Saints and feasts of June

You can find links to notes on some of the feasts that occur in June below.

June 1

St Inigo OSB

June 2

SS Marcellius and Peter

June 5

St Boniface OSB

June 6

St Norbert

June 9

SS Primus and Felician

June 11

St Barnabas

June 13

St Anthony of Padua

June 14

St Basil the Great (Class III)

June 15

St Vitus (memorial)

June 18

SS Ephrem, Mark and Marcellianus (memorials)
St Ephrem Syrus, comm of Mark and Marcellianus

June 19

St Romuald OSB
SS Gervase and Protase (memorial)

June 21

St Aloysius Gonzaga

June 23

Vigil of St John the Baptist

June 24

Birthday of St John the Baptist

June 25

St William of Monte Virgine OSB

June 26

SS John and Paul

June 28

Vigil of SS Peter and Paul

June 29

SS Peter and Paul

June 30

Commemoration of St Paul

Saints and feasts of May

May 1

St Joseph the Worker (1) (2)

May 2

St Athanasius

May 3

SS Alexander, Eventius And Theodolus, memorial
SS Alexander, Eventius and Theodolus - martyrology entry


Finding of Holy Cross (abolished in most calendars)

May 4

St Monica

May 5

Pope St Pius V martyrology entry

May 9

St Gregory Nazienzen martyrology entry

May 10

SS Gordian and Epimarchus Martyrology entry

May 11

SS Philip and James

May 12

SS Nereus, Achilleus and Pancreas

May 13

St Robert Bellarmine

May 14

St Pachomius

May 19

St Peter Celestine OSB

May 24

Our Lady Help of Christians
Collect for the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians

May 25

Pope St Gregory VII OSB

May 26

St Augustine of Canterbury OSB

May 27

St Bede the Venerable OSB

Saints and Feasts of March

March 1

March 2

St Chad

March 3

March 4

March 5

March 6

SS Felicity and Perpetua
SS Felicity and Perpetua

March 7

St Thomas Aquinas
St Thomas Aquinas

March 8

St John of God

March 9

St Francis of Rome OSB

March 10

The forty martyrs

March 11

March 12

On St Gregory's dialogues (incl Life of St Benedict)
St Gregory the Great - Life
St Gregory the Great - martyrology entry
St Gregory the Great - second nocturn readings of Matins

Novena for the feast of St Benedict, Day 1

March 13

March 14

St Matilda

March 15

SS Longinus, Leocritia, Matrona and Louise de Marillac

March 16

Canadian Jesuit martyrs

March 17

St Patrick

March 18

St Cyril of Jerusalem

March 19

St Joseph - Martyrology entry

March 20

SS Cuthbert and Wulfram OSB

March 21

Note on the dates of the feasts of St Benedict
St Benedict - Martyrology entry
St Benedict - Matins second nocturn readings
St Benedict - Gospel for the feast

March 22

Once was...the octave of St Benedict

March 23

St Benedict (former) Octave Day 3 readings

March 24

St Benedict (former) Octave Day 4
St Gabriel

March 25

Feast of the Annunciation

March 27

St Benedict Day 6 in the former Octave
St John Damascene

March 28

St Benedict Day 7 in the former Octave
St John Capistrano

March 29

St Benedict - former Octave Day
St Eustasius

March 30

St John Climacus

Notes on the feasts of February

1 February  - St Ignatius (Class III)

St Ignatius of Antioch - Pope Benedict General Audience; Matins reading

St Brigid

2 February - Purification of the BVM (Class II)

Candlemas aka Feast of the Purification
Feast of the Purification/2

3 February – St Blase (Memorial)

St Blaise and the blessing of throats
St Blaise in the martyrology

4 February 

St Gilbert of Sempringham
St Rabanus Maurus OSB

5 February  – St Agatha (Class III)

St Agatha

6 February  

St Dorothy

7 February – St Romuald (Class III)

St Romuald OSB
St Romauald - Butler's lives

8 February

9 February 

10 February  - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict (Class II; Class I for nuns)

St Scholastica
St Scholastica/2
St Scholastica (Martyrology entry)

11 February

St Benedict of Aniane OSB

12 February 

13 February 

14 February – St Valentine, memorial [in Europe: SS Cyril and Methodius]

St Valentine
St Antoinine of Sorrento OSB

15 February 

16 February 

17 February 

18 February 

19 February 

20 February

21 February 

St Peter Mavimenus (martyrology)

22 February  – Chair of St Peter, Class III

St Peter's Chair

23 February  - St Peter Damian, memorial  

St Peter Damian OSB

24 February or 25 Feb in leap year - St Matthias, Class II

St Matthias

25 February  - (in some places St Walburga, Class I)

St Walburga OSB

26 February  

27 February 

St Porphyrius (martyrology)

28 February 

St Florentina (from the martyrology)

29 February

St Romanus of Lyon