January 2
Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
Two of the greatest theologians of the fourth century, Basil and Gregory were close friends who together shaped…
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January
9 feastsJanuary 7
St. Raymond of Penyafort
A thirteenth-century Spanish Dominican priest and canonist who compiled the Decretals — the definitive collection of papal law…
January 17
St. Anthony of Egypt
A third-century Egyptian who gave away his inheritance at age twenty and became the father of Christian monasticism,…
January 20
St. Sebastian
A Roman soldier and martyr shot with arrows by order of Emperor Diocletian around 288 AD, nursed back…
January 21
St. Agnes
A Roman girl martyred around 304 AD at approximately thirteen years old for refusing to deny her faith…
January 24
St. Francis de Sales
A seventeenth-century Bishop of Geneva and Doctor of the Church who won back thousands of Calvinist Protestants through…
January 26
Sts. Timothy and Titus
Two of St. Paul's closest collaborators in the early Church. Timothy led the church at Ephesus and received…
January 28
St. Thomas Aquinas
A thirteenth-century Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church considered the greatest theologian and philosopher in Catholic history.…
January 31
St. John Bosco
A nineteenth-century Italian priest who dedicated his life to educating at-risk boys in the slums of Turin, founding…
February
8 feastsFebruary 3
St. Blaise
A fourth-century bishop of Sebaste in Armenia martyred under Emperor Licinius around 316 AD. Known for miraculously healing…
February 5
St. Agatha
A third-century Sicilian martyr who refused the advances of the Roman prefect and was subjected to terrible tortures…
February 6
Sts. Paul Miki and Companions
Twenty-six Catholics — six Franciscan missionaries from Europe and twenty Japanese converts including teenagers — crucified in Nagasaki,…
February 8
St. Josephine Bakhita
A nineteenth-century Sudanese woman kidnapped into slavery as a child and sold multiple times before being brought to…
February 10
St. Scholastica
The twin sister of St. Benedict and the first Benedictine nun, Scholastica lived near Monte Cassino and met…
February 11
Our Lady of Lourdes
On February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in a grotto at Lourdes,…
February 14
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Two ninth-century Greek brothers and missionaries to the Slavic peoples who created the Glagolitic alphabet — the precursor…
February 23
St. Polycarp
The Bishop of Smyrna and a direct disciple of St. John the Apostle, martyred around 155 AD at…
March
5 feastsMarch 7
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
Two young North African women martyred in Carthage in 203 AD — Perpetua was a noblewoman and nursing…
March 8
St. John of God
A sixteenth-century Portuguese-Spanish layman who spent his early life as a soldier before a conversion at age forty…
March 17
St. Patrick
A fifth-century Romano-British missionary who was kidnapped as a teenager and enslaved in Ireland for six years before…
March 19
St. Joseph
The husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus, Joseph was a carpenter who protected the…
March 23
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo
A sixteenth-century Spanish lawyer appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru who became one of the greatest missionaries in the…
April
14 feasts
April 2
Saint Francis of Paola
Italian hermit and founder of the Order of Minims, Francis of Paola lived a life of radical fasting,…
April 4
St. Isidore of Seville
A seventh-century Spanish bishop and Doctor of the Church who wrote the Etymologiae — a twenty-volume encyclopedia that…
April 5
St. Vincent Ferrer
A fifteenth-century Spanish Dominican priest renowned as one of the most powerful preachers in Church history, who traveled…
April 7
St. John Baptist de la Salle
A seventeenth-century French priest who surrendered his family inheritance to educate poor children, founding the Brothers of the…
April 11
Saint Stanislaus
Bishop of Kraków and martyr, Stanislaus boldly confronted King Bolesław II of Poland over his cruelty and moral…
April 13
St. Martin I
A seventh-century pope who defied the Byzantine Emperor by condemning the heresy of Monothelitism at the Lateran Council…
April 21
St. Anselm
An eleventh-century Italian monk who became Archbishop of Canterbury and is considered the father of Scholasticism. He developed…
April 23
St. George
A Roman soldier martyred around 303 AD during the Diocletianic persecution, George became one of the most widely…
April 24
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
A seventeenth-century German Capuchin priest who gave up a successful legal career to enter religious life and was…
April 25
St. Mark
The author of the earliest and most fast-paced Gospel, Mark was a companion of both Peter and Paul…
April 28
St. Peter Chanel
A nineteenth-century French Marist priest sent to the island of Futuna in the South Pacific who was killed…
April 28
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort
An eighteenth-century French priest and founder of the Company of Mary, best known for True Devotion to Mary…
April 29
St. Catherine of Siena
A fourteenth-century Dominican tertiary and Doctor of the Church who personally convinced Pope Gregory XI to return the…
April 30
St. Pius V
A Dominican friar who became pope in 1566 and implemented the sweeping reforms of the Council of Trent,…
May
8 feasts
May 1
St. Joseph the Worker
A feast established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 on May 1 — International Workers' Day — to…
May 2
St. Athanasius
The fourth-century Bishop of Alexandria who spent his life defending the divinity of Christ against the Arian heresy,…
May 3
Sts. Philip and James
Two apostles of Jesus: Philip, who brought Nathanael to Christ, and James the Less, who led the Church…
May 13
Our Lady of Fatima
On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, beginning six…
May 14
St. Matthias
The apostle chosen by lot to replace Judas Iscariot, as recounted in Acts 1. Matthias had been a…
May 22
St. Rita of Cascia
A fifteenth-century Italian Augustinian nun known as the patron of impossible causes. Rita lived as a wife and…
May 25
St. Bede the Venerable
An eighth-century English Benedictine monk who spent his entire life at the monastery of Jarrow and became the…
May 26
St. Philip Neri
A sixteenth-century Italian priest known as the "Apostle of Rome" who won souls through humor, joy, and radical…
June
10 feastsJune 1
St. Justin Martyr
A second-century philosopher from Samaria who converted to Christianity and became one of the greatest early Christian apologists.…
June 3
Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Twenty-two Ugandan Catholics — most of them pages in the royal court of King Mwanga II — martyred…
June 5
St. Boniface
An eighth-century English Benedictine monk who became the Apostle of Germany, evangelizing the Germanic peoples and organizing the…
June 11
St. Barnabas
A Cypriot Levite and one of the earliest Christian missionaries, Barnabas was the one who vouched for Paul…
June 13
St. Anthony of Padua
A thirteenth-century Portuguese Franciscan priest who became one of the greatest preachers of the Middle Ages, converting heretics…
June 21
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
A sixteenth-century Italian nobleman who renounced his inheritance to become a Jesuit novice and died at twenty-three while…
June 22
Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More
Two English martyrs executed by King Henry VIII in 1535 for refusing to accept the Act of Supremacy.…
June 24
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
One of only three births celebrated in the liturgical calendar alongside Christmas and the Immaculate Conception, this Solemnity…
June 28
St. Irenaeus
A second-century Bishop of Lyon and disciple of Polycarp, who knew St. John the Apostle, making Irenaeus a…
June 29
Sts. Peter and Paul
The Solemnity of the two pillars of the Church — Peter, the fisherman from Galilee who became the…
July
10 feastsJuly 3
St. Thomas the Apostle
The apostle who doubted the Resurrection until he touched the wounds of the Risen Christ. Tradition holds he…
July 6
St. Maria Goretti
An Italian farm girl martyred in 1902 at age eleven after being stabbed fourteen times. She forgave her…
July 11
St. Benedict
A sixth-century Italian monk who founded Western monasticism and wrote the Rule of St. Benedict — a concise…
July 15
St. Bonaventure
A thirteenth-century Italian Franciscan theologian and Doctor of the Church who served as Minister General of the Franciscans…
July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
A feast honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary as patroness of the Carmelite Order. Our Lady of Mount Carmel…
July 22
St. Mary Magdalene
The first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene was among Jesus's most devoted followers, present at the Crucifixion…
July 25
St. James the Apostle
One of the Twelve and brother of St. John the Evangelist, James was among the three in Jesus's…
July 26
Sts. Joachim and Anne
The parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus, though their names appear nowhere in Scripture —…
July 29
St. Martha
The sister of Mary and Lazarus who welcomed Jesus into her home and made the confession: "I believe…
July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola
A sixteenth-century Spanish soldier who experienced a profound conversion while recovering from a cannonball wound, went on pilgrimage,…
August
13 feastsAugust 1
St. Alphonsus Liguori
An eighteenth-century Italian lawyer who left a brilliant legal career to become a priest, founded the Redemptorists, and…
August 4
St. John Vianney
A nineteenth-century French parish priest who nearly failed his seminary studies but became the most sought-after confessor in…
August 6
The Transfiguration of the Lord
On Mount Tabor, Jesus revealed his divine glory to Peter, James, and John — his face shining like…
August 8
St. Dominic
A thirteenth-century Spanish priest who founded the Order of Preachers — the Dominicans — in response to the…
August 9
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Born Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun, was arrested by the…
August 10
St. Lawrence
A third-century Roman deacon who, when commanded to hand over the Church's treasures, presented the poor, sick, and…
August 11
St. Clare of Assisi
A thirteenth-century Italian noblewoman who heard Francis of Assisi preach, fled her family to embrace radical poverty, and…
August 15
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The dogmatic teaching that at the end of her earthly life, the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken up…
August 20
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
A twelfth-century French Cistercian abbot and Doctor of the Church whose influence on the medieval Church was so…
August 21
St. Pius X
Pope from 1903 to 1914, Giuseppe Sarto lowered the age of First Communion to the age of reason,…
August 27
St. Monica
A fourth-century North African woman who prayed for thirty years for the conversion of her son Augustine, her…
August 28
St. Augustine of Hippo
A fourth-century North African bishop and Doctor of the Church whose Confessions and City of God are among…
August 29
The Passion of St. John the Baptist
The feast commemorating the beheading of St. John the Baptist by Herod Antipas at the request of Salome,…
September
6 feastsSeptember 3
St. Gregory the Great
A sixth-century pope and Doctor of the Church who reorganized the Roman Church, sent Augustine of Canterbury to…
September 8
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
One of only three births celebrated in the entire liturgical calendar — alongside Christmas and the Nativity of…
September 14
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
A Feast celebrating the recovery of the True Cross by Emperor Heraclius from the Persians in 628 AD…
September 15
Our Lady of Sorrows
A memorial honoring the seven sorrows of Mary — the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the…
September 21
St. Matthew
A tax collector called by Jesus from his customs post with two words — "Follow me" — who…
September 29
Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
A Feast honoring the three archangels named in Scripture: Michael, the warrior who leads heaven's armies; Gabriel, the…
October
9 feasts
October 1
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
A nineteenth-century French Carmelite nun who died of tuberculosis at twenty-four after living her entire religious life in…
October 2
The Guardian Angels
A memorial honoring the angels entrusted by God to watch over each human soul throughout life. The feast…
October 4
St. Francis of Assisi
A thirteenth-century Italian merchant's son who heard Christ call him to "rebuild my Church," gave away everything he…
October 7
Our Lady of the Rosary
Established in 1573 by Pope Gregory XIII to commemorate the Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto on…
October 15
St. Teresa of Ávila
A sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite nun and Doctor of the Church who reformed the Carmelite Order, founded seventeen convents,…
October 17
St. Ignatius of Antioch
A second-century Bishop of Antioch and disciple of St. John the Apostle who was condemned to death under…
October 18
St. Luke
A Greek physician who became a companion of St. Paul and is the author of both the Gospel…
October 22
St. John Paul II
The Polish pope who served from 1978 to 2005, helped bring down Communism in Eastern Europe, made 104…
October 28
Sts. Simon and Jude
Two apostles: Simon the Zealot, suggesting a background in Jewish nationalism, and Jude Thaddaeus, author of the brief…
November
7 feastsNovember 1
All Saints
A Solemnity honoring all the saints in heaven — named and unnamed, canonized and unknown — celebrating the…
November 2
All Souls
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed — a day of prayer for all souls in purgatory, established…
November 11
St. Martin of Tours
A fourth-century Roman soldier who, before his conversion, cut his military cloak in half to share with a…
November 15
St. Albert the Great
A thirteenth-century German Dominican bishop and Doctor of the Church known as "Universal Doctor" for his encyclopedic knowledge…
November 17
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
A thirteenth-century Hungarian princess who married at fourteen, bore three children, and was known for caring personally for…
November 22
St. Cecilia
A Roman martyr from the second or third century who sang hymns to God in her heart as…
November 30
St. Andrew
The brother of Simon Peter and the first apostle called by Jesus, Andrew introduced Peter to Christ —…
December
10 feastsDecember 3
St. Francis Xavier
A sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit co-founder who brought Christianity to India, Japan, and Southeast Asia in eleven years of…
December 6
St. Nicholas
A fourth-century Bishop of Myra known for his extraordinary generosity — he secretly provided dowries for three poor…
December 7
St. Ambrose
A fourth-century Roman governor who was elected Bishop of Milan before he was even baptized, becoming one of…
December 8
The Immaculate Conception
A Solemnity celebrating the dogmatic teaching that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin — preserved…
December 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
On December 9, 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the indigenous peasant Juan Diego on the hill…
December 13
St. Lucy
A fourth-century Sicilian martyr whose name means "light" in Latin. Her feast falls near the winter solstice —…
December 14
St. John of the Cross
A sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite priest and Doctor of the Church who co-founded the Discalced Carmelites with Teresa of…
December 26
St. Stephen
The first Christian martyr — the protomartyr — stoned to death in Jerusalem as recorded in Acts 6-7.…
December 27
St. John the Apostle
The "Beloved Disciple" who rested his head on Jesus's breast at the Last Supper, stood at the foot…
December 28
The Holy Innocents
A Feast commemorating the male children of Bethlehem massacred by order of King Herod in his attempt to…