THE KALENDAR

[ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. Abp.—Archbishop; Ap.—Apostle; App.—Apostles; Archd.—Archdeacon; B.—Bishop; B.V.—Blessed Virgin; B.V.M.— Blessed Virgin Mary; C.—Confessor; D.—Doctor; K.—King; M.—Martyr; MM.—Martyrs; V.—Virgin; c.—circa (‘about’). ‘O Sapientia’ is the first of the Greater Antiphons said before Christmas.]

  
JANUARY
1.
6.
11.
13.

17.
19.
20.
21.
22.
24.
25.
26.
27.
30.

Circumcision of our Lord.
Epiphany of our Lord.
David, K. of Scotland and C., 1153.
Kentigern or Mungo, B. of Glasgow, c. 603; Hilary, B. of Poitiers, C. and D., 368.
Antony of Egypt, Abbot and C., 356.
Wulfstan, B. of Worcester and C., 1095.
Fabian, B. of Rome and M., 250.
Agnes, Roman V. and M., c. 304.
Vincent, Spanish Deacon and M., c. 304.
St. Timothy.
Conversion of St. Paul.
Polycarp, B. of Srnyriia and M., 155.
John Chrysostom, B. of Constantinople, C. and D., 407.
Beheading of King Charles I.

 

FEBRUARY
1.
2.
6.
11.
17.
18.
24.
 Bride, Abbess of Kildare, 523.
Purification of Mary the B. V., or Candlemas.
St. Titus.
Finnian, B. of Moville and C., c. 579.
Finan, B. of Lindisfarne and C., 661.
Coirnan, B. of Lindisfarne and C., 676.
St. Matthias, Ap.

  

MARCH
1.

2.
6.
7.
8.
10.
12.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
25.

David, Abp. of Menevia and C., c. 544; Marnan or Ernin, B. and C., c. 825.
Chad, B. of Lichfield and 0., 672.
Baldred, C., 608.
Perpetua and her Companions, Carthaginian MM., 203.
Thomas of Aquinum, D., 1274.
Kessog, B. and C., c. 700.
Gregory the Great, B. of Rorne, C. and D., 604.
Patrick of Ireland, B. and C., 461.
Cyril, B. of Jerusalem and C., 386.
St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M.
Cuthbert, B. of Lindisfarne and C., 687.
Benediot, Abbot of Monte Cassino and 1)., c. 540.
Annunciation of our Lady.

  

APRIL
1.
4.
11.
13.
16.
17.
19.
20.
21.

23.
25.
30.

Gilbert, B. of Caithness a.nd C., 1245.
Ambrose, B. of Milan and D., 397.
Leo the Great, B. of Rome and D., 461.
13. Justin, M., c. 167.
16. Magnus, Earl of Caithness and Orkney, M., c. 1116.
17. Donnan, Abbot and M., c. 617.
19. Aiphege, Abp. of Canterbury and M., 1012.
20. Serf, B. and C., c. 500.
21. Maelrubha; Abbot of Applecross and Bangor, C. 722; Anselm, Abp. of Canterbury and D., 1109.
23. George, M., c. 303.
25. St. Mark, Evangelist.
30. Katharine of Siena, V., 1380.

  

MAY
1.
2.
4.
6.
9.
19.
25.
26.
27.

1. St. Philip and St. James, App.
2. Athanasius, B. of Alexandria, C. and D., 373.
4. Monnica, Matron, 387.
6. St. John Evàngelist, ante Portam Latinaru.
9. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. 390.
19. Dunstan, Abp. of Canterbury and C., 988.
25. Aldhelm, B. of Sherborne and C., 709.
26. Augustine, first Abp. cf Canterbuiy and C., 605.
27. Venerable Bede of Jarrow, Presbyter aud D., 735.

 

JUNE
5.
9.
11.
12.
14.
20.
22.
24.
25.
28.
29.

Boniface, B. of Mainz and M., c. 755.
Columba, Abbot of Iona and C., 597.
St. Barnabas, Ap.
 Ternan, B. and C., c. 455.
Basil, B. of Caesarea in Cappadocia and D., 379.
Fillan, Abbot and C., c. 750.
Alban, M., c. 304.
Nativity of St. John Baptist.
 Moluag, B. of Lismore and C. c. 592.
Irenaeus, B. of Lyons and D., 202.
St. Peter, Ap. and M.

  

JULY
2.
6.
15.
20.
22.
25.
26.
29.

Visitation of the B.V.M.
Palladius, B. and C., c. 450.
Swithun, B. of Winchester and C., c. 862, translated 971.
Margaret, V. and M., at Antioch in Pisidia.
St. Mary Magdalene.
St. James the Great, Ap. and M.
St. Anne, Mother to the B.V.M.
Olaf, K. and M., 1030.

  

AUGUST
1.
5.
6.
7.
10.
15.
20.
24.
25.
28.
29.
31.

1. Lammas Day.
5. Oswald, K. of Northumbria and M., 642.
6. Transfiguration of our Lord.
7. Name cf Jesus.
10. Laurence, Archd. at Rome and M., 258.
15. Falling Asleep of the B.V.M.
20. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and D., 1153.
24. St. Bartholomew, Ap.
25. Ebba, Abbess of Coldingham, 683.
28. Augustine, B. of Hippo in Africa, C. and D., 430.
29. Beheading cf St. John Baptist.
31. Aidan, B. of Lindisfarne and C., 651.

  

SEPTEMBER
1.
8.
9.

13.
14.
16.
19.
21.
23.
25.
29.
30.

1. Giles of Provence, Abbot and C., c. 720.
8. Nativity of the B.V.M.
9. Boisil, Prior of Meirose and C., c. 664; Kiaran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise and C., 549.
13. Cyprian, B. of Carthage and M., 258.
14. Holy Cross Day.
16. Ninian, B. of Candida Casa, c. 430.
19. Theodore of Tarsus, Abp. of Canterbury, C. and D., 690.
21. St. Matthew, Ap. and Evangelist.
23. Adamnan, Abbot of Iona and C., 704.
25. Finnbarr, B. of Caithness and Sutherland, C.
29. St. Michael and All Anqels.
Jerome, Presbyter, C. and D., 420.

  

OCTOBER
1.
4.
9.
11.
13.

17.
18.
28.

Remigius, B. of Rheims, c. 530.
Francis of Assisi, C., c. 1226.
Denys of Paris, B. and M.
Kenneth or Canice, Abbot and C., 600.
Congnn, C., c. 735; Edward, King and Confessor, 1066, translated 1163.
Etheldreda, Queen, Abbess of Ely, 679.
St. Luke, Evangelist.
 Si. Simon and Si. Jude, App.

  

NOVEMBER
1.
2.
6.
8.

11.
12.
13.
15.
16.
17.
18.
20.
22.
23.
25.
30.

All Saints’ Day.
 Commemoration of All Souls.
Leonard, C., c. 559.
Saints, Martyrs, and Doctors of Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland; Gervadius or Gerardine, C., c. 934.
Martin, B. of Tours and C., c. 397.
Machar, B. and C., c. 600.
Devenic, C., c. 600.
Fergus, B. and C.
Margaret, Qucen of Scotland, 1093.
Hugh, B. cf Lincoln and C., 1200.
Hilida, Abbess of Whitby, 680.
Edmund, K. of East Anglia and M., 870.
Cecilia, V. and M. at Rome, 230.
Clement, B. of Rome and M., c. 100.
Katharine, V. and M., at Alexandria.
St. Andrew, Ap.

  

DECEMBER
4.
6.
8.
14.
16.
17.
21.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Clement of Alexandria, D., c. 210.
Nicholas, B. of Myra in Lycia and C., 4th cent.
Conception cf the B.V.M.
Drostan, Abhot cf Deer, c. 600.
O Sapientia.
Ignatius, B. of Antioch and M. in Home, c. 110.
St. Thomas, Ap.
 Christmas Day.
 St. Stephen, the first Martyr.
 St. John, Ap. and Evangelist.
 Innocents’ Day.
NOTE.—Local Saints not included in the Kalendar may be commemorated with the permission of the Bishop cf the Diocese.

 

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