenceslaus, martyr or Saints Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial 29: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels 30: Saint Jerome, priest and doctor |
September - Anglican 1: Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710 2: The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942 3: Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604 4: Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650 6: Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851 8: The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9: Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 13: John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407 14: Holy Cross Day 15: Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 16: Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432 16: Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 17: Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 19: Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 20: John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 21: Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 25: Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 25: Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392 26: Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army,1942 27: Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 29: Michael and All Angels 30: Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420 |
| October - Roman Catholic 1: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor 2: Guardian Angels 3: Feria 4: Saint Francis of Assisi 6: Saint Bruno, priest 7: Our Lady of the Rosary 9: Saint Denis and companions, martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, priest 14: Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr 15: Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor 16: Saint Hedwig, religious or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin 17: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist 19: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests and companions, Martyrs or Saint Paul of the Cross, priest 23: Saint John of Capestrano, priest 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop 28: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles |
October - Anglican 1: Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 1: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885 4: Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 6: William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536 9: Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions,Martyrs, c.250 9: Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 10: Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 10: Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674 11: Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 11: James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century 12: Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709 12: Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845 12: Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915 13: Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066 15: Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582 16: Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555 17: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107 18: Luke the Evangelist 19: Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812 25: Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287 26: Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 26: Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 28: Simon and Jude, Apostles 29: James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 31: Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546 |
| November - Roman Catholic 1: All Saints 2: All Souls - ranked with solemnities 3: Saint Martin de Porres, religious 4: Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop 9: Dedication of the Lateran basilica 10: Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor 11: Saint Martin of Tours, bishop 12: Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr 15: Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious 18: Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22: Saint Cecilia 23: Saint Clement I, pope and martyr or Saint Columban, religious 24: Saint Andre Dung Lac and his companions, martyrs 25: Saint Catherine of Alexandria 30: Saint Andrew the Apostle |
November - Anglican 1: All Saints' Day 2: Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) 3: Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600 3: Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639 6: Leonard, Hermit, 6th century 6: William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1944 7: Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 8: The Saints and Martyrs of England 9: Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440 10: Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461 11: Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397 13: Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836 14: Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796 16: Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 16: Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240 17: Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 18: Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231 19: Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 19: Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280 20: Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 20: Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876 22: Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 23: Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100 25: Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century 25: Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748 29: Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church 30: Andrew the Apostle |
| December - Roman Catholic 3: Saint Francis Xavier, priest 4: Saint John Damascene, priest and doctor 6: Saint Nicholas, bishop 7: Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor 8: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9: Saint Juan Diego 11: Saint Damasus I, pope 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe 13: Saint Lucy of Syracuse, virgin and martyr 14: Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor 21: Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor 23: Saint John of Kanty, priest 25: Nativity of the Lord 26: Saint Stephen, the first martyr 27: Saint John the Apostle and evangelist 28: Holy Innocents, martyrs 29: Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr 30: Sixth Day with the Octave of Christmas 31: Saint Sylvester I, pope |
December - Anglican 1: Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916 3: Francis Xavier, Jesuit Missionary, Apostle of the Indies, 1552 4: John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749 4: Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 6: Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 7: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397 8: The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 13: Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 13: Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784 14: John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591 17: O Sapientia 17: Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save The Children', 1928 24: Christmas Eve 25: Christmas Day 26: Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr 27: John, Apostle and Evangelist 28: The Holy Innocents 29: (or 7 July) Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 31: John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384 |