Short description: Liturgical calendar of Saints' Days for the ordinary form of the Roman Rite (Roman Catholic Church)
For historical forms of the General Roman Calendar, see Tridentine Calendar, General Roman Calendar of 1954, General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII, General Roman Calendar of 1960, and General Roman Calendar of 1969.
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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 celebrations are a fixed annual date; or occur on a particular day of the week (examples are the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in January and the Feast of Christ the King in November); or relate to the date of Easter (examples are the celebrations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary). National and diocesan liturgical calendars, including that of the diocese of Rome itself as well as the calendars of religious institutes and even of continents, add other saints and mysteries or transfer the celebration of a particular saint or mystery from the date assigned in the General Calendar to another date.
These liturgical calendars also indicate the degree or rank of each celebration: Memorial (which can be merely optional), Feast, or Solemnity. Among other differences, the Gloria is said or sung at the Mass of a Feast but not at that of a Memorial, and the Creed is added on Solemnities.
The last general revision of the General Roman Calendar was in 1969 and was authorized by the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis of Paul VI. The motu proprio and the decree of promulgation were included in the book Calendarium Romanum, published in the same year by Libreria Editrice Vaticana.[1] This contained also the official document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, and the list of celebrations of the General Roman Calendar. Both these documents are also printed (in their present revised form) in the Roman Missal, after the General Instruction of the Roman Missal.[2][3] The 1969 book also provided a detailed unofficial commentary on that year's revision of the calendar.
The contents of the General Roman Calendar and the names in English of the celebrations included in it are here indicated in the official English version of the Roman Missal.
The General Roman Calendar assigns celebrations of saints to only about half the days of the year and contains only a fraction of the saints listed in the 776-page volume Roman Martyrology, which itself is not an exhaustive list of all the saints legitimately venerated in the Catholic Church. The Martyrology assigns several saints to each day of the year and gives a very brief description of each saint or group of saints.
While canonization involves the addition of the saint's name to the Roman Martyrology, it does not necessarily involve the insertion of the saint's name also into the General Roman Calendar, which mentions only a very limited selection of canonized saints. There is a common misconception that certain saints, (e.g., Christopher) were "unsainted" in 1969 or that veneration of them was "suppressed". In fact, Christopher is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, being listed as a martyr in the Roman Martyrology under 25 July.[4] In 1969, Paul VI issued the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis. In it, he recognized that, while the written Acts of Saint Christopher are merely legendary, attestations to the veneration of the martyr date from ancient times. His change in the calendar of saints included "leaving the memorial of Saint Christopher to local calendars" because of the relatively late date of its insertion into the Roman calendar.[5]
Many sources give calendars that mention one or more saints for each day of the year, usually selected from those listed in the Roman Martyrology. One example is "Saints by Day". They mention the saints of the General Roman Calendar, but they also give names of saints not included in the General Roman Calendar, especially on a day to which the General Roman Calendar assigns no celebration whatever of a saint.
Particular calendars
The General Calendar is printed, for instance, in the Roman Missal[6] and the Liturgy of the Hours.[7] These are up to date when printed, but additional feasts may be added later. For that reason, if those celebrating the liturgy have not inserted into the books a note about the changes, they must consult the current annual publication, known as the "Ordo", for their country or religious congregation. These annual publications, like those that, disregarding the feasts that are obligatory in the actual church where the liturgy is celebrated, list only celebrations included in the General Calendar,[8] are useful only for the current year, since they omit celebrations impeded because of falling on a Sunday or during periods such as Holy Week and the Octave of Easter.
The feast days of saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere. For example, a diocese or a country may celebrate the feast day of a saint of special importance there. These differences can give rise to complicated situations. Three examples follow: (1) Saint Patrick is a Solemnity in Ireland, Australia, and the Archdiocese of Boston, a Feast in England, New Zealand, Nigeria, and Scotland, an optional Memorial in the General Calendar, but not celebrated at all in Japan, where a different local celebration with the rank of Feast on 17 March has replaced Patrick without assigning his observance to any other day. In many places, as shown in this article, additional saints are added as alternate optional memorials on 17 March, giving rise to the possibility of Patrick being celebrated in a particular parish in one year and the other optional memorial in a different parish or in another year. In Wales it has the General Calendar rank of Optional Memorial, except in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham where it is a Feast. (2) Our Lady of Guadalupe is an Optional Memorial in the General Calendar, but a Feast in Mexico, the United States of America, and several other countries. (3) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton does not appear in the General Calendar at all, but is an Obligatory Memorial in the United States. Likewise, a particular religious institute may celebrate its founder or members of the institute, even if that saint is not listed on the universal calendar or is included in it only with a lower rank. Here St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is also an example, observed as a Memorial by the Vincentian Family even outside the United States. The General Roman Calendar contains only those celebrations that are intended to be observed in the Roman Rite in every country of the world.
This distinction is made in application of the decision of the Second Vatican Council: "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance."[9]
The liturgical year
In the liturgical books, the document General Roman Calendar (which lists not only fixed celebrations but also some moveable ones) is printed immediately after the document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar,[2][3] which states that "throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and observes the birthdays of the Saints". The birth of a saint to heaven is as a rule celebrated on a fixed day of the year (although sometimes they may be moved either to or from a Sunday), but the mysteries of Christ are often celebrated on dates that always vary from year to year. The Catholic Church's year combines two cycles of liturgical celebrations. One has been called the Proper of Time or Temporale, associated with the moveable date of Easter and the fixed date of Christmas. The other is associated with fixed calendar dates and has been called the Proper of Saints or Sanctorale.[10][11][12][13] The General Roman Calendar includes celebrations that belong to the Proper of Time or Temporale and is not limited to those that make up the Proper of Saints or Sanctorale. An instance where two observances occur on the same date is called an occurrence.[14]
The document on the liturgical year and the calendar includes among "liturgical days":
Sundays, to only four of which solemnities or feasts are permanently assigned for celebration, namely, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and the solemnities of the Holy Trinity and of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Solemnities, Feasts and Memorials
Weekdays
Under the title "The Cycle of the Year" the same document arranges under seven headings the church's celebration of "the whole mystery of Christ, from the Incarnation to Pentecost Day and the days of waiting for the Advent of the Lord":
The Paschal Triduum, which begins with the evening Mass on the Thursday before Easter, includes Good Friday and Holy Saturday, has the Easter Vigil as its centre, and concludes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday.
Easter Time, the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. The first eight days form the Octave of Easter. The solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the fortieth day or, if not observed as a Holyday of Obligation, on the seventh Sunday of Easter. The last nine days before Pentecost "prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete".
Lent, the forty days from Ash Wednesday to the Thursday of Holy Week up to but not including the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. Holy Week itself begins with what is called Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
Christmas Time, the period from First Vespers of Christmas (evening of 24 December) to the Sunday after Epiphany or after 6 January. It includes the Octave of Christmas, which is composed of the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (on the Sunday within the Octave or, if there is no Sunday, on 30 December), the Feasts of Stephen (26 December), John, Apostle and Evangelist (27 December), the Holy Innocents (28 December), days within the Octave (29–31 December), and the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (1 January, the Octave Day). It also includes the Solemnity of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Advent, lasting from First Vespers of the Sunday that falls on or nearest to 30 November to before First Vespers of Christmas.
Ordinary Time, which runs from the Monday after the Sunday that follows 6 January to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, resumes on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday, and concludes before First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent.
Rogation and Ember days on dates to be decided by the episcopal conference.
Transfer of celebrations
Some celebrations listed in the General Roman Calendar are transferred to another date, as explained below.
For the pastoral advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that fall during the week and have special appeal to the devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take precedence over these Sundays in the Table of Liturgical Days.[15]
Solemnities that fall on certain Sundays or on days within Holy Week or the Octave of Easter are transferred to the next day that is free for them, and special rules govern the transfer of the Solemnities of Joseph and of the Annunciation of the Lord.
General Calendar
Variations from the following list of celebrations in the General Calendar shall be indicated not here but, below, under the heading "National calendars".
January
1 January: Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity
2 January: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the Church – Memorial
3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Optional Memorial
6 January: Epiphany (celebrated on the first Sunday after 1 January in countries where this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation) – Solemnity
7 January: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest – Optional Memorial
13 January: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
17 January: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot – Memorial
20 January: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr – Optional Memorial
21 January: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr – Memorial
22 January: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Optional Memorial
24 January: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church – Memorial
25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast
26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial
27 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin – Optional Memorial
28 January: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church – Memorial
31 January: Saint John Bosco, priest – Memorial
Sunday after Epiphany (or, if Epiphany is celebrated on 7 or 8 January, the following Monday): Baptism of the Lord – Feast
February
2 February: Presentation of the Lord – Feast
3 February: Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr; or Saint Ansgar, bishop – Optional Memorial
5 February: Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr – Memorial
6 February: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs – Memorial
8 February: Saint Jerome Emiliani, priest; or Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin – Optional Memorial
10 February: Saint Scholastica, virgin – Memorial
11 February: Our Lady of Lourdes – Optional Memorial
14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop – Memorial
17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order – Optional Memorial
21 February: Saint Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
22 February: Chair of Saint Peter, apostle – Feast
23 February: Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr – Memorial
27 February: Saint Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor of the Church – optional memorial[16]
March
4 March: Saint Casimir – Optional Memorial
7 March: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs – Memorial
8 March: Saint John of God, religious – Optional Memorial
9 March: Saint Frances of Rome, religious – Optional Memorial
17 March: Saint Patrick, bishop – Optional Memorial
18 March: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
19 March: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity
23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop – Optional Memorial
1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Optional Memorial
2 May: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church – Memorial
3 May: Saints Philip and James, Apostles – Feast
10 May: Saint John of Ávila, priest and doctor of the Church – optional memorial[16]
12 May: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; or Saint Pancras, martyr – Optional Memorial
13 May: Our Lady of Fatima – Optional Memorial
14 May: Saint Matthias the Apostle – Feast
18 May: Saint John I, pope and martyr – Optional Memorial
20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest – Optional Memorial
21 May: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
22 May: Saint Rita of Cascia – Optional Memorial
25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church; or Saint Gregory VII, pope; or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin – Optional Memorial
26 May: Saint Philip Neri, priest – Memorial
27 May: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop – Optional Memorial
29 May: Saint Paul VI, pope – Optional Memorial
31 May: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Monday after Pentecost: Mary Mother of the Church – Memorial
First Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Trinity – Solemnity
Thursday after Holy Trinity or, where this is not a holyday of obligation, on the following Sunday: Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity
2 June: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs – Optional Memorial
3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs – Memorial
5 June: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr – Memorial
6 June: Saint Norbert, bishop – Optional Memorial
9 June: Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
11 June: Saint Barnabas the Apostle – Memorial
13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church – Memorial
19 June: Saint Romuald, abbot – Optional Memorial
21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious – Memorial
22 June: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop; or Saints John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and Thomas More, martyr – Optional Memorial
24 June: Birth of Saint John the Baptist – Solemnity
27 June: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
28 June: Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr – Memorial
29 June: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles – Solemnity
30 June: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome – Optional Memorial
Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity (In 2022 this solemnity will coincide with another solemnity [24 June, the Nativity of John the Baptist]. The Holy See has indicated that the Sacred Heart should be kept on Friday 24 June and the Nativity of John the Baptist transferred to Thursday 23 June, except in instances where John the Baptist is a patron saint, where the reverse should apply.)[17]
Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: Immaculate Heart of Mary – Memorial (in years when this memorial coincides with another obligatory memorial, as happened in 2014 [28 June, Saint Irenaeus] and 2015 [13 June, Saint Anthony of Padua], both must be considered optional for that year)[18]
July
3 July: Saint Thomas the Apostle – Feast
4 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal – Optional Memorial
5 July: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest – Optional Memorial
6 July: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot – Memorial
13 July: Saint Henry – Optional Memorial
14 July: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest – Optional Memorial
15 July: Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church – Memorial
3 September: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church – Memorial
8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Optional Memorial
12 September: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Optional Memorial
13 September: Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church – Memorial
14 September: Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast
15 September: Our Lady of Sorrows – Memorial
16 September: Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs – Memorial
17 September: Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church; or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, virgin and doctor of the Church[16] – Optional Memorial
19 September: Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr – Optional Memorial
20 September: Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs – Memorial
21 September: Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist – Feast
23 September: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest – Memorial
26 September: Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs – Optional Memorial
27 September: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest – Memorial
28 September: Saint Wenceslaus, martyr; or Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
6 October: Saint Bruno, priest – Optional Memorial
7 October: Our Lady of the Rosary – Memorial
9 October: Saint Denis and companions, martyrs; or Saint John Leonardi, priest – Optional Memorial
11 October: Saint John XXIII, pope – Optional Memorial
14 October: Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr – Optional Memorial
15 October: Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church – Memorial
16 October: Saint Hedwig, religious; or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin – Optional Memorial
17 October: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr – Memorial
18 October: Saint Luke the Evangelist – Feast
19 October: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs, and their companions, martyrs; or Saint Paul of the Cross, priest – Optional Memorial
8 November: Blessed Avelino Rodríguez and 498 Spanish Martyrs
13 November: All Saints of Order of Saint Augustine
29 November: Blessed Friedrich von Regensburg
16 December: Blessed Cherubino Testa
Benedictines
According to the Calendar of the Benedictine Confederation (additional feasts may vary among congregations or even among monasteries within a congregation):[23][24]
10 May: Saint Antonino Pierozzi da Firenze, friar and bishop – Optional Memorial
19 May: Saint Francesc Coll i Guitart, friar – Optional Memorial
20 May: Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, friar and master of the order – Optional Memorial
24 May: Translation of the Relics of Our Holy Father Dominic – Memorial
4 June: Saint Pietro da Verona, friar and martyr – Memorial
8 June: Blessed Diana degli Andalò and Blessed Cecilia Cesarini and Amata, nuns and virgins – Optional Memorial
10 June: Blessed Giovanni Dominici, friar and bishop – Optional Memorial
4 July: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, lay Dominican – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saint Joannes van Hoornaar, friar and martyr, and Companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saint Francisco Fernández de Capillas, friar and martyr, Saint Pere Sans i Jordá, friar, bishop, and martyr, and Companions, martyrs in China – Optional Memorial
17 July: Blessed Czesław Odrowąż, friar – Optional Memorial
22 July: Saint Mary Magdalene, patroness of the Order – Feast
2 August: Blessed Juana Garcés de Aza, mother of Saint Dominic – Optional Memorial
8 August: Our Holy Father, Saint Dominic, friar, founder of the Order – Solemnity
17 August: Saint Jacek Hiacynt Odrowąż, friar – Memorial
18 August: Blessed Mannes (or Mames), friar and brother of Saint Dominic – Optional Memorial
23 August: Saint Rosa de Lima, lay Dominican and virgin – Memorial
5 September: Anniversary of Deceased Friends and Benefactors
18 September: Saint Juan Macías, friar – Optional Memorial
28 September: Saint Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, friar and martyr, Saint Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María, friar and martyr, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila, lay Dominican, husband, and protomartyr of the Philippines, and Companions, martyrs in Japan – Optional Memorial
28 September: or Blessed Alphonsus Navarrete, friar – Optional Memorials
4 October: Our Holy Father, Saint Francis of Assisi, deacon – Feast
5 October: Blessed Raimondo da Capua delle Vigne, friar and Master of the Order – Optional Memorial
7 October: Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary (Our Lady of Victory) – Feast
9 October: Saint Lluís Bertran, friar – Memorial
3 November: Saint Martín de Porres Velázquez, lay brother – Feast
6 November: Blessed Buenaventura García de Paredes, friar, master of the Order, and martyr and Jacinto Serrano Lopez, martyr, and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
7 November: All Saints of the Order of Preachers – Feast
8 November: Anniversary of Deceased Brothers and Sisters
15 November: Saint Albertus Magnus, friar, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Feast
24 November: Saint Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian, friar, bishop, and martyr, Saint Vinh Sơn Phạm Hiếu Liêm, friar and martyr, Saint Dominic An-Kham Viet Pham, lay Dominican, father, and martyr, and companions, martyrs in Vietnam – Memorial
22 December: Anniversary of the Approval of the Order
Franciscans
Note: Saints in the Franciscan Order are classified into First Order (members of male congregations such as the Order of Friars Minor, as well as the Conventual and Capuchin Franciscans), Second Order (cloistered female congregations, such as the Poor Clares), and Third Order (lay associates and other religious congregations that follow the Franciscan charism).
4 January: Saint Angela of Foligno, religious, III Order – Optional Memorial
14 January: Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, priest, I Order – Memorial
16 January: Saints Berard of Carbio and Companions, protomartyrs of the Order – Memorial
12 January: Saint Bernard of Corleone, religious, I Order – Optional Memorial
27 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin, III Order – Optional Memorial
6 February: Saint Pedro Bautista, Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs, I and III Order – Memorial
7 February: Saint Colette of Corbie, virgin, II Order – Optional Memorial
21 April: Saint Conrad of Parzham, religious, I Order – Memorial
23 April: Saint Giles (Aegidius) of Assisi, religious, I Order – Optional Memorial
24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr, I Order – Feast
24 April: Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, missionary – Memorial
28 April: Blessed Luchesius Modestini, III Order – Optional Memorial
11 May: Saint Ignatius of Laconi, religious, I Order – Optional Memorial
16 May: Saint Margaret of Cortona, III Order – Memorial
17 May: Saint Paschal Baylon, religious, I Order – Memorial
18 May: Saint Felix of Cantalice, religious, I Order – Feast
20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest, I Order – Feast
24 May: Dedication of the Basilica of Our Holy Father Francis – Feast
28 May: Saint Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, virgin, III Order – Optional Memorial
13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and Doctor of the Church, I Order – Feast
30 June: Saint Raymond Llull, martyr, III Order – Optional Memorial
4 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, III Order – Optional Memorial
8 July: Saint Gregory Grassi, bishop, and Companions, martyrs, I and III Order – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saint Nicholas Pieck, priest, and companions, martyrs, I Order – Optional Memorial
10 July: Saint Veronica Giuliani, virgin, II Order – Memorial
12 July: Saint John Jones and John Wall, priests and martyrs, I Order – Optional Memorial
14 July: Saint Francis Solano, priest, I Order – Optional Memorial
15 July: Saint Bonaventure, bishop and Doctor of the Church, I Order – Feast
21 July: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church, I Order – Feast
23 July: Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious, III Order – Optional Memorial
2 August: Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula – Feast
7 August Blessed Agathangelus of Vendôme (fr) and Blessed Cassian of Nantes (fr), priests and martyrs, I Order – Optional Memorial
8 August: Saint Dominic de Guzman, priest, founder of the Dominican Order – Feast
11 August: Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin, II Order – Feast
14 August: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr, I Order – Memorial
19 August: Saint Louis of Toulouse, bishop, I Order – Memorial
25 August: Saint Louis IX of France, king, Patron of the III Order – Memorial
2 September Blessed John Francis Burté (fr), Blessed Severin Girault (fr), and Companions, martyrs, I and III Orders – Optional Memorial
4 September Saint Rose of Viterbo, virgin, III Order – Optional Memorial
17 September: Receiving of the Stigmata of Our Holy Father Francis – Feast
18 September: Saint Joseph of Cupertino, priest, I Order – Feast
20 September: Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso, religious, I Order – Memorial
4 October: Our Holy Father Francis of Assisi, deacon, founder of the Three Orders – Solemnity
10 October Saint Daniel, priest, and Companions, martyrs, I Order – Optional Memorial
12 October: Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro, religious, I Order – Optional Memorial
19 October: Saint Peter of Alcantara, priest, I Order – Memorial
20 October: Blessed James of Strepar, bishop, I Order – Optional Memorial
23 October: Saint John of Capistrano, priest, I Order – Memorial
26 October: Blessed Bonaventure of Potenza (it), priest, I Order – Optional Memorial
30 October: Anniversary of Dedication in Consecrated Churches of the Order – Solemnity
4 November: Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop, Protector of the Friars Minor – Optional Memorial
13 November: Saint Didacus of Alcala, religious, I Order – Optional Memorial
14 November: Saint Nicholas Tavelic and Companions, martyrs, I Order – Memorial
17 November: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the III Order – Feast
19 November: Saint Agnes of Assisi, virgin, II Order – Feast
26 November: Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, priest, I Order – Memorial
27 November: Blessed Francis Anthony Fasani, priest, I Order – Optional Memorial
28 November: Saint James of the Marches, priest, I Order – Memorial
29 November: All Saints of the Seraphic Order – Feast
Jesuits
3 January: Most Holy Name of Jesus, Titular Feast of the Society of Jesus – Solemnity
19 January: Saints John Ogilvie, priest; Stephen Pongrácz, Melchior Grodiziecki, priests and Mark of Krizevci; Blessed Inácio de Azevedo, priest and companions; James Salès, priest and William Saultemouche, religious, martyrs – Optional Memorial
4 February: Saints John de Britto, priest; Blessed Rodolfo Acquaviva, priest and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
6 February: Saints Paul Miki, religious and companions; Blessed Charles Spinola, Sebastian Kimura, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial
15 February: Saint Claude de la Colombière, priest – Memorial
19 March: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron of the Society of Jesus – Solemnity
22 April: Mary, Mother of the Society of Jesus – Feast
27 April: Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church – Memorial
4 May: Saint José María Rubio, priest – Optional Memorial
16 May: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
24 May: Our Lady of the Way – Optional Memorial
8 June: Saint James Berthieu, priest and martyr – Memorial
9 June: Saint José de Anchieta, priest – Optional Memorial
21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious – Memorial
2 July: Saints Bernardine Realino, John Francis Régis and Francis Jerome; Blesseds Julian Maunoir and Anthony Baldinucci, priests – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saints Leo Ignatius Mangin, priest, Mary Zhu Wu and companions, martyrs – Memorial
31 July: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the Congregation – Solemnity
2 August: Saint Peter Faber, priest – Optional Memorial
18 August: Saint Alberto Hurtado, priest – Memorial
2 September: Blessed James Bonnaud, priest and companions; Joseph Imbert and John Nicolas Cordier, priest; Thomas Sitjar, priest and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial
10 September: Blessed Francisco Gárate, religious – Optional Memorial
17 September: Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Memorial
3 October: Saint Francis Borgia, priest – Memorial
12 October: Blessed John Beyzym, priest – Memorial
19 October: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial
21 October: Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, priest and Saint Pedro Calungsod, martyrs – Optional Memorial
30 October: Blessed Dominic Collins, religious – Optional Memorial
31 October: Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez, religious – Memorial
3 November: Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest – Optional Memorial
5 November: All Saints of the Society of Jesus – Feast
6 November: The Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus
13 November: Saint Stanislaus Kostka, religious – Memorial
14 November: Saint Joseph Pignatelli, priest – Memorial
16 November: Saints Roque González, Alfonso Rodríguez, and Juan del Castillo, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial
23 November: Blessed Miguel Pro, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
26 November: Saint John Berchmans, religious – Memorial
29 November: Blessed Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos de Seña, priest – Optional Memorial
1 December: Saints Edmund Campion, Robert Southwell, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial
3 December: Saint Francis Xavier, priest – Feast
Mercedarians
17 April: Blessed Marianna of Jesus Navarro, virgin – Memorial
27 April: Saint Peter Armengol, religious and martyr – Memorial
13 May: Saint Peter Nolasco, religious and founder – Solemnity
9 July: Most Holy Redeemer – Feast
28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast
31 August: Saint Raymund Nonnatus, priest – Feast
19 September: Saint Mary of Cervellon, virgin – Memorial (Feast for Nuns)
24 September: Our Lady of Mercy – Solemnity
25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
6 November: All the Saints of the Order – Feast
7 November: Commemoration of All of the Faithful Departed of the Order
14 November: Saint Serapion, religious and martyr – Memorial
6 December: Saint Peter Paschasius, bishop and martyr – Memorial
Missionaries of Charity
30 April: Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, priest – Memorial
16 August: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary – Memorial
26 December: St Stephen – Solemnity within the Christmas Octave
27 December: St John – Patron Saint of Opus Dei – Solemnity
28 December: Holy Innocents – Solemnity Within Christmas Octave
Sunday within Christmas Octave or 30 December: – Holy Family – Solemnity
Piarists
6 February: Saint Dorothy, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
26 February: Saint Paula Montal, virgin – Optional Memorial
8 March: Saint Faustino Míguez, priest – Optional Memorial
18 March: Blessed Celestina Donati, virgin – Optional Memorial
8 May: Our Lady, Mother of God of the Pious Schools – Feast
15 July: Saint Pompilio María Pirrotti, priest – Memorial
25 August: Saint Joseph Calasanctius, priest and founder – Solemnity
12 September: Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast
17 September: Blessed Anthony Mary Schwartz, priest – Optional Memorial
19 September: Blessed María Baldillou and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial (Memorial for Nuns)
22 September: Blessed Dionisio Pamplona, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial
17 October: Blessed Peter Casani, priest – Memorial
25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
3 November: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed of the Order
4 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Family, Benefactors of the Order
6 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Priests of the Order
7 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Nuns of the Order
27 November: Patronage of Saint Joseph Calasanctius – Optional Memorial
Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesian Priests and Sisters)
8 January: Blessed Titus Zeman, priest and martyr – Memorial
15 January: Blessed Luigi Variara, priest – Memorial (Optional Memorial for the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB))
22 January: Blessed Laura Vicuña – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
24 January: Saint Francis of Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church, Titular of the Congregation – Feast
30 January: Blessed Bronislaus Markiewicz – Optional Memorial (For the Salesian Priests (SDB) only)
31 January: Our Holy Father and Founder Saint John Bosco, priest, founder and patron of the Congregation – Solemnity
1 February: Commemoration of all deceased Salesian Confreres (For SDB only)
7 February: Blessed Pius IX, pope – Optional Memorial
9 February: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
25 February: Saint Luigi Versiglia, bishop and Saint Callistus Caravario, priest, Salesian Protomartyrs – Feast (Memorial for FMA and VDB)
6 May: Saint Dominic Savio – Feast
13 May: Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin and cofoundress of the congregation – Feast (Solemnity for FMA)
14 May: Commemoration of Deceased parents of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA only)
15 May: Our Lady of Fatima – Memorial (Optional for FMA and VDB)
16 May: Saint Louis Orione, priest – Memorial
18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest – Optional Memorial
24 May: Mary, Help of Christians, Principal Patroness of the Salesian Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), Principal Patroness and Titular of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians – Solemnity
25 May: Commemoration of Deceased Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (For FMA only)
29 May: Blessed Joseph Kowalski, priest and martyr – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA and VDB)
8 June: Blessed István Sándor, martyr – Memorial
12 June: Blessed Francis Kesy and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
23 June: Saint Joseph Cafasso, priest – Memorial
7 July: Blessed Maria Romero Meneses, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
2 August: Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, priest – Optional Memorial
25 August: Blessed Maria Troncatti, virgin – Optional Memorial
26 August: Blessed Zeferino Namuncura – Optional Memorial
22 September: Blesseds Joseph Calasanz, Henry Saiz, Enrique Aparicio, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial (Optional Memorial for VDB)
5 October: Blessed Alberto Marvelli – Optional Memorial (For SDB only)
13 October: Blessed Alexandrina da Costa, virgin – Optional Memorial
15 October: Saint Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church, Secondary Patroness of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (For FMA only)
24 October: Saint Luigi Guanella, priest – Optional Memorial
25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date of dedication is unknown) – Solemnity
27 October: Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin – Feast (Solemnity in the Basilica itself)
29 October: Blessed Michael Rua, priest and first successor of Don Bosco – Memorial
13 November: Blesed Artémides Zatti, religious – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA and VDB)
12 June: Blesseds Louis Mzyk, Stanislaus Kubista and Aloysius Liguda, priests and Gregory Frackowak, religious, martyrs – Optional Memorial
8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the Society – Solemnity
28 November: Blessed Maria Helena Stollenwerk – Optional Memorial
Theatines
4 January: Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, priest – Feast
8 May: Our Lady, Immaculate Mother – Feast
16 June: Blessed Paolo Burali, bishop – Memorial
7 August: Saint Cajetan, priest and founder – Solemnity
14 September: Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Solemnity
10 November: Saint Andrew Avelino, priest – Feast
12 December: Blessed John Marinonio, priest – Memorial
Trinitarians
7 January: Saint Juan de Ribera, bishop – Memorial
22 January: Saint Vincenzo Pallotti, priest – Memorial
28 January: Saint Agnes Romana, virgin and martyr, Principal Patroness of the Order – Feast
4 February: Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora – Memorial
14 February: Saint Juan Bautista de la Concepción, priest – Feast
24 March: Blessed Diego José de Cádiz, priest – Memorial
16 April: Saint Benoît-Joseph Labre, religious – Memorial
7 May: Translation of the Relics of Saint Jean de Matha – Optional Memorial
11 May: Blessed Domingo Iturrate Zubero del Santísimo Sacramento, priest – Memorial
Sunday following Pentecost: Most Holy Trinity, Titular of the Order – Solemnity
8 June: Saint Miquel Argemir i Mitjà dels Sants, priest – Feast
9 June: Blessed Anna Maria Giannetti Taigi – Memorial
12 August: Pope Blessed Innocentius XI, pope – Memorial
25 August: Saint Louis IX of France – Memorial
12 September: Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Memorial
24 September: Blessed Marcos Criado Guelamo, priest and martyr – Memorial
28 September: Saint Simón de Rojas, priest – Memorial
8 October: Our Lady of Good Remedy, Patroness of the Order – Solemnity
23 October: Most Holy Redeemer – Feast
4 November: Saint Félix de Valois, priest and co-founder – Memorial
13 November: All the Saints of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity – Feast
14 November: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed of the Order
17 December: Saint Jean de Matha, priest and founder – Solemnity
Vincentian Family
Includes the Congregation of the Missions and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
4 January: Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton, religious – Memorial
7 January: Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, anniversary of the Institution of the Congregation of Missions – Feast
1 February: Blesseds Marie-Anne Vaillot and Otilia Baumgarten, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial
3 February: Blessed Josephine Nicoli, virgin – Optional Memorial
7 February: Blessed Rosalia Rendu, virgin – Optional Memorial
26 April: Translation of the Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul – Optional Memorial
9 May: Saint Louise de Marillac, religious and cofounder – Solemnity
23 May: Saint Joanna Antide Thouret, virgin – Optional Memorial
30 May: Blessed Martha Mary Wiecka, virgin – Optional Memorial
26 June: Blessed Mary Magdalene Fontaine and companions, virgins and martyrs – Optional Memorial
9 July: Saints Francis Regis Clet, Augustine Zhao Rong, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial
28 July: Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
30 July: Saint Justin de Jacobis, bishop – Memorial
30 August: Blessed Ghebre Michael, priest and martyr —Memorial
2 September: Blesseds Louis Joseph François and companions, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial
9 September: Blessed Frederic Ozanam – Optional Memorial
11 September: Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, priest and martyr – Memorial
27 September: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest and founder – Solemnity
Sunday before the Solemnity of All Saints: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
6 November: Blesseds Fortunata Velasco Tobar, priest, Melchora Adoración Cortés Bueno, José Martínez Pérez, virgins and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
27 November: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Feast
28 November: Saint Catharine Labouré, virgin – Memorial
10 December: Blessed Marco Antonio Durando, priest – Optional Memorial
National Calendars
Only variations from the General Roman Calendar for celebrations according to the Roman Rite are given here. The various Eastern Catholic Churches have completely different liturgical calendars, as do Latin Rite Catholics who use the Ambrosian and Mozarabic Rites.
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 – Feast
3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs – Feast
6 June: Saint Marcellin Champagnat, priest – Optional Memorial
22 June: Saints John Fisher, bishop, and Thomas More, martyrs – Memorial
7 July: Blessed Peter To Rot, martyr – Optional Memorial
3 August: Saint Dominic, priest – Memorial
8 August: Saint Mary of the Cross, virgin – Solemnity
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
The Episcopal Conferences of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland share one regional proper calendar, although each country remains free to insert additional celebrations (Austria, for example, has inscribed the optional memorial of Blessed Charles of Austria for its territory on 21 October).
Thursday after Corpus Christi: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast
England
According to the national calendar of England ,[29] as requested by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and approved by the Holy See:
12 January: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx – Optional Memorial
19 January: Saint Wulstan, bishop – Optional Memorial
14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop – Feast
1 March: Saint David, bishop – Feast
17 March: Saint Patrick, bishop – Feast
23 April: Saint George, martyr – Solemnity
24 April: Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
1 December : Blesseds Dionisius and Redemptus Indonesia's First Martyrs – Memorial
3 December : Saint Francis Xavier, 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,[32] as drawn up by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference and approved by the Holy See:
3 January: Saint Munchin, bishop – Optional Memorial
15 January: Saint Ita, virgin – Memorial
16 January: Saint Fursa, abbot and missionary – Optional Memorial
30 January: Saint Aidan, bishop – Optional Memorial
1 February: Saint Brigid, virgin – Feast
7 February: Saint Mel, bishop – Optional Memorial
11 February: Saint Gobnait, virgin – Optional Memorial
14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast
17 February: Saint Fintan – Optional Memorial
1 March: Saint David, bishop – Optional Memorial
5 March: Saint Kieran, bishop – Optional Memorial
8 March: Saint Senan, bishop – Optional Memorial
11 March: Saint Aengus (Oengus), bishop and abbot – Optional Memorial
17 March: Saint Patrick, 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
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 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, bishop – Optional Memorial
17 August: Our Lady of Knock – Feast
23 August: Saint Eugene (Eoghan), bishop – Optional Memorial
30 August: Saint Fiacre, monk – Optional Memorial
31 August: Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, 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, bishop – Optional Memorial
3 October: Blessed Columba Marmion, priest – Optional Memorial (in some places)
8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Mexico
5 February: Saint Felipe de Jesús, priest and martyr – Feast
25 February: Blessed Sebastián de Aparicio, religious – Optional Memorial
27 April: Saint María Guadalupe García Zavala, virgin – Optional Memorial
3 May: Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast
4 May: Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles – Feast
15 May: Saint Isidore the Laborer – Memorial
16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial
21 May: Saint Cristóbal Magallanes and companions, martyrs – Memorial
27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Optional Memorial
4 July: Our Lady of Refuge – Optional Memorial
30 July: Saint María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas, virgin – Optional Memorial
16 August: Blessed Bartolomé Días Laurel, religious and martyr or Blessed Pedro de Zúñiga and Blessed Luis Flores, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial
9 September: Blessed Władysław Błądziński, priest and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
18 September: Saint Stanisław Kostka, religious – Memorial
23 October: Saint Józef Bilczewski, bishop – Optional Memorial
Monday after Pentecost: Mary, Mother of the Church – Feast
United States
According to the national calendar of the United States ,[38]
as requested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and approved by the Holy See:
4 January: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious – Memorial
5 January: Saint John Neumann, 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: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr[39] or Saint Marianne Cope, virgin[40] – Optional Memorials
3 March: Saint Katharine Drexel, virgin – Optional Memorial
10 May: Saint Damien de Veuster, priest – Optional Memorial[39]
In addition to the national calendar of the United States, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter contains a number of saints from the British Isles in its liturgical calendar;[42] this calendar now supplants the former one used by Anglican Use Catholics in the United States:[43] prior to 2015.
12 January: Saint Benedict Biscop, abbot – optional memorial
4 February: Saint Gilbert of Sempringham, religious – optional memorial
22 February: Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle – solemnity
1 March: Saint David, bishop – optional memorial
23 April: Saint George, martyr – obligatory memorial. As a result, Saint Adalbert is deferred and shares the next day with Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen as optional memorials
4 May: The English Martyrs – memorial
19 May: Saints Dunstan, Ethelwold, and Oswald, bishops – memorial
9 June: Saint Columba, abbot – optional memorial
16 June: Saint Richard of Chichester, bishop – optional memorial
20 June: Saint Alban, protomartyr of England – optional memorial
22 June: Saints John Fisher, bishop, and Thomas More, martyrs – memorial
23 June: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop, or Saints Hilda, Etheldreda, Mildred, and All Holy Nuns – optional memorial
9 July: Our Lady of the Atonement – optional memorial
30 August: Saints Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line, and Margaret Ward, martyrs – optional memorial
31 August: Saint Aidan, bishop, and the Saints of Lindisfarne – optional memorial
4 September: Saint Cuthbert, bishop – optional memorial
19 September: Saint Theodore of Canterbury, bishop, or Saint Adrian, abbot – optional memorial
24 September: Our Lady of Walsingham, patroness of the Ordinariate – feast (Solemnity at the Cathedral)
8 October: Saint Denis and companions, martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, priest – Optional Memorial (9 October in the General Calendar)
The 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 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, Principal Patron of Vietnam – Solemnity
25 March: 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 the Worker – Optional Memorial
First Sunday of October: Our Lady of the Rosary – Solemnity
24 November: Saint Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc and companions, martyrs, Secondary Patrons of Vietnam – Solemnity (also celebrated on thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time)
3 December: Saint Francis Xavier – Feast
Wales
According to the national calendar of Wales,[44]
as requested by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and approved by the Holy See:
9 February: Saint Teilo, bishop – Optional Memorial
14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast
16 October: Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr – Optional Memorial
25 October: The 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
Local calendars
The calendar for a diocese is typically based on a national calendar, such as those listed above, with a few additions. For instance, the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral is celebrated as a Solemnity in the cathedral church and as a Feast in all the other churches of the diocese. The feast day of the principal Patron saint of the diocese is celebrated as a Feast throughout the diocese.[45]
The calendar of a parish is based on the calendar of its diocese, but—in addition to the celebrations in the diocesan calendar—there are other celebrations, including the anniversary of the dedication of the parish church and the feast day of the principal Patron saint of the church, both of which are celebrated as Solemnities.
↑"Memoria S. Christophori, anno circiter 1550 in Calendario romano ascripta, Calendariis particularibus relinquitur: quamvis Acta S. Christophori fabulosa sint, antiqua inveniuntur monumenta eius venerationis; attamen cultus huius Sancti non pertinet ad traditionem romanam" – Calendarium Romanum (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1969), p. 131.
↑Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia 2002, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
↑Liturgia Horarum iuxta ritum Romanum, editio typica altera 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
↑An example is Ordo Missae Celebrandae et Divini Officii persolvendi secundum calendarium Romanum generale pro anno liturgico 2006 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).