National calendars of the Roman Rite of the

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are lists of

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feast days The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context do ...

and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to those within the nation or nations to which each calendar applies who worship according to the

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of the

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. Such calendars are "particular calendars" that build off of the

General Roman Calendar The General Roman Calendar is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebra ...

. National calendars primarily add feast days of saints whose lives profoundly affected the particular nation in question, or whose veneration is especially prevalent there.

National calendars

Angola

* 3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Memorial * 4 February: Saint John de Brito, priest and martyr – Memorial * 13 May:

Our Lady of Fatima Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

– Feast * 3 June: Saints

Charles Lwanga Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 18603 June 1886) was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with a group of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. A memb ...

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial * 28 August:

Saint Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afric ...

, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * Saturday before the last Sunday in October:

Immaculate Heart of Mary The Immaculate Heart of Mary () is a Roman Catholic devotional name used to refer to the Catholic view of the interior life of Mary, mother of Jesus, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love ...

– Solemnity * 3 December:

Saint Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December ...

, priest – Feast

Argentina

According to the national calendar of

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, as requested by the

Argentine Episcopal Conference The Argentine Episcopal Conference ( es, Conferencia Episcopal Argentina) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina that gathers the bishops of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general all matters tha ...

(CEA) and approved by the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

: * 22 January: Blessed Laura Vicuña – Optional Memorial * 24 January: Our Lady, Queen of Peace – Optional Memorial * 25 February: Blessed Maria Ludovica De Angelis, virgin – Optional Memorial * 16 March: Saint Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, priest – Optional Memorial * 27 April: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Feast * 8 May:

Our Lady of Luján Our Lady of Luján ( es, Nuestra Señora de Luján) is a celebrated 16th-century statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Luján ( es, Virgen de Luján), is on display in the Basilica of Luján in ...

, Patroness of Argentina – Solemnity * 15 May:

Saint Isidore the Laborer Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer ( es, San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, El ...

– Optional Memorial * 16 May: Saint Luigi Orione, priest – Optional Memorial * 20 May: Blessed María Crescentia Pérez, virgin – Optional Memorial * 24 May:

Mary, Help of Christians Mary, the Help of Christians ( la, Sancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on a devotion now associated with a feast day of the General Roman Calendar on May 24. John Chrysostom was the f ...

– Optional Memorial * 6 July: Blessed Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, virgin – Optional Memorial * 9 July:

Our Lady of Itatí Our Lady of Itatí ( es, Nuestra Señora de Itatí), also known as the Virgin of Itatí, is a Roman Catholic title of the Virgin Mary, whose principal shrine is in the city of Itatí, Corrientes Province, Argentina. Her feast day is celebrated on ...

– Memorial * 10 July: Saints Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 16 July:

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Ca ...

– Memorial * 23 July: Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, priest – Optional Memorial * 24 July: Saint Francis Solanus, priest – Memorial * 16 August:

Saint Rocco Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked a ...

– Optional Memorial * 25 August: Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas, virgin – Optional Memorial * 26 August: Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá – Optional Memorial * 30 August: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin – Feast * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Memorial * 9 October: Saint Héctor Valdivielso Sáez, martyr – Optional Memorial * 12 October: Our Lady of the Pillar – Optional Memorial * 7 November: Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace – Memorial * 13 November: Blessed Artémides Zatti, religious – Optional Memorial * 17 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Memorial * 18 November:

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Elizabeth of Hungary (german: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, hu, Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, sk, Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), also known as Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, or Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia, ...

– Memorial * 12 December:

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...

– Feast * Saturday of the Second Week of Easter: Our Lady of the Valley – Memorial

Australia

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Liturgy Brisbane
* 27 January: Saints Timothy and

Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death. Before becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a mili ...

, bishops – Optional Memorial * 17 March:

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

, bishop – Solemnity * 26 April:

Saint Mark Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

, evangelist – Feast * 27 April: Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest – Optional Memorial * 28 April:

Saint Peter Chanel Peter Chanel (12 July 1803 – 28 April 1841), born Pierre Louis Marie Chanel, was a Catholic Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Marists, Society of Mary or "Marists" and was sent as a missio ...

, priest and martyr – Memorial * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Solemnity * 6 June:

Saint Marcellin Champagnat Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat (20 May 17896 June 1840), also known as Saint Marcellin Champagnat, was born in Le Rosey, village of Marlhes, near St. Etienne (Loire), France. He was the founder of the Marist Brothers, a religious congregati ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 22 June: Saints John Fisher, bishop, and

Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

, martyrs – Memorial * 7 July: Blessed Peter To Rot, martyr – Optional Memorial * 3 August:

Saint Dominic Saint Dominic ( es, Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilian Catholic priest, mystic, the founder of the Dominican Order and is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientis ...

, priest – Memorial * 8 August:

Saint Mary of the Cross Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known f ...

, virgin – Solemnity

Austria, Germany, Switzerland, German-speaking dioceses

The Episcopal Conferences of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland share one regional calendar, the ''Regionalkalender für das deutsche Sprachgebiet'' ("Regional calendar for the German language area"). It applies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in the dioceses of Luxembourg, Liège, Metz, Strasbourg, Vaduz and Bozen-Brixen. From ''Das Stundenbuch Online'' * 5 January:

Saint John Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 7 January: Saint Valentine of Raetia, bishop – Optional Memorial or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, founder of a religious order – Optional Memorial (1275) * 8 January: Saint Severinus of Noricum, monk – Optional Memorial * 13 January:

Saint Hilary of Poitiers Hilary of Poitiers ( la, Hilarius Pictaviensis; ) was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" () and the "Athanasius of the West". His name comes from the Latin word for happy or ...

, father of the church – Optional Memorial * 17 January: Saint Antony, desert father in Egypt * 21 January: Saint Meinrad, martyr – Optional Memorial * 23 January: Blessed Henry Suso, priest – Optional Memorial * 4 February: Saint Rabanus Maurus, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

Cyril Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (''kýrios'') 'lord'. There are various varian ...

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 24 February:

Saint Matthias Matthias (Koine Greek: Μαθθίας, ''Maththías'' , from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ ''Mattiṯyāhū''; cop, ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. AD 80) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles (written c. AD 63), chosen by the apostles to r ...

, apostle – Feast * 25 February: Saint Walburga, abbess – Optional Memorial * 6 March: Saint Fridolin of Säckingen, monk – Optional Memorial * 9 March:

Saint Bruno of Querfurt Bruno of Querfurt ( 974 – 14 February or 9/14 March 1009), also known as ''Brun'' and ''Boniface'', was a Christian missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania for trying to spread Christianity. ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 March: Saint Matilda – Optional Memorial * 15 March: Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, priest – Optional Memorial * 17 March:

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled ''Geretrude'', ''Geretrudis'', ''Gertrud''; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. Life Family and childhood The ea ...

, abbess – Optional Memorial * 26 March: Saint Ludger, bishop – Optional Memorial * 19 April: Saint Leo IX, pope or Blessed Marcel Callo, martyr – Optional Memorial * 21 April: Saint Conrad of Parzham, religious – Optional Memorial * 27 April: Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 4 May:

Saint Florian Florian ( la, Florianus; 250 – 304 AD) was a Christians, Christian holy man, and the patron saint of Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighting, firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Upper ...

and his companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 5 May: Saint Gotthard, bishop – Optional Memorial * 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 21 May: Saint Hermann Joseph, priest – Optional Memorial * 15 June:

Saint Vitus Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical D ...

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 June: Saint Benno of Meissen, bishop – Optional Memorial * 27 June: Saint Hemma of Gurk – Optional Memorial * 30 June: Saint Otto of Bamberg, bishop – Optional Memorial * 2 July:

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary In Christianity, the Visitation is the visit of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth (biblical figure), Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, . It is also the name of a Chr ...

– Feast * 4 July: Saint Ulrich of Augsburg – Optional Memorial * 7 July:

Saint Willibald Willibald (; c. 700 – c.787) was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria. Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon (itinerary) of Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun fro ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 8 July:

Saint Kilian Kilian, also spelled Cillian or Killian (or alternatively ga, Cillín; la, Kilianus), was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia (Franconia is nowadays the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his labours in the latter ha ...

, bishop and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 10 July: Saints

Canute Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway ...

Eric The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

and

Olaf Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...

, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

Saint Benedict Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Christianity in Italy, Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Ortho ...

, abbot – Feast * 13 July: Saints

Henry Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

and Cunigunde – Optional Memorial * 20 July:

Saint Margaret of Antioch Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr ( grc-gre, Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in the Western Rite Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism, ...

, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 24 July:

Saint Christopher Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is veneration, venerated by several Christianity, Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Empire, Roman emperor Deciu ...

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 31 August: Saint Paulinus of Trier, bishop – Optional Memorial * 17 September: Saint Hildegard of Bingen, abbess and doctor – Optional Memorial * 18 September: Saint Lambert of Maastricht, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 22 September:

Saint Maurice Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; ) was an Egyptians, Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Roman Empire, Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that Ma ...

and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 24 September: Saints Rupert and

Virgilius Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t ...

of Salzburg, bishops – Optional Memorial * 25 September: Saint Nicholas of Flüe, hermit – Optional Memorial * 28 September:

Saint Leoba Leoba, OSB (also Lioba and Leofgyth) (c. 710 – 28 September 782) was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine nun and is recognized as a saint. In 746 she and others left Wimborne Minster in Dorset to join her kinsman Boniface in his mission to the German pe ...

, abbess – Optional Memorial * 16 October:

Saint Gall Gall ( la, Gallus; 550 646) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Deicolus was the elder brother of Gall. Biography The ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 20 October:

Saint Wendelin Saint Wendelin of Trier ( la, Vendelinus; 554 - 617 AD) was a hermit and abbot. Although not listed in the Roman Martyrology, his cultus is wide-spread in German-speaking areas. He is a patron of country folk and herdsmen. He is honored on O ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 21 October:

Saint Ursula Saint Ursula (Latin for 'little female bear', german: link=no, Heilige Ursula) is a legendary Romano-British Christian saint who died on 21 October 383. Her feast day in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar is 21 October. There is little infor ...

and companions, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 31 October: Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, bishop – Optional Memorial * 3 November: Saint Hubert of Liege, bishop, or

Saint Pirmin Saint Pirmin (latinized ''Pirminius'', born before 700 ( according to many sources), died November 3, 753 in Hornbach), was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary. He founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia (Swabia), especially in ...

, abbot and bishop, or Blessed

Rupert Mayer Rupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a Germans, German Jesuit Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest and a leading figure of the Catholic German Resistance to Nazism, resistance to Nazism in Munich. In 1987, he was beatified by ...

, priest – Optional Memorials * 6 November:

Saint Leonard of Noblac Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Ha ...

, hermit – Optional Memorial * 7 November:

Saint Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. Early life His fath ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 15 November: Saint Leopold III – Optional Memorial * 17 November: Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin – Optional Memorial * 19 November:

, religious – Memorial * 20 November:

Saint Corbinian Saint Corbinian ( la, Corbinianus; french: Corbinien; german: Korbinian; 670 – 8 September c. 730 AD) was a Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 26 November: Saints Conrad and Gebhard of Constance, bishops – Optional Memorial * 2 December: Saint Lucius of Chur, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 4 December:

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara ( grc, Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Acc ...

, virgin and martyr or Blessed Adolph Kolping, priest – Optional Memorials * 5 December: Saint Anno II, bishop – Optional Memorial * 13 December: Saint Odile of Alsace, abbess – Optional Memorial

Belgium

* 30 January: Saint Brother Mutien-Marie, religious – Memorial * 6 February:

Saint Amand Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details ...

, missionary – Memorial * 17 March: Saint

Gertrude of Nivelles Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled ''Geretrude'', ''Geretrudis'', ''Gertrud''; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. Life Family and childhood The ea ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 8 April: Saint

Julie Billiart Julie Billiart (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a French nun, saint, educator, and founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years ...

, virgin – Memorial * 10 May: Saint

Father Damien Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacr ...

, missionary – Memorial * 7 August: Saint

Juliana of Liège Juliana of Liège (also called Juliana of Mount-Cornillon), ( 1192 or 1193 – 5 April 1258) was a medieval Norbertine canoness regular and mystic in what is now Belgium. Traditional scholarly sources have long recognized her as the promoter ...

, virgin – Memorial * 31 August: Our Lady, Mediatrix, Feast * 17 September: Saint Lambert, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 3 November: Saint

Hubert Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and '' beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers ...

, bishop – Memorial * 26 November: Saint

John Berchmans John Berchmans ( nl, Jan Berchmans ; 13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll. His spiritual mo ...

, religious – Memorial

Bolivia

* 6 February: Saints Felipe de Jesús, Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Memorial * 25 May: Saint Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, virgin – Optional Memorial * 9 July: Blessed Nazaria Ignacia March, religious – Memorial * 12 July:

Saint Camillus de Lellis Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and c ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 14 July: Saint Francis Solanus, priest – Feast * 16 July:

– Solemnity * 23 August:

Saint Rose of Lima Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city throu ...

, virgin – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Optional Memorial * 18 September: Saint John Macias, religious – Memorial * 9 October: Saint Louis Bertrand, priest – Optional Memorial * 21 October: Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, religious – Optional Memorial * 24 October: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop – Memorial * 3 November:

Saint Martin de Porres Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-r ...

, religious – Memorial * 19 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* 9 February:

Saint Scholastica Scholastica (c. 480 – 10 February 543) is a saint of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy. According to a ninth century tradition, she was the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia. ...

, virgin – Memorial * 10 February: Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 27 April: Blessed Osanna of Cattaro, virgin – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 10 May: Blessed Ivan Merz – Memorial * 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest – Memorial * 9 July: Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković, virgin – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 13 July: Our Lady of Bistrica – Optional Memorial * 20 July:

Saint Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books o ...

, prophet – Feast * 23 July:

Saint Birgitta Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373) born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta ( sv, heliga Birgitta), was a mystic and a saint, and she was also the founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after ...

, religious – Feast * 27 July: Saint

Clement of Ohrid Saint Clement of Ohrid (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian: Свети Климент Охридски, ; el, Ἅγιος Κλήμης τῆς Ἀχρίδας; sk, svätý Kliment Ochridský; – 916) was one of the first medieval Bulgarian ...

and Gorazd, bishops and companions – Optional Memorial * 3 August: Blessed Augustin Kažotić, martyr, bishop – Optional Memorial * 16 August:

Saint Roch Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked a ...

– Optional Memorial * 7 September: Saint Marko Krizin, priest and martyr – Feast * 27 November: Blessed Grazia of Cattaro – Optional Memorial * 14 November: Saint Nikola Tavelić, priest and martyr – Memorial

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Swaziland

* 9 January: Saint Adrian of Canterbury, abbot – Optional Memorial * 20 January: Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest; or

Saint Fabian Pope Fabian ( la, Fabianus) was the bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 until his death on 20 January 250, succeeding Anterus. A dove is said to have descended on his head to mark him as the Holy Spirit's unexpected choice to become the next pop ...

, pope and martyr; or

Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian (in Latin: ''Sebastianus''; Narbo, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire c. AD 255 – Rome, Italia, Roman Empire c. AD 288) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Dioclet ...

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 1 February: Blessed Benedict Daswa– Optional Memorial * 26 February: Saint Alexander of Alexandria, bishop – Optional Memorial * 4 April:

, religious or Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial * 12 April:

Saint Zeno of Verona Zeno of Verona ( it, Zenone da Verona; about 300 – 371 or 380) was either an early Christian Bishop of Verona or a martyr. He is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Orthodox Church. Life and historicity According to a Veronese aut ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 April: Saint Marcellinus, bishop – Optional Memorial * 28 April: Saint Pius V, pope; or

, priest and martyr; or Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, priest – Optional Memorial * 30 April: Our Lady, Mother of Africa – Feast * 24 May: Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians – Memorial * 29 May: Blessed Joseph Gerard, priest – Optional Memorial * 12 June: Saint Onuphrius, hermit – Optional Memorial * 28 July: Saint Victor I, pope and martyr – Optional Memorial * 30 July: Saint Justin de Jacobis, bishop; or

Saint Peter Chrysologus Peter Chrysologus ( el, Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, ''Petros Chrysologos'', "Peter the Golden-worded"; c. 380 – c. 450) was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death. He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for ...

, bishop and doctor – Optional Memorial * 12 August: Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr; or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious – Optional Memorial * 18 August: Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo – Optional Memorial * 22 September:

and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 10 October: Saint Daniel Comboni, bishop – Memorial * 20 October: Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 6 November: All Saints of Africa – Memorial * 1 December: Blessed Clementine Anuarite, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial

Brazil

* 9 June: Saint José de Anchieta, priest – Memorial * 9 July: Saint Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, virgin – Memorial * 16 July:

– Feast * 17 July: Blessed Inácio de Azevedo, priest and martyr – Memorial * 23 August:

, virgin – Feast * 3 October: Saints André de Soveral and Ambrosio Francisco Ferro, priests and martyrs – Memorial * 5 October:

Saint Benedict the Moor Benedict the Moor ( it, Benedetto da San Fratello; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a Sicilian Franciscan friar who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic church. Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for ...

, religious – Optional Memorial * 12 October:

Our Lady of Aparecida Our Lady Aparecida - Our Lady Revealed - ( pt, Nossa Senhora Aparecida or pt, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, links=no ) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the traditional form associated with the Immaculate Conception associated w ...

(''Nossa Senhora Aparecida), ''Patroness of Brazil – Solemnity * 25 October: Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (''Frei Galvão''), priest – Memorial * 19 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast

Canada

According to the national calendar of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, as requested by the

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB; french: Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada) is the national assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in Canada. It was founded in 1943, and was officially recognized by the Holy ...

(CCCB) and approved by the

: * 7 January: Saint André Bessette, religious – Memorial * 8 January: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest – Optional Memorial * 12 January: Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, virgin – Memorial * 19 March:

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, principal patron of Canada – Solemnity * 17 April:

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha ( in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Catholic saint and virgin who was an Algonquin–Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of ...

, virgin – Memorial * 18 April: Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin, virgin – Optional Memorial * 26 April:

Our Lady of Good Counsel Our Lady of Good Counsel ( la, Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a painting said to be miraculous, now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church at Genazzano, near Rome, Italy. Measuring the image ...

– Optional Memorial * 30 April: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, religious – Memorial * 1 May: Saint Pius V, pope – Optional Memorial * 4 May: Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, virgin – Optional Memorial * 6 May: Saint François de Laval, bishop – Memorial * 8 May: Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, virgin – Optional Memorial * 21 May: Saint Eugène de Mazenod, bishop – Optional Memorial * 24 May: Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, bishop – Optional Memorial * 27 June: Blesseds Nykyta Budka and Vasyl Velychkowsky, bishops and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 26 July:

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

, patron of Quebec, and

Saint Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast * 5 August: Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest – Optional Memorial * 2 September: Blessed André Grasset, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 4 September: Blessed Dina Bélanger, virgin – Optional Memorial * 24 September: Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin, religious – Optional Memorial * 25 September:

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...

, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 26 September: Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests, and companions, martyrs, secondary patrons of Canada – Feast * 6 October: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin – Optional Memorial * 16 October: Saint Marguerite d'Youville, religious – Memorial * 20 October:

Saint Hedwig Saint Hedwig may refer to: * Saint Hedwig of Silesia, 13th-century saint * Saint Jadwiga of Poland, 14th-century saint also known as Hedwig * Saint Hedwig, Texas St. Hedwig is a rural town in Bexar County, Texas, United States founded by Germa ...

, religious or

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (french: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Summary She worked to pr ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 22 October: Dedication of Consecrated Churches whose date of Consecration is unknown – Solemnity * 12 December:

– Feast

Cape Verde

* 13 May:

– Memorial * 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial * 28 August:

, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * Saturday before the last Sunday in October:

– Solemnity * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Chile

According to the national calendar of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, as requested by the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CECh) and approved by the

: * 22 January: Blessed Laura Vicuña, virgin – Optional Memorial * 7 February: Blessed Pius IX, pope – Optional Memorial * 11 February:

Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of Lourdes (french: Notre-Dame de Lourdes) is a title of the Virgin Mary. She is venerated under this title by the Roman Catholic church due to her apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France. The first apparition of 11 February 1858, o ...

– Memorial * 3 May:

Exaltation of the Holy Cross In the Christianity, Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate True Cross, the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Unlike Good Friday, which is dedicated to the Passion (Christian ...

– Feast * 4 May: Saints

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

and

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, apostles – Feast * 13 July: Saint Teresa of Los Andes, virgin – Feast * 14 July:

, priest, or Saint Henry – Optional Memorial * 16 July:

, Mother and Queen of Chile – Solemnity * 18 August:

Saint Alberto Hurtado Alberto Hurtado (; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22, 1901 in Viña del Mar, Chile – August 18, 1952 in Santiago, Chile), popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Spanish for "Father Hurtado"), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawye ...

, priest – Memorial * 26 August: Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá – Optional Memorial * 30 August:

, virgin – Feast * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

China (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China)

From the website of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference * 14 January: Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, priest – Optional Memorial * 15 January: Saint Francis Fernandez de Capillas, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 23 January: Saint Lawrence Bai Xiaoman, martyr – Optional Memorial * 27 January: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 29 January: Saint Laurence Wang Bing and companions, martyrs or Saint Joseph Freinademetz, priest – Optional Memorials * 13 February: Saint John of Triora, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 18 February: Saint Martin Wu Xuesheng and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 19 February: Saint Lucy Yi Zhenmei, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 21 February: Saint Paul Liu Hanzou, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 25 February: Saints Louis Versiglia, bishop and Callistus Caravario, priest, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 1 March: Saint Agnes Cao Guiying, martyr – Optional Memorial * 12 March: Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng, martyr – Optional Memorial * 8 April: Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, virgin – Optional Memorial * 4 May: Blessed John Martin Moye, priest – Optional Memorial * 17 May: Saint Peter Liu, martyr – Optional Memorial * 27 May: Saint Peter Sanz, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 29 May: Saint Joachim Ho, martyr – Optional Memorial * 20 June: Saints Gregory Grassi, Francis Fogolla, Anthony Fantosati and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 23 June: Saint Joseph Yuan, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 8 July: Seven Martyred Nuns from the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary – Optional Memorial * 9 July: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs – Solemnity * 20 July: Saint Leo Mangin and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 21 July: Saint Alberic Crescitelli, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 28 July: Saint Paul Chen Changpin and ompanions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 12 August: Blessed Maurice Tornay, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 September: Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 27 October: Saint Francis Diaz, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 7 November: Saint Peter Wu, martyr – Optional Memorial * 27 November: Saint Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * Second Saturday of May:

Our Lady of China Our Lady of China, the Great Mother ( zh, t=中華大聖母, s=中华大圣母, first=t, p=Zhōnghuá Da Shèngmǔ), also known as Our Lady of Donglü ( zh, t=東閭聖母, s=东闾圣母, first=t, p=Dōnglǘ Shèngmǔ, links=no), is a Catholic t ...

– Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Colombia

* 23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Memorial * 3 May:

– Feast * 4 May: Saints

and

, apostles – Feast * 19 May: Saint Maria Bernarda Bütler, virgin – Optional Memorial * 26 May: Saint Mariana de Jesús de Paredes y Flores, virgin – Memorial * 28 May:

Saint Philip Neri Philip Romolo Neri ( ; it, italics=no, Filippo Romolo Neri, ; 22 July 151526 May 1595), known as the "Second Apostle of Rome", after Saint Peter, was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of secular clergy called the Congregation of t ...

, priest – Memorial * 26 June: Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, priest – Optional Memorial * 9 July:

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is a Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic), Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image in the northern Andes region. Under this venerated title, ...

, Patroness of Colombia – Feast * 10 July: Saints Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 16 July:

– Memorial * 17 August: Saint Beatriz of Silva, virgin – Optional Memorial * 19 August: Saint Ezekiel Moreno, bishop – Optional Memorial * 30 August:

, virgin – Feast * 26 August: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars, virgin – Memorial * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 26 September: Blessed

Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

, pope – Optional Memorial * 9 October: Saint Louis Bertrand, priest – Memorial * 21 October: Saint Laura Montoya of Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and foundress – Memorial * 3 November:

, religious – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Corpus Christi: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Costa Rica

* 15 January: Crucified Lord of Esquipulas – Memorial * 15 May: Saint

Isidore the Laborer Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer ( es, San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, El ...

– Feast * 27 June:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have o ...

– Optional Memorial * 16 July:

– Memorial * 2 August: Our Lady of Angels – Solemnity * 30 August: Saint

Rose of Lima Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city thro ...

, virgin – Feast * 3 November: Saint

Martin de Porres Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-r ...

, religious – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Croatia

* 10 February: Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 10 May: Blessed Ivan Merz – Memorial * 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest – Memorial * 4 June:

Saint Quirinus of Sescia Quirinus ( hr, Kvirin) (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea. A ''Passio'', considered unreliable,

– Optional Memorial * 9 July: Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković, virgin – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 13 July: Our Lady of Bistrica – Feast * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 3 August: Blessed Augustin Kažotić, martyr – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 7 September: Saint Marko Krizin, priest and martyr – Memorial * 14 November: Saint Nikola Tavelić, priest and martyr – Feast

Czech Republic

* 18 January: Our Lady, Mother of Christian Unity – Memorial * 23 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 30 April:

Saint Sigismund Sigismund ( la, Sigismundus; died 524 AD) was King of the Burgundians from 516 until his death. He was the son of king Gundobad and Caretene. He succeeded his father in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis's ...

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 8 May: Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Grace – Optional Memorial * 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Feast * 20 May: Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, priest – Memorial * 30 May: Saint Zdislava – Memorial * 15 June:

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 19 June:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 4 July: Saint Procopius, abbot – Optional Memorial * 5 July: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Solemnity * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 14 July: Blessed Hroznata, martyr – Optional memorial * 17 July: Blessed Ceslaus and Saint Hyacinth, priests – Optional Memorial * 23 July: Saint Bridget, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 25 August: Saints Benedykt, Jan, Mateusz, Isaak and Krystyn, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 5 September:

Saint Teresa of Calcutta Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was bo ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 7 September: Saint Melchior Grodziecki, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 10 September: Blessed Charles Spinola, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 September:

Saint Ludmila Ludmila of Bohemia (c. 860 – 15 September 921) is a Czech saint and martyr venerated by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. She was born in Mělník as the daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother ...

, martyr – Memorial * 28 September:

Saint Wenceslaus Wenceslaus I ( cs, Václav ; c. 907 – 28 September 935 or 929), Wenceslas I or ''Václav the Good'' was the Duke ('' kníže'') of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935. According to the legend, he was assassinated by his younger ...

, martyr – Solemnity * 12 October: Saint Radim, bishop – Optional Memorial * 21 October: Blessed Karl of Austria – Optional Memorial * 31 October:

Saint Wolfgang Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg ( la, Wolfgangus; 934 – October 31, 994 AD) was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint of the Catholic (canonized in 1052) and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is regarded ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 13 November:

Saint Agnes of Bohemia Agnes of Bohemia, O.S.C. ( cs, Svatá Anežka Česká, 20 January 1211 – 2 March 1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury ...

, virgin – Memorial * 1 December: Saint Edmund Campion, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Democratic Republic of Congo

* 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 12 August: Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 1 December: Blessed Clementine Anuarite, virgin and martyr – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Denmark

* 7 January:

Saint Canute Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( da, Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy ...

, martyr– Optional Memorial * 19 January: Saint Henry, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 31 January:

Saint Ansgar Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" b ...

, bishop – Solemnity * 1 February: Saint

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19t ...

, priest – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 18 May: Saint Eric IX, martyr – Memorial * 16 June: Saint

William of Æbelholt William of Æbelholt (also known as Vilhelm of Æbelholt, William of Eskilsø and William of Paris) (d. Easter Sunday, 1203) was a French-born churchman of Denmark. Early life William was born of a noble French family and educated by his uncle H ...

, abbot – Memorial * 10 July:

, martyr – Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 12 July:

Saint Kjeld of Viborg Kjeld or Ketil ( la, Chetillus, Ketillus, da, Keld, Kjeld, Ketil; 1100–1150) was a 12th-century Danish clergyman. He is venerated as a saint in Denmark, by both Catholics and Danish Lutherans. Life Kjeld was born in the early 12th century ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 29 July:

Saint Olaf Olaf II Haraldsson ( – 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf (and traditionally as St. Olave), was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously given the title ''Rex Perpet ...

, martyr – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 30 October: Saint

Theodgar of Vestervig Theodgar of Vestervig (german: Dieter von Vestervig; da, Thøger; also ''Dietger'', ''Dioter'', ''Theodgardus'') (d. 24 June, in or about 1065) was a missionary from Thuringia who worked mostly in Jutland in Denmark, where he died and is venerated ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 7 November:

, bishop – Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Ecuador

* 9 February: Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, religious – Feast * 20 April: Our Lady of Sorrows of El Colegio – Feast * 23 August:

, virgin – Feast * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 10 December: Saint

Narcisa de Jesús Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) was an Ecuadorian Catholic virgin. Martillo was known for her charitable giving and strict devotion to Jesus Christ while living a virginal and austere life of prayer and pe ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Corpus Christi: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

England

According to the national calendar of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, as requested by the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Overview The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is the permanent assembly of Catholic Bishops ...

and approved by the

: * 12 January: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx – Optional Memorial * 19 January: Saint Wulstan, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk, and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 1 March:

Saint David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...

, bishop – Feast * 17 March:

, bishop – Feast * 23 April:

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

, martyr – Solemnity * 24 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 4 May: The English Martyrs – Feast * 19 May:

Saint Dunstan Saint Dunstan (c. 909 – 19 May 988) was an English bishop. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life in E ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor – Memorial * 27 May: Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop – Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast * 9 June:

Saint Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 16 June: Saint Richard of Chichester, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 June:

Saint Alban Saint Alban (; la, Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the British protomartyr. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three named martyrs recorded ...

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 22 June: Saints

John Fisher John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal, and theologian. Fisher was also an academic and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI. Fisher was executed by o ...

, bishop and

, martyrs – Feast * 23 June: Saint Etheldreda (Audrey), virgin – Optional Memorial * 1 July: Saint Oliver Plunket, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July: Saint Bridget, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 26 August: Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God Barberi, priest – Optional Memorial * 30 August: Saints

Margaret Clitherow Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, known as "the Pearl of York". She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was c ...

Anne Line Anne Line (''c.'' 1563 – 27 February 1601) was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests, which was illegal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Finally arrested, she ...

and

Margaret Ward Margaret Ward (c. 1550-30 August 1588), the "pearl of Tyburn", was an English Roman Catholic Church, Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I for assisting a Clergy, priest to escape from prison ...

, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 31 August:

Saint Aidan Aidan of Lindisfarne ( ga, Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindis ...

, bishop and the Saints of

Lindisfarne Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...

– Optional Memorial * 3 September:

Saint Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregoria ...

, pope and doctor – Feast * 4 September:

Saint Cuthbert Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 19 September: Saint Theodore of Canterbury, bishop – Optional Memorial * 24 September:

Our Lady of Walsingham Our Lady of Walsingham is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus venerated by Catholics, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Western Rite Orthodox Christians, and some Anglicans associated with the Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches, a pious English peo ...

– Memorial * 9 October: Saint John Henry Newman, priest – Feast * 10 October: Saint Paulinus of York, bishop – Optional Memorial * 12 October:

Saint Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 13 October: Saint Edward the Confessor – Optional Memorial * 26 October: Saints

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

and

Cedd Cedd ( la, Cedda, Ceddus; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 3 November: Saint Winefride, virgin – Optional Memorial * 7 November:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 16 November: Saint Edmund of Abingdon, bishop or

Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Margaret of Scotland ( gd, Naomh Maighréad; sco, Saunt Marget, ), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". Born in the Kingdom of Hungary to th ...

or Saint

Gertrude the Great Gertrude the Great, OSB (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta; it, Santa Gertrude, german: Gertrud die Große von Helfta, la, Sancta Gertrudis; January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic. She is recognized as a saint ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 17 November:

Saint Hilda Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon En ...

, abbess or Saint Hugh of Lincoln, bishop or

– Optional Memorial * 29 December:

Saint Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

, bishop and martyr – Feast

Finland

''From the website of the Catholic Church in Finland'' * 19 January: Saint Henry, bishop and martyr – Solemnity * 3 February:

, bishop – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 18 May:

Saint Eric Eric IX, ( Swedish: ''Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik''; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king in the 12th century, 1156–1160. The ''Roman Martyrology'' of the Catholic ...

, martyr – Memorial * 22 May: Blessed Hemming, bishop – Memorial * 29 May: Saint Ursula Ledóchowska, virgin – Optional Memorial * 4 June: Saint Elizabeth Hesselblad, virgin – Optional Memorial * 26 June: Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, priest – Optional Memorial * 10 July:

, martyr – Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 20 July: Saint Thorlac, bishop – Memorial * 29 July:

, martyr – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 24 September All Nordic Saints, Memorial * 7 October: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 25 November: Blessed Nicolas Steno, bishop – Optional Memorial

France

According to the ''Calendrier propre à la France'' * 3 January:

Saint Genevieve Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre an ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 15 January:

Saint Remigius Remigius (french: Remi or ; – January 13, 533), was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 18 February:

Saint Bernadette Soubirous Bernadette Soubirous (; ; oc, Bernadeta Sobirós ; 7 January 184416 April 1879), also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (''Lorda'' in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in F ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 19 May: Saint Ivo, priest – Optional Memorial * 30 May: Saint Joan of Arc, virgin, secondary patroness of France – Memorial * 2 June:

Saint Pothinus Saint Pothinus (french: Saint Pothin) was the first bishop of Lyon and the first bishop of Gaul. He is first mentioned in a letter attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman p ...

, bishop,

Saint Blandina Saint Blandina (french: Blandine, c. 162–177 AD) was a Christian martyr who died in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France) during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Context In the first two centuries of the Christian era, it was the local Roman of ...

, virgin, and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 4 June:

Saint Clotilde Clotilde ( 474–545), also known as Clothilde, Clotilda, Clotild, Rotilde etc. (Latin: Chrodechildis, Chlodechildis from Frankish ''*Hrōþihildi'' or perhaps ''*Hlōdihildi'', both "famous in battle"), was a Queen of All the Franks. She was ...

– Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 15 August:

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows: We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...

, principal patroness of France – Solemnity * 26 August:

Saint Caesarius of Arles Caesarius of Arles ( la, Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (''Cabillonensis'' or ''Cabellinensis'') from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 19 September:

Our Lady of La Salette Our Lady of La Salette (french: Notre-Dame de La Salette) is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846. On 19 September 1851, the local ...

– Optional Memorial * 1 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin, secondary patroness of France – Memorial

Guatemala

* 15 January: Crucified Lord of Esquipulas – Feast * 24 April: Saint

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (or Betancourt) y Gonzáles ( es, Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles, March 21, 1626 (Tenerife) – April 25, 1667 ( Antigua Guatemala), called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (''Brother Peter o ...

, priest – Solemnity * 3 May:

– Feast * 4 May: Saint

and Saint

, apostles – Feast * 7 October:

Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roma ...

– Feast * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Guinea-Bissau

* 2 February: Our Lady of Candles – Solemnity * 13 May:

– Memorial * 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 4 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal – Memorial * 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial * 28 August:

, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * Saturday before the last Sunday in October:

– Solemnity * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Greece

* 14 February: Saints

, Monk and Methodius – Feast * 18 March: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem – Memorial * 22 April: Saint Adalbert – Optional Memorial * 23 April:

– Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena – Feast * 5 May: Saint Irene – Memorial * 13 May:

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

, Mother of the Church – Memorial * 15 May:

– Optional Memorial * 27 June:

Saint Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria ( grc, Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ also ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 44 ...

– Memorial * 11 July:

– Feast * 17 July: Saint Marina – Memorial * 23 July:

– Feast * 27 July:

Saint Pantaleon Saint Pantaleon ( el, Παντελεήμων, russian: Пантелеи́мон, translit=Panteleímon; "all-compassionate"), counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Heal ...

– Memorial * 3 August: Saint Lydia of Philippi – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) – Feast * 26 September:

– Memorial * 3 October: Saint

Dionysius the Areopagite Dionysius the Areopagite (; grc-gre, Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης ''Dionysios ho Areopagitēs'') was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerate ...

– Memorial * 26 October:

Saint Demetrius Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica ( el, Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, (); bg, Димитър Солунски (); mk, Свети Димитрија Солунски (); ro, Sfântu ...

– Memorial * 21 November:

Presentation A presentation conveys information from a speaker to an audience. Presentations are typically demonstrations, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, build goodwill, or present a new idea/product. Presenta ...

of the

– Feast * 4 December: Saint John Damascene or

– Optional Memorial * 6 December:

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

– Memorial * 12 December:

Saint Spyridon Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous also sometimes written Saint Spiridon (Greek: ; c. 270 – 348) is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Life Spyridon was born in Askeia, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepher ...

– Memorial

Haiti

* 21 January: Our Lady of Altagracia – Memorial * 23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Feast * 27 June:

– Solemnity * 4 July: All Holy Popes – Memorial * 23 August:

, virgin – Solemnity * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 3 November:

, religious – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast

Hungary

* 15 January: Saint Paul the First Hermit – Optional Memorial * 18 January:

Saint Margaret of Hungary Margaret of Hungary (January 27, 1242 – January 18, 1270) was a Dominican nun and the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the younger sister of Kinga of Poland (Kunegunda) and Yolanda of Poland and, through her fa ...

– Feast * 20 January: Blessed Eusebius of Esztergom, bishop – Optional Memorial * 22 January: Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 24 February:

, apostle – Feast * 4 March: Blessed Meszlényi Zoltán, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 18 April:

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 23 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 4 May:

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 7 May: Blessed Gisela – Optional Memorial * 11 May: Blessed Sára Salkaházi, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 17 May: Blessed John Scheffler, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 23 May: Blessed Vilmos Apor, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Memorial * 30 May: The Translation of the relic of

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

– Optional Memorial * 8 June:

, virgin – Memorial * 15 June: Blessed Yolanda, religious – Memorial * 27 June:

Saint Ladislaus Ladislaus I ( hu, László, hr, Ladislav, sk, Ladislav, pl, Władysław; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and ...

– Feast * 2 July:

– Feast * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 17 July: Saints Andrew-Zoerardus and

Benedict Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures * Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Chu ...

, hermits – Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 24 July:

Saint Kinga Kinga of Poland (also known as Cunegunda; pl, Święta Kinga, hu, Szent Kinga) (5 March 1224– 24 July 1292) is a saint in the Catholic Church and patroness of Poland and Lithuania. Biography She was born in Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary ...

, virgin – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 13 August: Blessed Innocent XI, pope – Memorial * 19 August:

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. ( la, Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templars, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through t ...

, abbot and doctor of the Church – Memorial * 20 August:

Saint Stephen of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the f ...

– Solemnity * 5 September:

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 7 September: Saints

Marko Krizin Marko Stjepan Krizin ( 1589 – 7 September 1619), or Marko Križevčanin ( hu, Kőrösi Márk, en, Mark of Križevci, link=yes, italics=yes) was a Croats, Croatian Catholic Church in Croatia, Roman Catholic Catholic priest, priest, profes ...

, Melichar Grodecki and Stephen Pongrác, priests and martyrs – Feast * 24 September: Saint Gerard, bishop and martyr– Feast * 8 October: Our Lady of Hungary – Solemnity * 25 October:

Saint Maurus Maurus (french: Maur; it, Mauro) was the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia (512–584). He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young bo ...

, bishop – Memorial * 31 October: Blessed Theodore Romzha, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 5 November:

Saint Emeric Emeric ( hu, Szent Imre herceg), also ''Emericus,'' ''Emerick, Emery, Emory'', and venerated as Saint Emeric (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. Life Family Emeric is assumedSause ...

– Feast * 13 November: All Saints and Blesseds of Hungary – Optional Memorial * 17 November: Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin – Optional Memorial * 19 November:

, religious – Feast

India

* 14 January: Saint

Devasahayam Pillai Devasahayam Pillai (born Neelakanta Pillai and baptized as Lazarus; 23 April 1712 – 14 January 1752) was an Indian layman and martyr of the Catholic Church.

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 January: Saint

Joseph Vaz Joseph Vaz ( Konkani: ''San Zuze Vaza''; pt, São José Vaz; kn, ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಯೋಸೆಫ್ ವಾಸ್ ಸಂತರು ''Pavitra Yoseph Vaz Santaru''; ta, புனித யோசேப் வாஸ் முனிவர் ...

, priest – Memorial * 4 February: Saint

John de Britto John de Britto (also spelled ''Brito''; pt, João de Brito), also known as Arul Anandar, (born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 March 1647 – died at Orur, Tamil Nadu, India on 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often calle ...

, priest and martyr – Memorial * 7 February: Saint

Gonsalo Garcia Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M. ( pt, Gonçalo Garcia; 1556 – 5 February 1597),

, martyr – Memorial * 18 February: Saint

Kuriakose Elias Chavara Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I. (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and a member of the Syro- ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 25 February: Blessed Mariam Vattalil, virgin martyr – Optional Memorial * 8 June: Saint

Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mariam Thresia (born Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan; 26 April 1876 – 8 June 1926) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family. She was born in Puthenchira, a village of Kera ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 3 July: Saint

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

– Solemnity * 28 July:

Saint Alphonsa Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception or Saint Alphonsa, christened at birth as Anna Muttathupadathu (19 August 1910– 28 July 1946), was a nun and an educator by vocation (profession). She was also known for being a victim soul, visionary ...

Muttathupandathu of the Immaculate Conception, virgin – Memorial * 30 August: Saint

Euphrasia Eluvathingal ''Euphrasia'', or eyebright, is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are semi-parasitic on grasses and other ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 5 September: Saint Teresa of Kolkata, virgin – Memorial * 16 October: Blessed Thevarparampil Kunjachan, priest – Optional Memorial * 3 December: Saint

Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 1 ...

, priest – Solemnity

Indonesia

* 17 August :

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...

– Solemnity * 1 October : Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus virgin and doctor, Patroness of Indonesian Church – Feast * 1 December : Blesseds

Dionisius Dionisius (russian: Диони́сий, variously transliterated as ''Dionisy'' or ''Dionysiy''; also Dionisius the Wise; c. 1440 – 1502) was acknowledged as a head of the Moscow school of icon painters at the turn of the 15th and 16th ...

and Redemptus Indonesia's First Martyrs – Memorial * 3 December :

, priest and patron of Mission of the Indonesian Church– Feast Nearest Sunday to 15 August : Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity ''(if the nearest Sunday is 17 August, then it will be transferred to 12 August))''

Ireland

According to the national calendar of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, as drawn up by the

Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference ( ga, Comhdháil Easpag Caitliceach Éireann) is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland. The conference meets a number of times a year in Maynooth which is the location of St Patr ...

and approved by the

: * 3 January: Saint Munchin, bishop – Optional Memorial * 15 January: Saint Ita, virgin – Memorial * 16 January: Saint Fursa, abbot and missionary – Optional Memorial * 30 January:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 1 February:

Saint Brigid Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ...

, virgin – Feast * 7 February:

Saint Mel In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 11 February:

Saint Gobnait Saint Gobnait (?), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of a medieval, female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney ( ga, Baile Bhuirne), County Cork in Ireland.Jo ...

, virgin – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 17 February: Saint Fintan – Optional Memorial * 1 March:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 5 March: Saint Kieran, bishop – Optional Memorial * 8 March:

Saint Senan In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 11 March: Saint Aengus (Oengus), bishop and abbot – Optional Memorial * 17 March:

, bishop – Solemnity * 21 March: Saint Enda, abbot – Optional Memorial * 24 March: Saint Macartan, bishop – Optional Memorial * 1 April: Saint Ceallach (Celsus), bishop – Optional Memorial * 18 April: Saint Molaise (Laisrén, Laserian), bishop – Optional Memorial * 27 April: Saint Asicus, bishop – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 4 May: Saint Conleth, bishop – Optional Memorial * 5 May: Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, religious – Optional Memorial * 10 May:

Saint Comgall Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland. MacCaffrey,James (1908). " St. Comgall". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Co ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 15 May: Saint Carthage, bishop (Mochuta) – Optional Memorial * 16 May:

Saint Brendan Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 - c.577), is one of the early Celtic Christianity, Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, Br ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 3 June:

Saint Kevin Saint Kevin (modern Irish '; Old Irish ', '; latinized '; 498 (reputedly)–3 June 618) is an Irish saint, known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. His feast day is 3 June. Early life Kevin's life is not ...

, abbot – Memorial * 6 June:

Saint Jarlath Saint Jarlath, also known as Iarlaithe mac Loga (''fl.'' 6th century), was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint. N ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 7 June: Saint

Colman of Dromore Colmán or Colman is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Medieval Irish people * Colmán Bec (died ''c''. 585), Irish dynast * Colmán mac Cobthaig (died ''c''. 622), Irish king * Colmán mac Lénéni (died ''c' ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 9 June:

, abbot and missionary – Feast * 14 June: Saint Davnet, virgin – Optional Memorial * 20 June: Blessed

Irish Martyrs Irish Catholic Martyrs () were 24 Irish men and women who have been beatified or canonized for dying for their Catholic faith between 1537 and 1681 in Ireland. The canonisation of Oliver Plunkett in 1975 brought an awareness of the others who d ...

– Memorial * 1 July: Saint

Oliver Plunkett Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 an ...

, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 6 July: Saint Moninne, virgin – Optional Memorial * 7 July: Saint Maelruain (Maolruain), virgin – Optional Memorial * 8 July:

Saint Killian Kilian, also spelled Cillian or Killian (or alternatively ga, Cillín; la, Kilianus), was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia (Franconia is nowadays the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his labours in the latter ha ...

, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 24 July: Saint Declan, bishop – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 9 August: In the revised liturgical calendar for Ireland, approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 1 October 1998 (Protocol No. 227/97/L), optional memorials of Saint Nathy and

Saint Felim Saint Felim (also called Feilim, Feidlimid, Feidhlimidh, Felimy, Feidhilmethie, Feidlimthe, Fedlimid, Fedlimidh, Phelim, Phelime), an Irish Christian hermit and priest, was born, probably in Kiennacta Breagh, County Meath in the mid sixth century ...

were assigned to this day; outside the dioceses that celebrate them with a higher rank, their celebrations are impeded by that of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was later declared one of the patron saints of Europe. * 12 August: Saint Muiredach, bishop, Saint Attracta, virgin, or Saint Lelia, virgin – Optional Memorials * 13 August:

Saint Fachtna Fachtna of Rosscarbery, known also as Fachanan, was the founder of the monastery of Rosscarbery (Ros Ailithir), County Cork. He died around 600. Life He established a monastery and school in the area now known as Rosscarbery towards the end of ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 17 August:

Our Lady of Knock Knock may refer to: Places Northern Ireland * Knock, Belfast, County Down * Knock, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh Republic of Ireland * Knock, County Clare, village in County Clare * Knock, County Mayo, village in County Mayo ...

– Feast * 23 August: Saint Eugene (Eoghan), bishop – Optional Memorial * 30 August:

Saint Fiacre Saint Fiacre ( ga, Fiachra, la, Fiacrius) is the name of three different Irish saints, the most famous of which is Saint Fiacre of Breuil (c. AD 600 – 18 August 670), the Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century ...

, monk – Optional Memorial * 31 August: Saint

Aidan of Lindisfarne Aidan of Lindisfarne ( ga, Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindis ...

, bishop and missionary – Optional Memorial * 4 September: Saint Mac Nissi, bishop – Optional Memorial * 9 September: Saint Ciaran, abbot – Memorial * 12 September: Saint Ailbe, bishop – Optional Memorial * 23 September: The celebration of Saint Eunan (Adomnan), abbot as an optional memorial is now generally impeded by the later assignation to this date in the General Calendar of the obligatory memorial of Saint Pio of Pietralcina * 25 September:

Saint Finbarr Saint Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, or Finnbarr, in Irish language, Irish Fionnbharra, very often abbreviated to Barra, (c. 550 in Ireland, 550–620s in Ireland, 25 September 623) was Bishop of Cork and abbot of a monastery in what is now the ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 3 October: Blessed

Columba Marmion Columba Marmion, OSB, born Joseph Aloysius Marmion (April 1, 1858 – January 30, 1923) was a Benedictine Irish monk and the third Abbot of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium. Beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000, Columba was one of t ...

, priest – Optional Memorial (in some places) * 9 October: Saint John Henry Newman, priest – Optional Memorial (in some places) * 11 October:

Saint Canice Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Cainn ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial * 16 October:

, abbot and missionary – Optional Memorial * 27 October: Saint Otteran, monk – Optional Memorial * 29 October: Saint

Colman of Kilmacduagh Saint Colman mac Duagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus, in Irish, ''mac Duach''). He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 3 November:

Saint Malachy Malachy (}; Modern ga, Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; ) (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal ...

, bishop – Memorial * 6 November: All Saints of Ireland – Feast * 7 November:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 November: Saint Laurence O'Toole, bishop – Optional Memorial * 23 November:

Saint Columban Columbanus ( ga, Columbán; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in p ...

, abbot and missionary – Memorial * 25 November Saint

Colman of Cloyne Colmán or Colman is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Medieval Irish people * Colmán Bec (died ''c''. 585), Irish dynast * Colmán mac Cobthaig (died ''c''. 622), Irish king * Colmán mac Lénéni (died ''c' ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 27 November Saint Fergal, bishop and missionary – Optional Memorial * 12 December Saint

Finnian of Clonard Finnian of Clonard ('Cluain Eraird') – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form (470–549) – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath. ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 18 December

Saint Flannan In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 December

Saint Fachanan Saint Fachanan (also known as Fachtna), about whom very little is known with certainty, is linked by a strong early tradition with Kilfenora, where he founded a church or monastery in the sixth century. He is venerated as the first Bishop of Kilf ...

Kilfenora Kilfenora ( ga, Cill Fhionnúrach , meaning 'Church of the Fertile Hillside' or 'Church of the White Brow') is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated south of the karst limestone region known as the Burren. Si ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial

Japan

* 6 February: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Feast * 17 March: Our Lady of the Discovery of the Hidden Christians – Feast * 1 July: Saint Peter Kibe, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 10 September: 205 Blessed Martyrs of Japan – Memorial * 28 September: Saint Thomas Rokuzayemon, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Korea

* 29 May: Blessed Paul Yun Ji-Chung and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 5 July: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr – Solemnity * 20 September: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, and Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs – Solemnity * 1 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Lebanon

* 4 December:

, virgin and martyr – Memorial * 6 December:

, bishop – Memorial * 24 December:

Saint Charbel Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. ( ar, شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for ...

, priest – Optional Memorial * 9 February: Saint Maroun – Memorial * 23 March: Saint Rafqa (Rebecca), virgin – Memorial * 23 April:

, martyr – Memorial * 1 May:

Our Lady of Lebanon ar, سيدة لبنان , native_name_lang = , image = Ladylebanon.JPG , image_upright = , alt = , caption = Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon , map_type = , map_s ...

– Feast

Lithuania

* 27 January: Blessed

Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, also known as Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis (13 April 1871 - 27 January 1927) was a Latin Church Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Vilnius from late 1918 until his resignation in 1925. Matulaitis ...

, bishop – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 4 March:

Saint Casimir Casimir Jagiellon ( la, Casimirus; lt, Kazimieras; pl, Kazimierz; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes ...

– Feast * 9 March: Saint Bruno Boniface of Querfurt, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 23 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 16 May: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 2 July: Our Lady, Queen of Families – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 17 August: Saint Hyacinth – Optional Memorial * 8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity * 5 October:

Saint Faustina Kowalska Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as ''Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament'', Faustyna popularly spelled "Faustina", was a Polish Catholic religious sister an ...

, religious – Optional Memorial * 16 November: Our Lady, Mother of Mercy – Solemnity

Luxembourg

* 3 January: Saint Irmine, abbess – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 13 July: Saints

and Cunigunde – Memorial * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 11 August: Blessed Ghislaine – Optional Memorial * 18 September: Saint Lambert of Maastricht, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 3 November: Saint

, bishop – Memorial * 7 November:

, bishop – Feast * Second Saturday after the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted – Solemnity

Malta

* 22 January:

Saint Publius Saint Publius ( mt, San Publju; grc-gre, Πούπλιος) is a first century Maltese bishop. He is venerated as the first Bishop of Malta and one of the first Bishops of Athens. Publius is Malta's first acknowledged saint, the prince of the ...

, bishop – Memorial * 10 February: Shipwreck of

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, apostle – Solemnity * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 25 February: Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, virgin – Optional Memorial * Friday before Good Friday:

Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

– Feast * 23 April:

, martyr – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 30 April: Saint Pius V, pope – Memorial * 1 May:

the Worker – Memorial * 9 May: Saint George Preca, priest – Feast * 1 July: Blessed Nazju Falzon – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 16 July:

– Memorial * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast

Mexico

* 5 February: Philip of Jesus, Saint Felipe de Jesús, priest and martyr – Feast * 25 February: Sebastian de Aparicio, Blessed Sebastián de Aparicio, religious – Optional Memorial * 27 April: Saint María Guadalupe García Zavala, virgin – Optional Memorial * 3 May:

– Feast * 4 May: Philip the Apostle, Saint Philip and James, son of Alphaeus, Saint James, apostles – Feast * 15 May:

– Memorial * 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 21 May: Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, Saint Cristóbal Magallanes and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 27 June:

– Optional Memorial * 4 July: Refugium Peccatorum, Our Lady of Refuge – Optional Memorial * 30 July: María Natividad Venegas de la Torre, Saint María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas, virgin – Optional Memorial * 16 August: Blessed 205 Martyrs of Japan, Bartolomé Días Laurel, religious and martyr or Blessed 205 Martyrs of Japan, Pedro de Zúñiga and Blessed 205 Martyrs of Japan, Luis Flores, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 26 August: Junípero Serra, Saint Junípero Serra, priest – Optional Memorial * 30 August:

, virgin – Feast * 19 September: José Maria de Yermo y Parres, Saint José Maria de Yermo, priest – Optional Memorial * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Memorial * 24 October: Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Saint Rafael Guízar y Valencia, bishop – Feast * 23 November: Miguel Pro, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 9 December: Juan Diego, Saint Juan Diego – Memorial * 12 December:

– Solemnity * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Mozambique

* Monday after Pentecost: Mother of the Church, Our Lady, Mother of the Church – Feast * 13 May:

– Memorial * 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial * 28 August:

, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * Saturday before the last Sunday in October:

– Solemnity * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast

Netherlands

* 14 January: Blessed Peter Donders, priest – Optional Memorial * 15 January: Saint Arnold Janssen, priest -Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 5 June: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 14 June: Saint Lidwina, virgin – Feast * 9 July: The Martyrs of Gorkum – Feast * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 27 July: Blessed Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 3 November: Saint

, bishop – Memorial * 6 November: The Preachers of the Faith in Netherlands – Feast * 7 November:

, bishop – Solemnity

New Zealand

* 6 February: Waitangi Day * 7 February: Paul Miki, Saint Paul Miki Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, and companions – Memorial * 17 March:

, bishop – Feast * 26 April: Saint Mark, apostle – Feast * 27 April: Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, priest – Optional Memorial * 28 April: Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr – Feast * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Memorial * 6 June:

, priest – Optional Memorial * 3 August:

, priest – Memorial * 8 August: Saint Mary MacKillop, virgin – Feast

Nigeria

* 9 January: Saint Adrian of Canterbury, abbot – Optional Memorial * 19 January:

, pope and martyr; or

, martyr – Optional Memorial * 20 January: Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest – Feast * 26 February: Saint Alexander of Alexandria, bishop – Optional Memorial * 17 March:

, bishop – Feast * 4 April:

, religious or Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial * 12 April:

, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 April: Saint Marcellinus, bishop – Optional Memorial * 28 April: Saint Pius V, pope; or

and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 1 October: Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria – Solemnity * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Memorial * 10 October: Saint Daniel Comboni, bishop – Memorial * 20 October: Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 6 November: All Saints of Africa – Memorial * 1 December: Blessed Clementine Anuarite, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial

North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

The dioceses within Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia constitute one Episcopal Conference, and so share one regional proper calendar. * 3 January: Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishop – Memorial * 5 January: Saints Longinus, Eugenius, and Vindemial, bishops and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 8 January: Saints Quodvultdeus and Deogratias, bishops – Optional Memorial * 11 January: Saints Victor I, Pope Miltiades, Miltiades, and Pope Gelasius I, Gelasius I, popes – Memorial * 4 February: Saint Celerina and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 7 March: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs – Feast * 30 April: Our Lady of Africa – Feast * 6 May: Saints James, Marianus, and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 4 June: Saint Optatus, bishop – Memorial * 10 July: Saint Marciana of Mauretania, Marciana, martyr – Optional Memorial * 17 July: Saint Scillitan Martyrs, Speratus and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 23 August: Saint Emily de Vialar, religious – Optional Memorial * 27 August: Saint Monica – Feast * 28 August: Saint Augustine of Hippo, Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Solemnity * 30 August: Saints Alypius of Thagaste, Alypius and Saint Possidius, Possidius, bishops – Memorial * 10 September: Saint Nemesius#Other people named Nemesius, Nemesius and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 12 September: Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, Marcellinus, martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 September: Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr – Solemnity * 30 October: Saints Marcellus of Tangier, Marcellus and Maximilian of Tebessa, martyrs – Memorial * 5 December: Saint Crispina, martyr – Memorial

Norway

''From the website of the Catholic Church in Norway'' * 8 January: Thorfinn of Hamar, Saint Thorfinn, bishop – Optional Memorial * 19 January: Saint Henry, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 26 January: Eysteinn Erlendsson, Saint Eysteinn, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 16 April: Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, Saint Magnus, martyr – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 18 May: Saint Eric IX, martyr – Memorial * 8 July: Sunniva, Saint Sunniva, virgin and martyr – Memorial * 10 July:

, martyr – Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 15 July: Swithun, Saint Swithun, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 July: Saint Thorlac, bishop – Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 29 July:

, martyr – Solemnity * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 25 November: Blessed Nicolas Steno, bishop – Memorial

Panama

* 6 May:

, religious – Feast * 23 August:

, virgin – Feast * 9 September: Our Lady of Antigua, Patroness of Panama – Solemnity * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Feast * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Paraguay

* 3 February: Saint Blase, bishop and martyr – Feast * 16 July:

– Optional Memorial * 23 August:

, virgin – Feast * 17 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Solemnity * 19 November:

, religious – Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Peru

* 3 May: Feast of the Cross, Finding of the Holy Cross – Feast * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Optional Memorial * 26 May: Saint Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, virgin – Feast * 14 July: Saint Francis Solanus, priest – Feast * 28 July: Our Lady of Peace – Feast * 30 August:

, virgin – Solemnity * 18 September: Saint John Macias, religious – Feast * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 28 October: Lord of Miracles, Our Lord of Miracles – Feast * 3 November:

, religious – Solemnity * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Philippines

* 15 January: Saint Arnold Janssen, priest – Optional Memorial * Third Sunday of January: Santo Niño de Cebú, Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus) – Feast * 6 February: Saints Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, Pedro Bautista, Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 2 April (preceding Saturday if date falls on a Sunday of Lent or within Holy Week in the Philippines, Holy Week): Saint Pedro Calungsod, martyr – Memorial * 15 May: Saint

– Memorial * 21 May: Saint Eugene de Mazenod, priest – Optional Memorial *Thursday after Pentecost Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – ''Memorial'' or ''Feast'' (in some dioceses) * 16 August:

– Memorial * 19 August: Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, Ezequiel Moreno, Bishop – Optional Memorial * 23 August: Saint

, Virgin and Secondary Patroness of the Philippines – Memorial * 28 September: Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and companions, martyrs – Memorial *Wednesday after the Solemnity of Christ the King: Votive Mass for Persecuted Christians *8 December: Immaculate Conception, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Principal Patroness of the Philippine Islands – Solemnity (Holy Day of Obligation) * 12 December:

, Heavenly Patroness of the Philippines – Memorial

Poland

* 19 January: Józef Sebastian Pelczar, Saint Józef Sebastian Pelczar, bishop – Memorial * 22 January: Saint Vincent Pallotti, priest – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, Monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 4 March:

– Feast * 23 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Solemnity * 24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr or

, martyr – Optional Memorials * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 May: Our Lady, Queen of Poland – Solemnity * 4 May:

, martyr – Memorial * 5 May: Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Saint Stanisław Kazimierczyk, priest – Optional Memorial * 6 May: Saints

and

, apostles – Feast * 8 May: Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr – Solemnity * 16 May: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr – Feast * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Memorial * 29 May: Saint Ursula Ledóchowska, virgin – Memorial * 30 May: John Sarkander, Saint John Sarkander, priest and martyr or Zdislava Berka, Saint Zdzisława – Optional Memorials * 8 June: Jadwiga of Poland, Saint Hedwig the Queen – Memorial * 12 June: Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, Blessed Antoni Nowowiejski, bishop and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 14 June: Michał Kozal, Blessed Michael Kozal, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 17 June: Albert Chmielowski, Saint Albert Chmielowski, religious – Memorial * 26 June: Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Saint Zygmunt Gorazdowski, priest – Optional Memorial * 1 July: Otto of Bamberg, Saint Otto, bishop – Optional Memorial * 5 July: St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest or Maria Goretti, Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorials * 6 July: Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Blessed Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, virgin – Memorial * 8 July: John of Dukla, Saint John of Dukla, priest – Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 12 July: Saint Bruno Boniface of Querfurt, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 13 July: Saints Andrew Zorard, Andrzej Świerad and

, hermits – Memorial * 14 July:

, priest, or Saint Henry – Optional Memorial * 18 July: Szymon of Lipnica, Saint Simon of Lipnica, priest – Optional Memorial * 20 July: Ceslaus, Blessed Czesław, priest – Optional Memorial * 23 July: Saint Bridget of Sweden, Bridget, religious, Patron of Europe – Feast * 24 July:

, virgin – Memorial * 28 July: Sharbel Makhluf, Saint Sharbel Makhluf, hermit – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 17 August: Saint Hyacinth, priest – Memorial * 26 August: Our Lady of Częstochowa – Solemnity * 4 September: Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, Blessed Maria Stella and companions, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 7 September: Saint Melchior Grodziecki, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 17 September: Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Saint Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, bishop – Optional Memorial * 18 September: Stanislaus Kostka, Saint Stanisław Kostka, religious – Feast * 5 October:

, religious – Memorial * 12 October: Jan Beyzym, Blessed John Beyzym, priest – Optional Memorial * 13 October: Blessed Honorat Koźmiński, priest – Memorial * 16 October: Jadwiga of Poland, Saint Hedwig of Poland – Memorial * 20 October: John Cantius, Saint John of Kęty, priest – Memorial * 22 October: Pope John Paul II, Saint John Paul II, pope – Memorial * 23 October: Josef Bilczewski, Saint Josef Bilczewski, bishop – Optional Memorial * 13 November: Saints Benedykt, Jan, Mateusz, Isaak and Krystyn, the first martyrs of Poland – Memorial * 18 November: Karolina Kózka, Blessed Karolina Kózkówna, virgin and martyr – Memorial * 20 November: Raphael Kalinowski, Saint Rafał Kalinowski, priest – Memorial * 4 December:

, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * Monday after Pentecost: Mother of the Church, Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Portugal

As by the (National Secretariat of Liturgy): * 11 January: Blessed Gonçalo de Amarante, priest – Optional Memorial * 4 February: Saint John de Brito, priest and martyr – Memorial * 7 February: Holy Wounds, The Five Wounds of the Lord – Feast * 14 February: Saints

, Monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 18 February: Saint Theotonius, priest – Memorial * 20 February: Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto – Optional Memorial * 8 March: Saint John of God, priest – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin – Feast * 12 May: Blessed Joana, Princess of Portugal, Joan of Portugal, virgin – Optional Memorial * 13 May: Our Lady of Fátima – Feast * 10 June: Guardian Angel of Portugal – Memorial * 13 June: Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony of Lisbon, priest and doctor of the Church – Feast * 20 June: Blessed Sancha, Lady of Alenquer, Sancha and Mafalda, virgins, or Blessed Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León, Theresa of Portugal, religious – Optional Memorials * 4 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal – Memorial * 11 July:

, Abbot – Feast * 17 July: Blessed Inácio de Azevedo, priest, and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 18 July: Blessed Bartholomew of Braga, Bartholomew of the Martyrs, bishop – Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 17 August: Saint Beatrice of Silva, virgin – Memorial * 27 October: Blessed Gonçalo de Lagos, priest – Optional Memorial * 6 November: Nuno Álvares Pereira, Saint Nuno of Saint Mary – Memorial * 5 December: Fructuosus of Braga, Saint Fructuosus, Martin of Braga, Saint Martin of Dume and Gerald of Braga, Saint Gerald, bishops – Memorial

Puerto Rico

According to the proper calendar of Puerto Rico, as requested by the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and approved by the

: * 3 January: Holy Name of Jesus, Most Holy Name of Jesus or Our Lady of Bethlehem – Optional Memorials * 10 January: María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña, Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña, virgin – Optional Memorial * 4 May: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago, Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez – Optional Memorial * 16 July:

– Feast * 26 August: St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet, Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet, virgin – Optional Memorial * 30 August:

, virgin – Feast * 10 September: Charles Spinola, Blesseds Carlos Spínola and Jerome de Angelis, Jerónimo de Angelis, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 11 October: Maria Soledad, Saint Soledad Torres Acosta, virgin – Optional Memorial * 19 November: Our Lady of Providence, Our Lady, Mother of Divine Providence, Patroness of Puerto Rico – Solemnity * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Romania

* 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 28 February: Saint John Cassian, priest – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 16 May: Vladimir Ghika, Blessed Vladimir Ghika, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast

Russia

* 27 January: Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Blessed George Matulewicz, bishop – Memorial * 29 January: Bolesława Lament, Blessed Bolesława Maria Lament, virgin – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast ''(in European Russia)'' * 6 May:

, martyr – Memorial * 16 May: Theodosius of Kiev, Saint Theodosius of the Caves, abbot – Memorial * 27 June:

or Leonid Feodorov, Blessed Leonid Feodorov, priest and Martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast ''(in European Russia)'' * 23 July:

, religious – Feast ''(in European Russia)'' * 24 July: Anthony of Kiev, Saint Anthony of the Caves, monk – Optional Memorial * 24 July: Olga of Kiev, Saint Olga – Optional Memorial * 28 July: Vladimir the Great, Saint Vladimir the Great – Memorial * 5 August: Boris and Gleb, Saints Boris and Gleb, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast ''(in European Russia)'' * 26 August: Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Our Lady of Częstochowa – Optional Memorial * 7 September: Theotokos of Vladimir, Our Lady of Vladimir – Optional Memorial * 5 October:

, virgin – Memorial * 30 October: Blessed Oleksiy Zarytskyi, priest and martyr – Memorial * 16 November: Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn – Optional Memorial * 20 November: Raphael Kalinowski, Saint Rafał Kalinowski, priest – Memorial * 30 November: Saint Andrew the Apostle, patron of Russia – Solemnity * 4 December:

, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 6 December:

, bishop – Memorial

São Tomé and Principé

* 3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Memorial * 4 February: Saint John de Brito, priest and martyr – Memorial * 13 May:

– Feast * Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost:

– Solemnity * 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Feast * 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial * 28 August:

, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor – Feast * 3 December:

, priest – Feast * 21 December: Saint Thomas the Apostle – Solemnity

Scotland

According to the national calendar of Scotland, as requested by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland and approved by the

: * 13 January: Saint Kentigern – Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, Monk and Methodius – Feast * 10 March: Saint John Ogilvie – Feast * 17 March:

– Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena – Feast * 9 June:

– Memorial * 11 July:

– Feast * 23 July:

– Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) – Feast * 16 September: Saint Ninian – Memorial * 16 November:

– Feast * 30 November: Saint Andrew the Apostle – Solemnity

Slovakia

According to ''Všeobecný kalendár Rímskej cirkvi a osobitný kalendár diecéz na Slovensku'' (General calendar of the Roman Church and special calendar of dioceses in Slovakia) as printed in the Slovak translation of Roman Missal, ed. typ. tertia, released in 2021. * 23 April: Saint Adalbert of Prague, Adalbert, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 24 April: Saint Saint George, George, martyr – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patroness of Europe – Feast * 4 May: Saint Saint Florian, Florian, martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 May: Blessed Sára Salkaházi, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 16 May: Saint John of Nepomuk, John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Memorial * 2 July: Visitation (Christianity), Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast * 5 July: Saints Saints Cyril and Methodius, Cyril, monk, and Saints Cyril and Methodius, Methodius, bishop, Slavic Missionaries, patrons of Europe – Solemnity * 7 July: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest – Optional Memorial * 11 July: Saint Benedict of Nursia, Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe – Feast * 17 July: Saints Andrew Zorard and Benedict of Skalka, Benedict, eremites – Memorial * 23 July: Saint Bridget of Sweden, Bridget, religious, patroness of Europe – Feast * 27 July: Saint :sk:Gorazd (Nitra), Gorazd and companions – Memorial * 30 July: Blessed Cecília Schelingová, Zdenka Cecília Schelingová, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr, patroness of Europe – Feast * 18 August: Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I, Helena – Optional Memorial * 7 September: Saints

, Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongracz, priests and martyrs – Memorial * 15 September:

, patroness of Slovakia – Solemnity * 16 October: Saint Gall, priest – Optional Memorial * 25 October: Saint Maurus of Pécs, Maurus, bishop – Optional Memorial * 26 October: Dedication of churches, Dedication of consecrated churches whose date of Consecration is unknown – Solemnity * 2 November: All Souls' Day, All Souls – Memorial * 4 December: Saint Saint Barbara, Barbara, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Slovenia

* 11 January: Saint Paulinus II of Aquileia, bishop – Memorial * 22 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin – Memorial * 3 February: Saint Blase, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 24 February:

, apostle – Feast * 16 April:

, virgin – Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 1 May:

the Worker – Feast * 4 May:

, martyr – Memorial * 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest – Memorial * 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Memorial * 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Solemnity * 27 June: Saint Hemma of Gurk – Memorial * 5 July: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Solemnity * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 12 July: Hermagoras of Aquileia, Saints Hermargoras, bishop and Fortunatus, deacon; martyrs – Memorial * 23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast * 27 July: Saints Gorazd and Clement, bishops – Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast * 24 September: Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek, bishop – Feast * 3 November: Saint Victorinus of Pettau, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 27 November: Saints Modestus (Apostle of Carantania), Modestus and

, bishops – Memorial * 6 December:

, bishop – Memorial * Monday after Pentecost: Mother of the Church, Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast * Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost:

– Feast

Spain

* 9 January: Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, bishop – Optional Memorial * 20 January: Saints Fructuosus, bishop, and Fructuosus, Augurius and Eulogius, deacons, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 22 January: Saint Vincent of Saragossa, Vincent, deacon and martyr – Memorial * 23 January: Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk, and Saints Cyril and Methodius, Methodius, bishop, Patrons of Europe – Feast * 13 April: Saint Hermenegild, martyr – Optional Memorial * 24 April: Saint

, missionary – Memorial * 26 April: Saint Isidore of Seville, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Feast * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor of the Church, Patron of Europe – Feast * 10 May: Saint John of Avila, priest – Memorial * 15 May: Saint Isidore the Laborer, Isidore the Farmer – Memorial * 17 May: Saint Paschal Baylon – Optional Memorial * 22 May: Saint Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Joaquina Vedruna – Optional Memorial * 30 May: Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, Ferdinand – Optional Memorial * 9 June: Saint José de Anchieta, missionary – Memorial * 15 June: Saint Maria Micaela Desmaisieres, María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament, virgin – Optional Memorial * 26 June: Saint Pelagius of Cordova, Pelagius, martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 July: Saint Benedict of Nursia, Benedict, abbot, Patron of Europe – Feast * 16 July:

– Memorial * 23 July: Saint Bridget of Sweden, Bridget, religious, Patron of Europe – Feast * 25 July: Saint James, son of Zebedee, James, apostle, Patron of Spain – Solemnity * 9 August: Saint Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr, Patron of Europe – Feast * 19 August: Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, Ezequiel Moreno, bishop – Optional Memorial * 26 August: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars, virgin – Memorial * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 3 October: Saint Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Francis Borgia, priest – Optional Memorial * 10 October: Saint Thomas of Villanova, bishop – Optional Memorial * 11 October: Saint Maria Soledad, Soledad Torres Acosta, virgin – Optional Memorial * 12 October: Our Lady of the Pillar – Feast * 15 October: Saint Teresa of Ávila, Teresa of Jesus, virgin and Doctor of the Church – Feast * 19 October: Saint Peter of Alcantara, Peter of Alcántara, priest – Optional Memorial * 24 October: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop – Memorial * 13 November: Saint Leander of Seville, Leander, bishop – Optional Memorial * 10 December: Saint Eulalia of Mérida, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial * 14 December: Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church – Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Sri Lanka

* 16 January : Joseph Vaz, Saint Joseph Vaz – Feast * 4 February: Our Lady of Lanka – Solemnity

Sudan

* 8 February: Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin – Solemnity * 10 October: Saint Daniel Comboni, bishop – Solemnity

Sweden

From the website of the Diocese of Stockholm * 19 January: Saint Henry, bishop and martyr – Memorial * 4 February: Blessed Nils Hermansson, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 15 February: Sigfrid of Sweden, Saint Sigfrid, bishop – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 18 May: Saint Eric IX, martyr – Feast * 21 May: Blessed Hemming of Abo, bishop – Optional Memorial * 4 June: Blessed Elisabeth Hesselblad, religious – Optional Memorial * 12 June: Saint Eskil, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial * 25 June: David of Munktorp, Saint David of Munktorp, abbot – Optional Memorial * 10 July:

, martyr – Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 20 July: Saint Thorlac, bishop – Memorial * 27 July: Martha, Saint Martha – Memorial * 28 July: Saint Botvid, martyr – Memorial * 29 July: Olaf II of Norway, Saint Olaf II, martyr – Memorial * 30 July: Helena of Skövde, Saint Helena of Skövde, martyr – Optional Memorial * 2 August: Catherine of Vadstena, Saint Catherine of Vadstena, virgin – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 16 August: Brinolfo Algotsson, Saint Brynolf of Skara, bishop – Optional Memorial * 2 September: Crown of Thorns, Holy Crown of Thorns – Optional Memorial * 24 September: All Saints of Sweden – Optional Memorial * 7 October: Saint Brigitta, religious – Solemnity * 8 October:

– Memorial * 9 October: Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, religious – Optional Memorial * 25 November: Blessed Nicolas Steno, bishop – Optional Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Uganda

* 3 June: Saints

and companions, martyrs – Solemnity * 20 October: Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa, martyrs – Feast

Ukraine

* 5 January: Marcelina Darowska, Blessed Marcelina Darowska, religious – Optional Memorial * 30 January: Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz, priest – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, Monk and Methodius – Feast * 1 April: Mary, Mother of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena – Feast * 16 May: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 21 May: John of Nepomuk, Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 17 June: Albert Chmielowski, Saint Albert Chmielowski, religious – Optional Memorial * 26 June: Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Saint Zygmunt Gorazdowski, priest – Optional Memorial * 8 July: John of Dukla, Saint John of Dukla, priest – Optional Memorial * 18 July: Jadwiga of Poland, Saint Hedwig of Poland – Optional Memorial * 24 July: Olga of Kiev, Saint Olga – Optional Memorial * 28 July: Vladimir the Great, Saint Vladimir the Great – Memorial * 11 July:

– Feast * 23 July:

– Feast * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) – Feast * 26 August: Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Our Lady of Częstochowa – Optional Memorial * 9 September: 108 Martyrs of World War II, Blessed Władysław Błądziński, priest and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 18 September: Stanislaus Kostka, Saint Stanisław Kostka, religious – Memorial * 23 October: Józef Bilczewski, Saint Józef Bilczewski, bishop – Optional Memorial * Monday after Pentecost: Mother of the Church, Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast

United States

According to the national calendar of the United States, as requested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and approved by the

: * 4 January: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious – Memorial * 5 January:

, bishop – Memorial * 6 January: Saint André Bessette, religious – Optional Memorial * 22 January: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (23 Jan when 22 Jan falls on a Sunday) * 23 January: Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr or Marianne Cope, Saint Marianne Cope, virgin – Optional Memorials * 3 March: Katharine Drexel, Saint Katharine Drexel, virgin – Optional Memorial * 10 May: Father Damien, Saint Damien de Veuster, priest – Optional Memorial * 15 May: Isidore the Laborer, Saint Isidore – Optional Memorial * 1 July: Junípero Serra, Saint Junípero Serra, priest – Optional Memorial * 5 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal – Optional Memorial * 14 July:

, virgin – Memorial * 18 July:

, priest – Optional Memorial * 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial * 5 October: Francis Xavier Seelos, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, priest – Optional Memorial * 6 October: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin – Optional Memorial * 19 October: North American Martyrs, Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, North American Martyrs, and companions, martyrs – Memorial * 20 October: Paul of the Cross, Saint Paul of the Cross, priest – Optional Memorial * 13 November: Mother Cabrini, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin – Memorial * 18 November: Rose Philippine Duchesne, Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin – Optional Memorial * 23 November: Miguel Pro, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast

Uruguay

* 19 April: :es:Cerro del Verdún, Our Lady of Verdun – Optional Memorial * 27 April: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Memorial * 8 May:

– Optional Memorial * 15 May:

– Optional Memorial * 24 May:

– Optional Memorial * 16 July:

– Memorial * 9 August: Anna Maria Rubatto, Blessed Maria Francisca Rubato, virgin – Optional Memorial * 30 August: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin – Feast * 10 September: :pl:Maria Dolores Aguiar-Mella y Díaz, Blessed Dolores Aguiar-Mella y Díaz and :pl:Konsolata Aguiar-Mella y Díaz, Blessed Consuelo Aguiar-Mella y Díaz, companions and martyrs – Optional Memorial * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 8 November: Virgin of the Thirty-Three, Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, Patroness of Uruguay – Solemnity * 17 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Uruguay * 19 November:

– Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Venezuela

* 1 February: Blessed Candlemas of San José, Candelaria of San José, religious – Optional Memorial * 9 February: Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, religious – Optional Memorial * 11 February:

– Memorial * 27 April: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Memorial * 3 May:

– Feast * 4 May: Saints

and

, apostles – Feast * 10 May: Saint John of Avila, priest – Memorial * 13 May:

– Memorial * 15 May: Saint Isidore the Laborer, Isidore the Farmer – Memorial * 24 May:

– Memorial * 26 May: Saint Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, virgin – Optional Memorial * 13 July: Saint Teresa of Los Andes, virgin – Memorial * 14 July: Saint Francis Solanus, priest – Memorial * 16 July:

– Feast * 26 August: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars, virgin – Memorial * 30 August:

, virgin – Feast * 11 September: Our Lady of Coromoto – Solemnity * 18 September: Saint John Macias, religious – Memorial * 24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Optional Memorial * 9 October: Saint Louis Bertrand, priest – Optional Memorial * 3 November:

, religious – Memorial * 27 November: Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Optional Memorial * 12 December:

– Feast * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast

Vietnam

* 1 January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Holy Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity * Sunday after 1 January: Epiphany (holiday), Epiphany – Solemnity *13 January: Saints Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm, Luke Phạm Trọng Thìn and Joseph Phạm Trọng Tả, martyrs – Optional Memorial *22 January: Saints Matthew Alonzo-Leciniana and Francis Gil Fedrich, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial *30 January: Saint Thomas Ngô Túc Khuông, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial *2 February: Saint Jean Théophane Vénard, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial *13 February: Saints Paul Lê Văn Lộc and Lawrence Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial * The Tết, Lunar New Year's Eve: Year-end Mass – Lễ Tất Niên (afternoon and evening, Votive Mass) – Memorial *The Lunar New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve's Mass – Lễ Giao Thừa (night, Votive Masss) – Solemnity *The first day of the lunar year (Mồng Một Tết): New Year's Mass (Tết, Tết Nguyên Đán, Votive Mass) – Solemnity *The second day of the lunar year (Mồng Hai Tết): Day of Venerating Ancestors (Votive Mass) – Solemnity *The third day of the lunar year (Mồng Ba Tết): Day of Prayer for Sanctifying Works – Solemnity *19 March: Saint Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph, Principal Patron of Vietnam – Solemnity *25 March: Feast of the Annunciation, Annunciation – Solemnity (when 25 March falls during the Paschal Triduum, it is transferred forward to the first suitable day during Eastertide) * 1 May: Saint Joseph, Saint Joseph the Worker – Optional Memorial * Sunday before Pentecost: Ascension of Jesus – Solemnity * Sunday before Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus: Feast of Corpus Christi, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity *26 July: Blessed Andrew of Phú Yên, martyr – Optional Memorial *15 August: the Assumption of Mary, Assumption of Mary – Solemnity (holy days of obligation in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi, Ecclesiastical Province of Hanoi) *2 September: National Day (Vietnam), Vietnam National Day – Optional Memorial *5 September:

, virgin – Optional Memorial *The Mid-Autumn Festival: Day of Prayer for Children (Votive Mass) – Feast *1 October: Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux – Feast *First Sunday of October:

– Solemnity *24 November: Vietnamese Martyrs, Saint Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc, priest, and companions, martyrs, Secondary Patrons of Vietnam – Solemnity (also celebrated on thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time) *28 November: Saint Andrew Trần Văn Trông, soldier and martyr – Optional Memorial *30 November: Saint Joseph Marchand, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial *3 December: Francis Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier – Feast *6 December: Saint Joseph Nguyễn Duy Khang, martyr – Optional Memorial *10 December: Saint Simon Phan Đắc Hoà, layman and martyr – Optional Memorial *18 December: Saints Paul Nguyễn Văn Mỹ, Peter Trương Văn Đường and Peter Vũ Truật, martyrs – Optional Memorial *19 December: Saints Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, cathechist, Francis Hà Trọng Mậu, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, Augustine Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, laymen, martyrs – Optional Memorial *21 December: Saints Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc and Peter Trương Văn Thi, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial

Wales

According to the national calendar of Wales, as requested by the

and approved by the

: * 9 February: Saint Teilo, bishop – Optional Memorial * 14 February: Saints

, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast * 1 March:

, bishop – Solemnity * 20 April: Saint Beuno, abbot – Optional Memorial * 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor – Feast * 5 May: Saint Asaph, bishop – Optional Memorial * Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast * 20 June: Saints Saint Alban, Alban, Julius and Aaron, martyrs – Optional Memorial * 11 July:

, abbot – Feast * 12 July: Saint John Jones, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 23 July:

, religious – Feast * 23 July: Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd, priests and martyrs – Observed today where it is the Solemnity of Title, else on 25 October. * 3 August: Saint Germanus of Auxerre, bishop – Optional Memorial * 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr – Feast * 26 August: Saint David Lewis, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial * 11 September: Saint Deiniol, bishop – Optional Memorial * 9 October: Saint John Henry Newman, priest – Feast * 16 October: Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr – Optional Memorial * 25 October: The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Six Welsh Martyrs and companions – Feast * 3 November: Saint Winefride, virgin – Optional Memorial * 6 November: Saint Illtud, abbot – Optional Memorial * 8 November: All Saints of Wales – Feast * 14 November: Saint Dubricius, bishop – Optional Memorial * 10 December: Saint John Roberts, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial

References

{{reflist Liturgical calendars of the Catholic Church Sacred places and times in Catholic canon law

National calendars

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria, Germany, Switzerland, German-speaking dioceses

Belgium

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Swaziland

Brazil

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

China (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China)

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

Ecuador

England

Finland

France

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Greece

Haiti

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Japan

Korea

Lebanon

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Mexico

Mozambique

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

São Tomé and Principé

Scotland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

See also

References