Patron Saints

Since the Angels and Saints have a closer connection to God, we pray to them to intercede for us through their prayers. We should also pray for other people, interceding on their behalf. The Communion of Saints* refers to us all belonging to one family (Family of God) and that we need to love, help and pray for each other (whether we are in heaven, purgatory or on earth).

We honour the Saints by reserving a day on the calendar and calling it their Feast Day (the day they were admitted into heaven). There are many Saints so one day in the Calendar may be the Feast Day for more than one Saint. Mary is the most venerated of Saints and we should pray to Her every day. In Canon Francis Ripley's book "This Is The Faith", he states that "no grace descends to men except through the hands, that is the intercession of Mary."

IIt has been proven spiritually and scientifically that praying for others is beneficial - even if the person you are praying for does not know you are praying for them. Patron Saints are those Saints that have some type of connection to the individual(s). They are able to intercede on behalf of mankind in specific circumstances. St. Francis of Assisi is the Patron Saint of Animals and Ecology so an animal protection or nature group might choose St. Francis as their Patron Saint. Many Christians are named after a particular Saint. When the feast comes up in the Calendar of that Saint - it is said to be that person's "name day".

Calendar of Saints:

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

January

January 1: Octave of Christmas, Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity
January 2: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors - Memorial
January 3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus - Optional Memorial
January 4: Feria
January 5: Feria
January 6: Epiphany
January 7: Saint Raymond of Peñafort, priest - Optional Memorial
January 8: Feria
January 9: Feria
January 10: Feria
January 11: Feria
January 12: Feria
January 13: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial January 14: Feria
January 15: Feria
January 16: Feria
January 17: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot - Memorial
January 18: Feria
January 19: Feria
January 20: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr - Optional Memorial
January 21: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr - Memorial
January 22: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr - Optional Memorial
January 23: Feria
January 24: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor - Memorial
January 25: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle - Feast
January 26: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops - Memorial
January 27: Saint Angela Merici, virgin - Optional Memorial
January 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor - Memorial
January 29: Feria
January 30: Feria
January 31: Saint John Bosco, priest - Memorial

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February

February 1: Feria
February 2: Presentation of the Lord - Feast
February 3: Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr or Saint Ansgar, bishop - Optional Memorial
February 4: Feria
February 5: Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr - Memorial
February 6: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs - Memorial
February 7: Feria
February 8: Saint Jerome Emiliani, priest; or Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin - Optional Memorial
February 9: Feria
February 10: Saint Scholastica, virgin - Memorial
February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes - Optional Memorial
February 12: Feria
February 13: Feria
February 14: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop - Memorial
February 15: Feria
February 16: Feria
February 17: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order - Optional Memorial
February 18: Feria
February 19: Feria
February 20: Feria
February 21: Saint Peter Damian, bishop - Optional Memorial
February 22: Chair of Saint Peter, apostle - Feast
February 23: Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr - Memorial
February 24: Feria
February 25: Feria
February 26: Feria
February 27: Feria
February 28: Feria
February 29, occurring only in leap year: Feria

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March

March 1: Feria
March 2: Feria
March 3: Feria
March 4: Saint Casimir - Optional Memorial
March 5: Feria
March 6: Feria
March 7: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs - Memorial
March 8: Saint John of God, religious - Optional Memorial
March 9: Saint Frances of Rome, religious - Optional Memorial
March 10: Feria
March 11: Feria
March 12: Feria
March 13: Feria
March 14: Feria
March 15: Feria
March 16: Feria
March 17: Saint Patrick, bishop - Optional Memorial
March 18: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
March 19: Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity
March 20: Feria
March 21: Feria
March 22: Feria
March 23: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop - Optional Memorial
March 24: Feria
March 25: Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity
March 26: Feria
March 27: Feria
March 28: Feria
March 29: Feria
March 30: Feria
March 31: Feria

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April

April 1: Feria
April 2: Saint Francis of Paola, hermit - Optional Memorial
April 3: Feria
April 4: Saint Isidore, bishop - Optional Memorial
April 5: Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest - Optional Memorial
April 6: Feria
April 7: Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest - Memorial
April 8: Feria
April 9: Feria
April 10: Feria
April 11: Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr - Memorial
April 12: Feria
April 13: Saint Martin I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial
April 14: Feria
April 15: Feria
April 16: Feria
April 17: Feria
April 18: Feria
April 19: Feria
April 20: Feria
April 21: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
April 22: Feria
April 23: Saint George, martyr or Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial
April 24: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr - Optional Memorial
April 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist - Feast
April 26: Feria
April 27: Feria
April 28: Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr or Saint Louis Marie de Montfort, priest - Optional Memorial
April 29: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor - Memorial
April 30: Saint Pius V, pope - Optional Memorial

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May

May 1: Saint Joseph the Worker - Optional Memorial
May 2: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor - Memorial
May 3: Saints Philip and James, Apostles - Feast
May 4: Feria
May 5: Feria
May 6: Feria
May 7: Feria
May 8: Feria
May 9: Feria
May 10: Feria
May 11: Feria
May 12: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs or Saint Pancras, martyr - Optional Memorial
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima - Optional Memorial
May 14: Saint Matthias the Apostle - Feast
May 15: Feria
May 16: Feria
May 17: Feria
May 18: Saint John I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial
May 19: Feria
May 20: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest - Optional Memorial
May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
May 22: Saint Rita of Cascia - Optional Memorial
May 23: Feria
May 24: Feria
May 25: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; or Saint Gregory VII, pope or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin - Optional Memorial
May 26: Saint Philip Neri, priest - Memorial
May 27: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop - Optional Memorial
May 28: Feria
May 29: Feria
May 30: Feria
May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

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June

June 1: Saint Justin Martyr - Memorial
June 2: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs - Optional Memorial
June 3: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs - Memorial
June 4: Feria
June 5: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr - Memorial
June 6: Saint Norbert, bishop - Optional Memorial
June 7: Feria
June 8: Feria
June 9: Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor - Optional Memorial
June 10: Feria
June 11: Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Memorial
June 12: Feria
June 13: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor - Memorial
June 14: Feria
June 15: Feria
June 16: Feria
June 17: Feria
June 18: Feria
June 19: Saint Romuald, abbot - Optional Memorial
June 20: Feria
June 21: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious - Memorial
June 22: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop or Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, martyrs - Optional Memorial
June 23: Feria
June 24: Birth of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity
June 25: Feria
June 26: Feria
June 27: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
June 28: Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr - Memorial
June 29: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Solemnity
June 30: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome - Optional Memorial

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July

July 1: Feria
July 2: Feria
July 3: Saint Thomas the Apostle - Feast
July 4: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal - Optional Memorial
July 5: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest - Optional Memorial
July 6: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial
July 7: Feria
July 8: Feria
July 9: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
July 10: Feria
July 11: Saint Benedict, abbot - Memorial
July 12: Feria
July 13: Saint Henry - Optional Memorial
July 14: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest - Optional Memorial
July 15: Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor - Memorial
July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Optional Memorial
July 17: Feria
July 18: Feria
July 19: Feria
July 20: Saint Apollinaris - Optional Memorial
July 21: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor - Optional Memorial
July 22: Saint Mary Magdalene - Memorial
July 23: Saint Birgitta, religious- Optional Memorial
July 24: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, hermit - Optional Memorial
July 25: Saint James the Greater, apostle - Feast
July 26: Saints Joachim and Anne - Memorial
July 27: Feria
July 28: Feria
July 29: Saint Martha - Memorial
July 30: Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
July 31: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest - Memorial

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August

August 1: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop and doctor - Memorial
August 2: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop or Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest - Optional Memorial
August 3: Feria
August 4: Saint Jean Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest - Memorial
August 5: Dedication of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Optional Memorial
August 6: Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast
August 7: Saint Sixtus II and companions, martyrs or Saint Cajetan, priest - Optional Memorial
August 8: Saint Dominic, priest - Memorial
August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial
August 10: Saint Lawrence - Feast
August 11: Saint Clare, virgin - Memorial
August 12: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Optional Memorial
August 13: Saints Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs - Optional Memorial
August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr - Memorial
August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity
August 16: Saint Stephen of Hungary - Optional Memorial
August 17: Feria
August 18: Feria
August 19: Saint John Eudes, priest - Optional Memorial
August 20: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and doctor - Memorial
August 21: Saint Pius X, pope - Memorial
August 22: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial
August 23: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin - Optional Memorial
August 24: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - Feast
August 25: Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, priest - Optional Memorial
August 26: Feria
August 27: Saint Monica - Memorial
August 28: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor - Memorial
August 29: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr - Memorial
August 30: Feria
August 31: Feria

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September

September 1: Feria
September 2: Feria
September 3: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor - Memorial
September 4: Feria
September 5: Feria
September 6: Feria
September 7: Feria
September 8: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast
September 9: Saint Peter Claver, priest - Optional Memorial
September 10: Feria
September 11: Feria
September 12: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Optional Memorial
September 13: Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor - Memorial
September 14: Triumph of the Holy Cross - Feast
September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows - Memorial
September 16: Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs - Memorial
September 17: Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial
September 18: Feria
September 19: Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial
September 20: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, and Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs - Memorial
September 21: Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast
September 22: Feria
September 23: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest - Memorial
September 24: Feria
September 25: Feria
September 26: Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs - Optional Memorial
September 27: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest - Memorial
September 28: Saint Wenceslaus, martyr or Saints Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial
September 29: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels - Feast
September 30: Saint Jerome, priest and doctor - Memorial

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October

October 1: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor - Memorial
October 2: Guardian Angels - Memorial
October 3: Feria
October 4: Saint Francis of Assisi - Memorial
October 5: Feria
October 6: Saint Bruno, priest - Optional Memorial
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary - Memorial
October 8: Feria
October 9: Saint Denis and companions, martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, priest - Optional Memorial
October 10: Feria
October 11: Feria
October 12: Feria
October 13: Feria
October 14: Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial
October 15: Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor - Memorial
October 16: Saint Hedwig, religious or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin - Optional Memorial
October 17: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr - Memorial
October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist - Feast
October 19: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests and companions, Martyrs or Saint Paul of the Cross, priest - Optional Memorial
October 20: Feria
October 21: Feria
October 22: Feria
October 23: Saint John of Capestrano, priest - Optional Memorial
October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop - Optional Memorial
October 25: Feria
October 26: Feria
October 27: Feria
October 28: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles - Feast
October 29: Feria
October 30: Feria
October 31: Feria

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November

November 1: All Saints - Solemnity
November 2: All Souls - ranked with solemnities
November 3: Saint Martin de Porres, religious - Optional Memorial
November 4: Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop - Memorial
November 5: Feria
November 6: Feria
November 7: Feria
November 8: Feria
November 9: Dedication of the Lateran basilica - Feast
November 10: Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor - Memorial
November 11: Saint Martin of Tours, bishop - Memorial
November 12: Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr - Memorial November 13: Feria
November 14: Feria
November 15: Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial November 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin - Optional Memorial
November 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious - Memorial
November 18: Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Optional Memorial
November 19: Feria
November 20: Feria
November 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial
November 22: Saint Cecilia - Memorial
November 23: Saint Clement I, pope and martyr or Saint Columban, religious - Optional Memorial
November 24: Saint Andre Dung Lac and his companions, martyrs - Memorial
November 25: Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Optional Memorial
November 26: Feria
November 27: Feria November 28: Feria
November 29: Feria
November 30: Saint Andrew the Apostle - Feast

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December

December December 1: Feria
December 2: Feria
December 3: Saint Francis Xavier, priest - Memorial
December 4: Saint John Damascene, priest and doctor - Optional Memorial
December 5: Feria
December 6: Saint Nicholas, bishop - Optional Memorial
December 7: Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor - Memorial
December 8: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity
December 9: Saint Juan Diego - Optional Memorial
December 10: Feria
December 11: Saint Damasus I, pope - Optional Memorial
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe - Optional Memorial
December 13: Saint Lucy of Syracuse, virgin and martyr - Memorial
December 14: Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor - Memorial
December 15: Feria
December 16: Feria
December 17: Feria
December 18: Feria
December 19: Feria December 20: Feria
December 21: Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor - Optional Memorial
December 22: Feria
December 23: Saint John of Kanty, priest - Optional Memorial
December 24: Feria
December 25: Nativity of the Lord - Solemnity
December 26: Saint Stephen, the first martyr - Feast
December 27: Saint John the Apostle and evangelist - Feast
December 28: Holy Innocents, martyrs - Feast
December 29: Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial
December 30: Feria (Sixth Day with the Octave of Christmas)
December 31: Saint Sylvester I, pope – Optional Memorial

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