Calendar of saints (Scottish Episcopal Church)

In the Calendar of the Scottish Episcopal Church, each Holy and Saint’s Day listed has been assigned a number which indicates its category. It is intended that feasts in categories 1 - 4 should be kept by the whole Church. Days in categories 5 and 6 may be kept according to diocesan or local discretion. Commemorations not included in this Calendar may be observed with the approval of the Bishop.

Category 1

*Maundy Thursday
*Good Friday
*Holy Saturday
*Easter Day (and the weekdays following)
*Pentecost
*Ash Wednesday
*Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in Holy Week
*Ascension Day
*Christmas Day
*Epiphany
*Sundays of Advent, Lent and Easter

Category 2

*Feasts of The Lord (Naming, Presentation, Annunciation, Transfiguration)
*Trinity Sunday
*All Saints' Day
*Dedication and Patronal Festivals
*Eves of Christmas and Pentecost
*First Sunday after Christmas
*First Sunday after Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)

Category 3

*Sundays after Christmas (except Christmas 1)
*Sundays after Epiphany (except Epiphany 1)
*Sundays after Pentecost (except Pentecost 1
*Weekdays in Lent

Category 4

*Feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists
*Saint Mary the Virgin
*The Visit to Elizabeth
*Saint Joseph
*Saint John the Baptist (Birth, Beheading)
*Saint Mary Magdalene
*Saint Michael and All Angels
*Saint Stephen
*The Holy Innocents;
*Saint Kentigern
*Saint Patrick
*Saint Columba
*Saint Ninian
*Saint Margaret of Scotland

Category 5

*All Souls' Day
*Holy Cross Day;
*Conception of Mary, Mother of the Lord
*Birth of Mary, Mother of the Lord
*Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (Corpus Christi);
*Thanksgiving for Harvest

Category 6

*All other commemorations

JANUARY
*2 Seraphim of Sarov, 1833
*10 William Laud, Bishop, 1645
*11 David, King of Scots, 1153
*14 Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, c 367
*17 Anthony of Egypt, Abbot, 356
*21 Agnes, Martyr, c 304
*24 Francis de Sales, Bishop, 1622
*27 John Chrysostom, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 407
*28 Thomas Aquinas, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
*30 Charles I, King, 1649
*31 Charles Mackenzie of Central Africa, Bishop, Missionary, Martyr, 1862

FEBRUARY
*1 Brigid of Kildare, Abbess, c 525
*3 Saints and Martyrs of Europe
*6 Paul Miki, Priest, and the Martyrs of Japan, 1597
*10 Scholastica, Religious, 543
*14 Cyril, Monk, 869, and Methodius, Bishop, 885, "Apostles of the Slavs"
*15 Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
*17 Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 661
*18 Colman of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 676
*19 Martin Luther, 1545
*23 Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr, 156

MARCH
*1 David, Bishop, Patron of Wales, c 544
*2 Chad of Lichfield, Bishop, 672
*3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
*4 Adrian of May Island, Abbot, and Companions, Martyrs, 875
*6 Baldred, Bishop, 608
*7 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs, 203
*8 Duthac, Bishop, 1068
*10 Kessog, Bishop, c 700
*16 Boniface of Ross, Bishop, 8th c
*18 Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 386
*20 Cuthbert, Bishop, 687
*21 Thomas Cranmer, Bishop, 1556
*22 Thomas Ken, Bishop, 1711
*24 Paul Couturier, Priest, 1953
*28 Patrick Forbes, Bishop, 1635, and the Aberdeen doctors, Teachers of the Faith
*29 John Keble, Priest, 1866

APRIL
*1 Gilbert of Caithness, Bishop, 1245
*9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian and Martyr, 1945
*10 William Law, Priest, 1761
*11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop and Missionary, 1878
*12 William Forbes, Bishop, 1634
*16 Magnus of Orkney, Martyr, c 1116
*17 Saint Donnan, Abbot, and Companions, Martyrs, c 617
*20 Máel Ruba of Applecross, Abbot, 722
*21 Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 1109
*23 George, Patron of England, Martyr, c 303
*26 Albert Ernest Laurie, Priest, 1937
*29 Catherine of Siena, Mystic and Teacher of the Faith, 1380

MAY
*2 Athanasius of Alexandria, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 373
*8 Julian of Norwich, c 1413
*12 Thomas Rattray, Bishop, 1743
*21 Helena, c 330
*23 William of Perth (or Rochester), 1201
*25 Bede, the Venerable, of Jarrow, Teacher of the Faith, 735
*26 Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, c 604

JUNE
*1 Justin of Rome, Martyr, c 165
*3 Charles Lwanga and his companions, 1886, Janani Luwum, Bishop, 1977, Martyrs of Uganda
*4 John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, Reformer, 1963
*5 Boniface of Mainz, Bishop, Missionary and Martyr, 754
*8 Ephrem the Syrian, Deacon and Teacher of the Faith, 373
*12 John Skinner, Priest, 1807, and John Skinner, Bishop, 1816
*14 Basil of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, 390; Gregory of Nyssa, 394, Bishops and Teachers of the Faith
*18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr, 1896
*20 Fillan, Abbot, c 750
*22 Alban, Martyr, c 209
*25 Moluag of Lismore, Bishop, c 592
*26 Robert Leighton, Bishop, 1684
*27 Alexander Jolly, Bishop, 1838
*28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 202

JULY
*1 Serf, Bishop, c 500
*6 Palladius, Bishop, c 450
*11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot, c 550
*12 Drostan of Deer, Abbot, c 600
*21 William Wilberforce, 1833
*26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of Mary, Mother of the Lord
*27 John Comper, Priest, 1903
*29 Martha and Mary of Bethany
*30 Silas, Companion of Saint Paul
*31 Ignatius Loyola, Priest and Religious, 1556

AUGUST
*5 Oswald of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
*7 Boisil, Prior of Melrose, c 642;
*8 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
*9 John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866
*10 Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, 258
*11 Clare of Assisi, Religious, 1253
*12 Blane, Missionary, c 590
*13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, 1667
*14 Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr, 1940
*20 Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Teacher of the Faith, 1153
*25 Ebba of Coldingham, Abbess, 683
*27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
*28 Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 430
*31 Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 651

SEPTEMBER
*2 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
*3 Gregory the Great, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 604
*13 Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr, 258
*17 Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess, 1179
*20 John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop and Martyr, 1871
*23 Adamnan of Iona, Abbot, 704
*25 Finnbar of Caithness, Bishop, c 610
*27 Vincent de Paul, Priest, 1660
*30 Jerome, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 420

OCTOBER
*1 Gregory the Enlightener, Bishop, “Apostle of Armenia”, c 332
*4 Francis of Assisi, Deacon and Friar, 1226
*8 Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop, 1875
*11 Kenneth, Abbot, 600
*12 Elizabeth Fry, 18456
*15 Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582
*17 Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, c 115
*19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary, 1812
*29 James Hannington, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs, 1885

NOVEMBER
*3 Richard Hooker, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1600
*7 Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary, 739
*9 George Hay Forbes, Priest, 1875
*10 Leo the Great, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 461
*11 Martin of Tours, Bishop, c 397
*12 Machar, Bishop, c 600
*17 Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, 1200
*18 Fergus, Bishop, c 750
*19 Hilda of Whitby, 680
*21 Columban, Bishop, 615
*22 Cecilia, Martyr, c 230
*23 Clement of Rome, Bishop and Martyr, c 100
*24 Lucy Menzies, 1954

DECEMBER
*1 Charles de Foucauld, Priest and Hermit, 1916
*2 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
*3 Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary, 1552
*4 Clement of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, c 210
*6 Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, 4th century
*7 Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 397
*14 John of the Cross, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1591
*29 Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr, 1170
*30 Josephine Butler, 1905
*31 John Wycliffe, Priest, 1384

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