Calendar of saints (Church of England)

• †The Baptism of Christ, the Sunday following the Epiphany (when the Epiphany is kept on 6 January) • Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday 46 days before Easter Day • Maundy Thursday, the Thursday in the week before Easter Day • Good Friday, the Friday in the week before Easter Day • Easter Day, the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon • Ascension Day, the Thursday forty days after Easter Day • Day of Pentecost, the Sunday fifty days after Easter Day • Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost • †The Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi), the Thursday after Trinity Sunday • †Dedication Festival, the first Sunday in October or the Last Sunday after Trinity, if date unknown • †Christ the King, the Sunday next before Advent ==January==

• 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 – may be celebrated on the Sunday between 2 and 8 January • 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 • 18 Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, Spiritual Writer, 1951 • 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==

• 1 Brigid of Kildare, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 • 2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) – may be celebrated on the Sunday between 28 January and 3 February • 3 *Anskar, Archbishop of Bremen, 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 Alternative dates: • Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May. ==March==

• 1 *David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 • 2 *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 *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 Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 • 24 Óscar 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 Alternative dates: • Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March. Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March. ==April==

• 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 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'' • 24 The Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 2003 • 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, 1922 ==May==

• 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 • 12 Gregory Dix, Priest, Monk, Scholar, 1952 • 14 †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 †The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth Alternative dates: • Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May. • The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May. ==June==

• 1 *Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 • 3 The Martyrs of Uganda, 1885–7 and 1977 • 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 Lyon, Teacher of the Faith, c.200 • 29 †Peter and Paul, Apostles Alternative dates: • Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June. ==July==

• 1 Henry, John, and Henry Venn the younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873 • 3 †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, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846 • 31 Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 Alternative dates: • The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May. • Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July. • Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December. ==August==

• 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 *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 †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 Alternative dates: • The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September or 8 December instead of 15 August. ==September==

• 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 Alternative dates: • Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March. ==October==

• 1 Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 • 1 Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885 • 3 George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958 • 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 Alternative dates: • Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March. ==November==

• 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 Mechthild, 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==

• 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 *Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 • 31 John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384 Alternative dates: • Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July. • Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December. ==See also==