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.

Categories Category 1 Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday Easter Day (and the weekdays following) Pentecost Ash Wednesday 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 James of Jerusalem 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

Calendar days 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 century 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 7 Boisil, Prior of Melrose, c. 642 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot, c. 550 12 Drostan of Deer, Abbot, c. 600 17 Jane Haining, Missionary and Martyr, 1944 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 John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866 8 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221 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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