Saints and Blessed

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin, Carmelite, Doctor of the Church, patroness of the missions

Priest, Jesuit, apostle of the lepers of Madagascar

Martyrs, the parish priest of Natal and lay people, killed in Brazil in 1645

Obligatory Memorial

Deacon, founder of the Order of Friars Minor, patron of Italy

Virgin, religious, mystic, apostle of Divine Mercy

Layman, lawyer, apostle of the Rosary, founder of the shrine of Pompeii

Virgin, maidservant from Bavaria, lay Franciscan tertiary

Priest, founder of the Carthusians, master of the cathedral school of Reims

Virgin, lay Franciscan tertiary, co-patroness of Naples

Layman, father of a family, economist, professor at the University of Pisa

Priests and martyrs, missionaries in Elizabethan England

Priest, founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, patron of pharmacists

Priest and Doctor of the Church, cardinal, founder of the Oratory in England

First bishop of Paris and his companions, martyrs of the third century

Patriarch, father of all believers, friend of God

Bishop, missionary in Sudan, founder of the Comboni Missionaries and Sisters

Virgin, foundress of the Felician Sisters

Pope, initiator of the Second Vatican Council, author of Pacem in terris

Bishop, first metropolitan of Gniezno, brother of Saint Adalbert

Layman, student, creator of an exhibition on Eucharistic miracles

Laywoman, mystic of Balasar, Salesian Cooperator

Count of Aurillac, founder of a Benedictine abbey, protector of the poor

Pope and martyr, former slave, keeper of the cemetery on the Appian Way

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin, reformer of Carmel, Doctor of the Church

Duchess of Silesia, wife and mother, foundress of the monastery at Trzebnica

Virgin, Visitation nun, mystic, apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, Apostolic Father, author of seven letters

Layman, professor of Roman law, Franciscan tertiary

Feast

Evangelist, author of the Acts of the Apostles, companion of Saint Paul

Priest, founder of the Passionists, mystic, preacher of popular missions

Martyrs, Jesuit missionaries and their helpers in North America

Martyr, earl of Arundel, husband and father, prisoner in the Tower of London

Priest and martyr, chaplain of Solidarity, pastor to working people

Roman centurion, baptized by Saint Peter, first of the Gentiles in the Church

Bishop, Franciscan, patron of the Archdiocese of Lviv

Virgin, religious, nurse at the hospital of Treviso

Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, husband and father, advocate of peace

Pope, pilgrim, initiator of World Youth Day

Priest, Franciscan, preacher, patron of military chaplains

Martyr, philosopher, Roman senator, husband and father

Bishop, founder of the Claretians

Martyrs of Rome, husband and wife according to tradition

Layman, doctor of the poor, professor of medicine, Franciscan tertiary

Bishop, Dominican, founder of the Militia of Jesus Christ

Feast

Apostles, Simon called the Zealot and Jude called Thaddaeus

Laywoman, member of the Focolare Movement

Martyr, Roman centurion, beheaded at Tangier

Religious brother, Jesuit, formerly a merchant, husband and father

Religious brother, Carmelite, formerly constable of Portugal, husband and father

Priest, Jesuit, apostle of Munich, prisoner of Sachsenhausen

Widow, duchess of Alençon, mother, Poor Clare at Argentan

Religious brother, Dominican, servant of the sick and the poor in Lima

Obligatory Memorial

Archbishop of Milan, cardinal

Priest and martyr, provost of Berlin cathedral, defender of the Jews

Hermit of Noblac near Limoges, patron saint of prisoners

Bishop, apostle of the Frisians, founder of the abbey of Echternach

Bishop of Amiens, Benedictine, abbot of Nogent

Virgin, Discalced Carmelite, mystic

Obligatory Memorial

Pope and Doctor of the Church, teacher of the faith in the Incarnation, defender of Rome

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop, former soldier, monk, evangelizer of the Gallic countryside

Virgin and martyr, Sister of the Resurrection, school principal in Wejherowo

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, Basilian monk, apostle of the unity of the Church

Martyrs, hermits and missionaries in the time of Bolesław the Brave

Cloth merchant of Cremona, husband and father, benefactor of the poor

Bishop of Dublin, abbot of Glendalough, peacemaker between rulers

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Dominican, patron of natural scientists

Margrave, husband and father, founder of Klosterneuburg Monastery, patron of Austria

Priest, Discalced Carmelite, insurgent of 1863, exile in Siberia

Queen of Scotland, wife and mother of eight, benefactress of the poor

Virgin, nun of Helfta, mystic

Obligatory Memorial

Landgravine of Thuringia, wife and mother, widow, caregiver to the sick and the poor

Religious, queen of Halych, first Polish Poor Clare

Virgin and martyr, farmers’ daughter, catechist of the children of her village

Virgin, nun of Helfta, mystic, teacher of Saint Gertrude

Martyr, king of the East Angles, killed by Danish invaders

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, apostle of the family

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin and martyr, Roman woman, patroness of church music

Pope and martyr, Apostolic Father, author of the Letter to the Corinthians

Abbot, missionary from Ireland, founder of the monasteries of Luxeuil and Bobbio

Martyr, widow, mother of two Korean martyr saints

Obligatory Memorial

Martyrs, bishops, priests and lay people, patrons of the Church in Vietnam

Virgin and martyr of Alexandria, patroness of philosophers and theologians

Spouses, lawyer and writer, parents of four children

Priest, founder of the Pauline Family, apostle of the media

Wife of Saint Elzéar of Sabran, countess of Ariano, widow living in poverty

Bishop, learned Irishman, propagator of the faith among the Carantanians

Martyr, lawyer from Valencia, husband and father, Catholic Action leader

Priest, Franciscan, itinerant preacher

Bishop and martyr, first shepherd of the Church in Toulouse

Feast

Apostle, brother of Simon Peter, fisherman of Bethsaida, the first called

Bishop, goldsmith and counselor to King Dagobert, founder of monasteries

Priest, hermit in the Sahara, former officer and explorer

Priest, Conventual Franciscan, servant of the sick and the poor

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, Jesuit, missionary to India and Japan, patron of the missions

Priest and Doctor of the Church, monk, defender of sacred images

Priest, former shoemaker, founder of the journeymen’s associations

Virgin and martyr, patroness of miners and of a good death

Bishop, anatomist and geologist, vicar apostolic of the Nordic Missions

Mother of a family, martyr, beheaded at Theveste in Numidia

Bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron of children and sailors

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church, defender of the Nicene faith, author of hymns

Virgin, laywoman from Ecuador, seamstress and catechist

Layman, indigenous man of Mexico, messenger of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Martyr, gentleman, husband and schoolmaster, protector of hunted priests

Pope, defender of the Nicene faith, guardian of the martyrs’ tombs

Bishop of Trimythous in Cyprus, shepherd, father of a family

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin and martyr of Syracuse, invoked against diseases of the eyes

Obligatory Memorial

Priest and Doctor of the Church, reformer of Carmel, mystic and poet

Widow, mother of two daughters, foundress of a work of mercy in Genoa

Empress, wife and mother, regent, benefactress of the poor and of churches

Priest, Capuchin, founder of hidden religious congregations

Priest, founder of the Trinitarians, an order for the ransom of captives

Abbot, missionary from England, founder of the monastery of Heidenheim

Virgins and martyrs, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Słonim, physician and superior

Abbot, formerly a hermit, restorer of the monastery of Silos

Priest and Doctor of the Church, Jesuit, author of catechisms

Virgin, foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, patroness of emigrants

Priest, professor at the University of Krakow, servant of the poor

Religious, widow and mother, foundress of the Grey Nuns of Montreal

Widow, mother, foundress of the Institute of the Holy Family, caregiver to orphans

Religious brother, founder of the Albertine Brothers and Sisters, painter

Feast

First martyr, deacon, stoned to death in Jerusalem

Feast

Apostle and evangelist, son of Zebedee, beloved disciple of Jesus

Widow, penitent, foundress of the first hospital in Rome

Feast

Martyrs, children of Bethlehem killed by order of King Herod

Bishop of Canterbury and martyr, former chancellor of England, defender of the Church

King of Israel and prophet, psalmist, ancestor of Christ

Virgin, foundress of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Pope at the time of the Council of Nicaea

Priest, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, pastor in Lviv

Mother of a family, caregiver to the poor and the sick, benefactress of the Dominicans

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop, Doctor of the Church, called the Theologian

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Doctor of the Church, author of monastic rules

Virgin of Nanterre, patroness of Paris

Widow, religious, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph

Widow, Franciscan tertiary, mystic

Bishop of Philadelphia, Redemptorist

Religious, widow and mother, co-foundress of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

King of England, husband, benefactor of the poor, founder of Westminster Abbey

Religious, college doorkeeper in Montreal, founder of Saint Joseph’s Oratory

Priest, Master of the Dominican Order, canonist

Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, apologist

Monk, apostle of Noricum, founder of monasteries, defender of the people

Abbot, African-born scholar, co-founder of the school of Canterbury

Bishop of Nyssa, Father of the Church, brother of Saint Basil the Great

Abbot, founder of a monastery in the Judean Desert, friend of Saint Sabas

Virgin, teacher in Montreal, foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame

Abbot, Cistercian of Rievaulx, author of a treatise on spiritual friendship

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, defender of the Nicene faith, exiled to Phrygia

Bishop of Reims, apostle of the Franks, baptized King Clovis

Christian captive, apostle and enlightener of Georgia

Virgin, foundress of the monastery of Killeedy in Ireland

Father of a family and martyr, miner, journalist, trade unionist

Priest, Oratorian, apostle of Sri Lanka

Layman, lawyer from Brescia, father of a family, founder of Catholic schools

Obligatory Memorial

Abbot, hermit in Egypt, father of monks

Virgin, Hungarian princess, Dominican nun

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of Saint Catherine, servant of the sick and the poor

Priest and abbot, Desert Father, founder of the monastic settlement of Scetis

Martyr, by tradition an officer of the imperial guard in Rome

Pope and martyr, elected as a layman, organizer of the Church of Rome

Priest, pastor in Nigeria, Trappist monk in England

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin and martyr, named in the Roman Canon, patroness of girls

Deacon and martyr, patron of Valencia and Lisbon

Priest, founder of the Pallottines, forerunner of the lay apostolate

Father of a family, eye doctor, founder of hospitals for the poor

Virgin, pupil of the Salesian Sisters, offered her life for her mother’s conversion

Bishop of Toledo, monk and abbot, author of a treatise on Mary’s virginity

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, cofounder of the Visitation, patron of journalists

Martyrs, lay Greek Catholics of Podlasie, defenders of the unity of the Church

Disciple of the Lord at Damascus, baptized the converted Saul of Tarsus

Priest, Dominican, Rhineland mystic, disciple of Meister Eckhart

Obligatory Memorial

Bishops, disciples of Saint Paul the Apostle, pastors of Ephesus and Crete

Bishop and martyr, auxiliary of Włocławek, prisoner of Dachau

Virgin, Franciscan tertiary, foundress of the Company of Saint Ursula

Bishop of Vilnius, renewer of the Marian Fathers, apostolic visitor to Lithuania

Obligatory Memorial

Priest and Doctor of the Church, Dominican, author of the Summa Theologiae

Priest, member of the Society of the Divine Word, missionary in China

Virgin, foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family, forerunner of ecumenism

Queen of the Franks, wife and mother, foundress of the abbeys of Corbie and Chelles

Priest, educator of orphans, founder of the Michaelite Fathers and Sisters

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, educator of youth, founder of the Salesians

Widow, disciple of Saint Jerome, pioneer of monastic life in Rome

Abbess, foundress of the monastery of Kildare, patroness of Ireland

Widow, mother, foundress of the Company of Mary Our Lady

Bishop and martyr, invoked against illnesses of the throat, patron of Dubrovnik

Bishop of Hamburg and Bremen, Benedictine monk, apostle of the North

Virgin, cofoundress of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit

Old man and prophetess, witnesses of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple

Queen of France, Duchess of Berry, foundress of the Order of the Annunciation

Priest and martyr, Jesuit, missionary in southern India

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin and martyr, patroness of Catania, named in the Roman Canon

Mother of a family, Trinitarian tertiary, mystic

Obligatory Memorial

Martyrs, Jesuits, Franciscans and lay people crucified at Nagasaki

Virgin, Daughter of Charity, servant of the poor in the Mouffetard district of Paris

Pope, proclaimer of the Immaculate Conception, convener of the First Vatican Council

Virgin, Canossian sister, freed slave from Sudan

Founder of the Somascans, layman, patron of orphans and abandoned youth

Hermit, teacher of monks in Syria, patron of the Maronite Church

Religious, Brother of the Christian Schools from Ecuador, teacher and textbook author

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin, nun, sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia

Bishop of Zagreb, cardinal, martyr of the communist era

Pope, defender of holy images, sent Saint Boniface to Germany

Martyrs, faithful of Roman Africa, witnesses to the Sunday Eucharist

Priest, Dominican, second Master of the Order, successor of Saint Dominic

Obligatory Memorial

Monk and bishop, apostles of the Slavs, co-patrons of Europe

Martyr, buried on the Via Flaminia in Rome, patron of lovers

Martyr, engineer and industrialist from Manises, husband, catechist

Priest, Jesuit, confessor of Saint Margaret Mary, apostle of the Heart of Jesus

Priest, confessor of Saint Faustina, apostle of Divine Mercy

Priest, formator of priests, founder of the Consolata Missionaries

Founders of the Servite Order, merchants of Florence, hermits of Monte Senario

Priest, Dominican, painter, patron of artists

Hermit, Franciscan tertiary, patron of Noto in Sicily

Children, little shepherds of Fátima, witnesses of the apparitions of Our Lady

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, hermit of Fonte Avellana, reformer of the clergy

Priest and martyr, Jesuit, poet, missionary in Elizabethan England

Penitent, Franciscan tertiary, foundress of a hospital in Cortona

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, disciple of Saint John the Apostle, Apostolic Father

Priest and martyr, prisoner of Dachau, patron of Polish scouts

Virgin, laywoman, embroiderer and catechist, Carmelite tertiary

King of Kent, first Christian ruler of the Anglo-Saxons, lawgiver

Religious brother, Franciscan, formerly a carter and road builder

Abbess of Heidenheim, missionary from England, patroness of the Diocese of Eichstätt

Bishop of Alexandria, opponent of Arius, father of the Council of Nicaea

Abbot and Doctor of the Church, Armenian theologian, poet and mystic

Acolyte, Passionist cleric, patron of young people

Priest, Spiritan, missionary in Senegal, guardian of the orphans of Auteuil

Priest and martyr, missionary in the Chinese province of Guangxi

Bishop, monk, founder of the monastery at Menevia, patron of Wales

Martyr, prince of Denmark, count of Flanders, defender of the poor

Abbess, Bohemian princess, Poor Clare, foundress of a hospital in Prague

Empress, wife of Saint Henry II, benefactress of the Church, nun at Kaufungen

Virgin, foundress of a congregation, missionary to Native Americans and African Americans

Prince of Poland, defender of the poor, patron of Poland and Lithuania

Priest, Franciscan, provincial of the Alcantarines, confessor in Naples

Virgin, anchoress of Corbie, reformer of the Poor Clares

Obligatory Memorial

Martyrs, young mothers of Carthage, named in the Roman Canon

Religious, founder of the Brothers Hospitallers, patron of the sick and of hospitals

Bishop of Krakow, chronicler, Cistercian monk at Jędrzejów

Religious, wife and mother, foundress of the Oblates of Tor de’ Specchi

Layman, pupil of Saint John Bosco, founder of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception

Bishop and martyr, monk, missionary, author of the Life of the Five Brothers

Priest and martyr, Jesuit, missionary in his native Scotland

Bishop of Jerusalem, monk and poet, opponent of Monothelitism

Priest, founder of the Little Work of Divine Providence

Virgin, domestic servant in Krakow, Franciscan tertiary, mystic

Bishop, brother of Saint Isidore, defender of the Catholic faith among the Visigoths

Queen of Germany, wife and mother, foundress of the convent at Quedlinburg

Priest, Redemptorist, apostle of Warsaw and Vienna

Widow, co-foundress of the Daughters of Charity, patroness of social works

Bishop, chancellor of Emperor Otto III, founder of Deutz Abbey

Bishop, missionary, apostle and patron of Ireland

Priest and martyr, parish priest of Holešov, defender of the seal of confession

Bishop of Jerusalem and Doctor of the Church, author of the Catecheses, three times exiled

Solemnity

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron of the Universal Church

Martyr, typesetter and scout from Rennes, Young Christian Worker, prisoner of Mauthausen

Priest and martyr, vicar general in Prague, patron of Bohemia

Bishop of Lviv of the Latin rite, professor of theology, protector of the poor

Hermit, husband and father of ten children, patron of Switzerland

Religious and martyr, Jesuit brother, builder of hiding places for priests

Bishop of Münster, cardinal, opponent of Nazism and defender of the lives of the sick

Bishop of Lima, defender of the indigenous peoples, patron of the Latin American episcopate

Virgin, Maronite nun from Lebanon, blind and paralyzed

Virgin, daughter of Saint Bridget, superior of the monastery at Vadstena

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd, protector of women on the margins

Bishop and martyr, shepherd of San Salvador, defender of the poor

Martyr, wife and mother from York, gave shelter to priests

Repentant thief, crucified beside Jesus, heard the promise of paradise

Bishop of Münster, apostle of the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey

Bishop and abbot, founder of the monastery of Saint Peter, patron of Salzburg

Abbot, co-founder of Cîteaux, lawgiver of the Cistercian Order

Bishop of Przemyśl, founder of the Sister Servants of the Sacred Heart, spiritual writer

Bishop of Arethusa in Syria, confessor, tortured under Julian the Apostate

Abbot, monk and hermit on Mount Sinai, author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent

Virgin and martyr, Franciscan sister, surgical nurse in Mödling

Martyr, teacher from Poznań, apostle among women forced laborers

Bishop of Grenoble, reformer of the clergy, protector of the first Carthusians

Penitent from Alexandria, hermit beyond the Jordan, model of conversion

Hermit, founder of the Order of Minims, patron of seafarers

Martyr, lay catechist from the Philippines, missionary in the Mariana Islands

Bishop of Chichester, chancellor of the University of Oxford, protector of the poor

Priest and martyr, curate in Zakopane, prisoner of Auschwitz

Bishop of Seville and Doctor of the Church, author of the Etymologies, brother of Saint Leander

Religious, Franciscan brother, formerly a hermit, co-patron of Palermo

Priest, Dominican, preacher of penance, advocate of the unity of the Church

Virgin, prioress of Mont-Cornillon, promoter of the feast of Corpus Christi

Virgin and martyr, weaver from near Bergamo, member of Catholic Action

Priest and martyr, Dominican, preacher, inquisitor in Lombardy

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, patron of teachers

Priest, Salesian, Polish prince, disciple of Saint John Bosco

Virgin, catechist, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Wife and mother, nun, foundress of the monastery at Mons

Virgin and martyr, Little Servant Sister of the Immaculate Conception, kindergarten teacher

Virgin, marchioness from Verona, foundress of the Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, shepherd of Krakow, principal patron of Poland

Virgin, laywoman from Lucca, mystic of the Lord’s Passion

Layman, doctor of the poor in Naples, researcher and university teacher

Virgin, Discalced Carmelite, first saint of Chile

Pope and martyr, defender of the faith in the two wills of Christ, died in exile

Virgin, blind Dominican tertiary, mystic

Virgin, mystic

Priest, missionary in Hawaii, apostle of the lepers of Molokai

Layman, pilgrim to the shrines of Europe, penitent living on alms

Virgin, visionary of Lourdes, religious at Nevers

Virgin of the Mohawk people, first Native woman saint of North America

Martyr, schoolteacher, husband and father, Franciscan tertiary

Priest and martyr, rector of the Warsaw seminary, prisoner of Majdanek

Mother of a family, foundress of Carmel in France, Carmelite, mystic

Martyr, bookseller and publisher in London, husband and father

Pope, bishop of Toul, reformer of the Church, opponent of simony

Virgin, Dominican nun, foundress of the monastery at Montepulciano

Priest and martyr, Bernardine friar, founder of the Antonian Sisters

Bishop of Canterbury and Doctor of the Church, abbot of Bec, author of the Proslogion

Religious, Capuchin brother, doorkeeper of the friary at Altötting

Martyr of Alexandria, father and first teacher of Origen

Martyr of Lydda, by tradition a soldier, patron of knights and scouts

Bishop of Prague and martyr, monk, missionary to the Prussians, patron of Poland

Priest and martyr, Capuchin, formerly an advocate of the poor

Virgin, restorer of the Bridgettine Order, pioneer of ecumenism

Feast

Evangelist, disciple and interpreter of Peter, co-worker of Paul

Layman, Franciscan tertiary, founder of the Bethlehemites

Religious, oblate of the Trappist abbey of Dueñas, author of spiritual writings

Bishop and martyr, auxiliary of Lublin, prisoner of Sachsenhausen

Virgin, domestic servant in Lucca, patroness of domestic workers

Priest, Marist, first martyr of Oceania

Priest, popular missionary, founder of the Montfortians and the Daughters of Wisdom

Mother of a family, pediatrician, Catholic Action member

Laywoman, nurse, organizer of parish nursing

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Dominican tertiary, co-patroness of Europe

Pope, Dominican friar, reformer of the Church after the Council of Trent

Religious, widow and mother, foundress of the Ursuline monastery in Quebec

Priest, founder of the Little House of Divine Providence in Turin

Religious, Servite of Forlì, patron of people with cancer

Religious, Brother of Saint John of God, formerly a country doctor at Morimondo

King of the Burgundians, founder of the monastery at Agaunum, patron of Płock

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church, defender of the Nicene faith

Priest and martyr, pastor in Radom, protector of the poor

Feast

Apostles, Philip of Bethsaida and James, son of Alphaeus

Priest, Canon Regular of the Lateran, preacher and confessor

Martyr of Lauriacum, patron of firefighters and of Krakow

Priest, Bernardine friar, preacher of the Lord’s Passion, author of Polish hymns

Laywoman, medical student, member of the Pope John XXIII Community

Layman, blacksmith’s apprentice from Abruzzo, model for young workers

Religious and martyr, Divine Word brother, bookbinder at Górna Grupa

Bishop of Quebec, missionary of New France, founder of the seminary

Virgin, foundress of schools for girls and of the Religious Teachers Venerini

Queen of Hungary, wife of Saint Stephen, abbess in Passau

Deacon, hermit in Scetis, Desert Father

Martyrs, bishop of Oran, men and women religious, among them the monks of Tibhirine

Abbot, founder of monasteries in Egypt, author of the first monastic rule

Prophet, proclaimer of the holiness of God, herald of Emmanuel

Priest and Doctor of the Church, preacher, apostle of Andalusia

Layman, teacher in Zagreb, apostle of Croatian youth

Man of admirable patience, just man of the land of Uz

Religious, Capuchin brother, alms collector in Cagliari

Martyr, lay merchant, boatman for the missionaries

Martyrs, Roman soldiers, buried in the Catacombs of Domitilla

Martyr, by tradition a fourteen-year-old, buried on the Via Aurelia

Virgin, Portuguese princess, protector of the poor, patroness of Aveiro

Priest, pastor of Maillé, cofounder of the Daughters of the Cross

Bishop of Tongeren, defender of the Nicene faith, patron of Maastricht

Feast

Apostle, chosen to take the place of Judas, witness to the resurrection

Virgin, cofoundress of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

Farmer, husband of Blessed María de la Cabeza, patron of farmers

Widow, foundress of the Presentation Sisters of Krakow, educator of poor girls

Priest, prior general of the Carmelites, devotee of Our Lady

Priest and martyr, Jesuit, missionary of Polesia, patron of Poland

Religious, Franciscan brother, patron of Eucharistic congresses

Virgin and martyr of Sardinia, member of Catholic Action

Pope and martyr, first pope to visit Constantinople, died in prison

Religious, Capuchin brother, alms collector in Rome

Priest, founder of the Marian Fathers, preacher

Pope, hermit of the Abruzzi, founder of the Celestines

Priest, church judge, advocate of the poor, patron of lawyers

Religious, foundress of the Franciscan Servants of the Cross, servant of the blind

Priest, Franciscan, preacher, apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus

Seller of purple from Thyatira, first to believe at Philippi

Martyrs, priests and laymen, victims of persecution in Mexico

Bishop of Marseille, founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Martyr, father of a family, farmer and sexton, Franciscan tertiary

Religious, wife and mother, advocate in hopeless cases

Priest, canon in Rome, confessor and protector of the poor

Priests and martyrs, parish priest and curate of Osięciny

Martyrs, lay Christians beheaded together in Seoul in 1839

Priest and Doctor of the Church, monk of Jarrow, father of English history

Pope, Benedictine monk, defender of the freedom of the Church

Virgin, Carmelite nun of Florence, mystic

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, founder of the Oratory, apostle of Rome

Virgin, laywoman from Quito, Franciscan tertiary, protector of the poor

Bishop of Canterbury, monk from Rome, apostle of England

Mother of a family and martyr, countess of Salisbury, governess of Mary Tudor

Bishop and martyr, shepherd of the Diocese of Płock, liturgist

Bishop, cardinal, Primate of Poland, imprisoned by the communists

Pope, helmsman of the Second Vatican Council, founder of the Synod of Bishops

Virgin, foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus

Virgin and martyr of Geel

Virgin, liberator of Orléans, patroness of France

King of Castile and León, husband and father, conqueror of Córdoba and Seville

Abbess, Poor Clare of Camerino, mystic, writer on the Passion of Christ

Obligatory Memorial

Martyr, philosopher and apologist, teacher of the faith in Rome

Martyrs, priest and exorcist of the Church of Rome

Martyrs, a bishop and faithful of the Churches of Lyon and Vienne

Martyrs, Dominican friars of the priory of St. James in Sandomierz

Obligatory Memorial

Martyrs, lay people, most of them young courtiers of the king of Buganda

Queen of the Franks, wife of Clovis, widow at the basilica of Saint Martin

Martyr, father of a family, president of Catholic Action in Lublin

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, apostle of Germany, founder of the abbey of Fulda

Religious, foundress of the Seraphic Sisters, servant of the sick and elderly

Bishop, itinerant preacher, founder of the Norbertines

Priest, founder of the Marist Brothers, apostle of youth

Virgin, Discalced Carmelite, secretary of Saint Teresa of Ávila

Virgin, mystic, foundress of the Congregation of the Holy Family

Deacon and Doctor of the Church, teacher at Nisibis and Edessa, hymn writer

Mother of a family, Trinitarian tertiary, mystic

Priest, Jesuit, apostle of Brazil, co-founder of São Paulo

Layman, poor laborer in Treviso, penitent

Obligatory Memorial

Apostle, Levite from Cyprus, companion of Paul on his first missionary journey

Abbess of the Poor Clares in Gniezno, duchess of Greater Poland, wife and mother

Pope, crowned Charlemagne emperor, defender of the true faith

Mother of a family, foundress of Caritas Socialis, Austrian parliamentarian

Obligatory Memorial

Priest and Doctor of the Church, Franciscan, preacher and theologian

Mother of a family and martyr, gave her life for her pregnant daughter-in-law

Bishop of Constantinople, monk, defender of the holy images

Laywoman of Brazil, virgin, called the mother of the poor

Virgin, shepherdess of Pibrac near Toulouse, patron of shepherds

Martyr of Lucania, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers

Virgin, Cistercian nun, mystic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Layman, poor pilgrim for Christ, patron of Pisa

Bishop of Bergamo and Padua, cardinal, renewer of the seminary of Padua

Virgin, laywoman from Mantua, Dominican tertiary, mystic

Abbot, hermit, father of the Camaldolese monks

Martyrs of Milan, buried beside Saint Ambrose

Martyr, widow and mother from Dublin, gave shelter to priests

Priest, prisoner of the Soviet Gulag, apostle of Kazakhstan

Obligatory Memorial

Religious, Jesuit scholastic, patron of youth

Bishop of Nola, poet, formerly a senator and governor of Campania

Bishop of Rochester and martyr, cardinal, chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Father of a family and martyr, Lord Chancellor of England, patron of politicians

Priest, formator of priests in Turin, pastor to prisoners

Abbess, queen of Northumbria, foundress of the monastery of Ely

Solemnity

Forerunner of the Lord, last of the prophets, martyr

Widow, mystic, recluse at the cathedral of Kwidzyn

Priest, founder of Opus Dei, teacher of holiness in everyday work

Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church, defender of Mary’s divine motherhood

Virgin, Swiss laywoman and seamstress, Franciscan tertiary

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and martyr, Doctor of the Church, author of Against Heresies

Solemnity

Apostle, fisherman of Bethsaida, first among the Twelve, martyr in Rome

Solemnity

Apostle of the Gentiles, author of New Testament letters, martyr in Rome

Countess in Carinthia, widow, foundress of the monastery at Gurk

Layman, Franciscan tertiary, philosopher, missionary among Muslims

Martyrs, disciples of the Apostles, victims of Nero’s persecution

Bishop of Bamberg, apostle of Pomerania, founder of monasteries

King of Hungary, lawgiver, founder of the diocese of Zagreb

Bishop and martyr, Primate of All Ireland, professor of theology in Rome

Priest, founder of the Institute of Charity, philosopher and theologian

Priest, Jesuit, former lawyer, patron of Lecce

Feast

Apostle, called Didymus, by tradition the evangelizer of India

Queen of Portugal, peacemaker between kings, Franciscan tertiary

Layman, mining engineering student, Dominican tertiary

Priest and martyr, Salesian, prisoner of Auschwitz

Priest, physician, founder of the Barnabites

Virgin and martyr, daughter of poor farmers

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of Saint Peter Claver, patroness of missionary work in Poland

Martyr, catechist, husband and father, first saint of Papua New Guinea

Martyrs, a married couple with their children, killed for hiding Jews

Spouses, tentmakers, fellow workers of Saint Paul the Apostle

Martyr, customs official in Goma, member of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Martyrs, Chinese faithful and missionaries, most of them lay people

Abbess, Capuchin Poor Clare of Città di Castello, mystic

Virgin, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Brazil

Martyrs, Franciscan friars and Maronite laymen killed in Damascus

Martyr, king of Denmark, founder of the churches of Lund and Odense

Obligatory Memorial

Abbot, author of the Rule, patriarch of Western monks, patron of Europe

Princess of Kyiv, widow and regent, grandmother of Saint Vladimir

Abbot, founder of the monastic community of Vallombrosa, opponent of simony

Spouses, watchmaker and lacemaker, parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Emperor, husband of Saint Cunegund, founder of the diocese of Bamberg

Layman, apostle of liturgical renewal, first blessed of Puerto Rico

Priest, founder of the Camillians, patron of the sick and of hospitals

Priest, Franciscan, missionary in South America

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Albano and Doctor of the Church, Minister General of the Franciscans

Grand prince of Kyiv, propagator of the Christian faith in Rus’

Priest, one of the first Polish Dominicans, patron of Wrocław

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy

Virgins and martyrs, Discalced Carmelites, victims of the French Revolution

Hermits, patrons of the dioceses of Nitra and Tarnów

Queen of Poland, sower of the faith in Lithuania, mother of the poor

Martyrs, Christians of Scillium in Africa, beheaded at Carthage

Priest, Bernardine friar, preacher, caregiver of plague victims in Krakow

Virgin, ascetic, sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa

Priests and martyrs, Franciscans, pastors in Pierszaje

Bishop and martyr, first shepherd of the Church of Ravenna

Prophet, defender of the worship of the one God, model of Carmelite life

Priest and Doctor of the Church, preacher, Minister General of the Capuchins

Feast

Disciple of the Lord, first witness of the resurrection, apostle of the apostles

Religious, mystic, foundress of the Bridgettines, co-patroness of Europe

Priest, Maronite monk, hermit

Duchess of Krakow, Poor Clare, foundress of the monastery at Stary Sącz

Feast

Apostle, brother of Saint John, first of the Twelve to die a martyr

Widow, deaconess in Constantinople, disciple of Saint John Chrysostom

Martyr, patron of travelers and drivers

Obligatory Memorial

Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grandparents of Jesus

Priest and martyr, Carmelite, professor at the University of Nijmegen

Martyr, lay catechist in Vietnam, pupil of Alexandre de Rhodes

Martyrs, two married couples and a monk, beheaded at Córdoba

Monk, the first of the stylites, hermit near Antioch

Virgin, Franciscan Clarist, first woman from India to be canonized

Priest and martyr, missionary among the Maya in Guatemala

Obligatory Memorial

Siblings from Bethany, friends and hosts of Jesus

Martyr, king of Norway, propagator of the Christian faith

Bishop of Ravenna and Doctor of the Church, preacher of the Incarnate Word

Priest, Capuchin, confessor in Padua, advocate of Christian unity

Martyr, wife of the lord of Gistel, invoked in marital difficulties

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, founder of the Society of Jesus, author of the Spiritual Exercises

Martyr, father of a family, farmer and lay catechist

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, founder of the Redemptorists, patron of confessors

Virgins and martyrs, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, offered for prisoners

Priest, Jesuit, first companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Bishop, first shepherd of the Church of Vercelli, defender of the Nicene faith

Priest, founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

Martyr, Romani horse dealer, Franciscan tertiary

Bishop of Zagreb and Lucera, Dominican, protector of the poor

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, Curé of Ars, patron of parish priests

King of Northumbria and martyr, propagator of the Christian faith

Mother of three saints, wife of Gregory the Elder, bishop of Nazianzus

Pope, author of the profession of faith that ended the Acacian schism

Virgin, foundress of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters, first saint of Uruguay

Priest, founder of the Theatines, caregiver of the incurably sick

A pope and his deacons, martyrs of Valerian’s persecution

Layman, founder of village nurseries and of the Little Servant Sisters

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, patron of Bologna

Virgin, foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, first saint of Australia

Virgin and martyr, philosopher, Carmelite nun, co-patroness of Europe

Priest and martyr, Conventual Franciscan, missionary in Peru

Priest and martyr, Conventual Franciscan, missionary in Peru

Feast

Deacon and martyr, steward of the Church’s goods, carer for the poor of Rome

Obligatory Memorial

Virgin, foundress of the Poor Clares, disciple of Saint Francis

Religious, widow and mother, cofoundress of the Visitation

Priest and martyr, youth leader, ordained in Dachau

Virgin and martyr, schoolteacher, member of the Teresian Association

Pope and priest, martyrs exiled to the mines of Sardinia

Abbot, theologian, defender of the faith in the two wills of Christ

Virgin, religious sister, foundress of works of charity in Bahia

Obligatory Memorial

Priest and martyr, Franciscan, founder of the Militia of the Immaculata

Martyrs, laymen of Otranto, beheaded for the faith in 1480

Priest, Dominican, apostle of the Slavic lands

Martyr, lay catechist from the Congo

Religious, Jesuit novice, patron of Poland and of youth

Martyr, defender of the Eucharist, patron of altar servers

First king of Hungary, organizer of the Church, father of Saint Emeric

Layman, pilgrim from Montpellier, caregiver to plague victims

Virgin, Augustinian nun, abbess of the Holy Cross monastery at Montefalco

Mother of the emperor Constantine, foundress of basilicas in the Holy Land

Priest, Jesuit, founder of the Hogar de Cristo for the homeless in Chile

Priest, founder of the Eudists, apostle of devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Bishop of Pasto, Augustinian Recollect, missionary in the Philippines

Obligatory Memorial

Abbot and Doctor of the Church, founder of the Abbey of Clairvaux

Prophet, judge of Israel who anointed Kings Saul and David

Obligatory Memorial

Pope, promoter of frequent Holy Communion, author of a catechism

Laywoman, widow, defender of the Church in Madagascar

Martyr, earl of Northumberland, husband and father

Priest and martyr, for over fifty years a pastor in Herefordshire

Virgin, lay Dominican tertiary, patroness of Latin America

Priest and martyr, pastor of Nowy Żmigród, victim of communism

Feast

Apostle, identified with Nathanael of Cana in Galilee

Martyrs, young laymen of the Salesian oratory in Poznań

King of France, husband and father, founder of the Sainte-Chapelle

Priest, founder of the Piarists, patron of Christian popular schools

Virgin, Discalced Carmelite, mystic of the Holy Land

Layman, Mapuche from Patagonia, pupil of the Salesians

Obligatory Memorial

Widow, mother of Saint Augustine

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Hippo and Doctor of the Church, author of the Confessions and The City of God

Hermit, converted robber, priest at Scetis

Mother of a family, widow, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Priest, Franciscan, apostle of California

Virgin and martyr, country girl from the diocese of Acqui

Virgin, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, servant of the elderly poor

Virgin, Seraphic Sister, caregiver to prisoners of war in Poznań

Martyr, laywoman, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Roman senator, friend of Saint Jerome, protector of the poor

Religious, one of the first Mercedarians

Disciples of the Lord, members of the Sanhedrin, who buried Jesus

Bishop and abbot of Lindisfarne, monk of Iona, apostle of Northumbria

Servant of the Lord, successor of Moses, leader of Israel

Abbot, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers

Martyrs, clergy and laity, victims of the September Massacres in Paris

Obligatory Memorial

Pope and Doctor of the Church, monk, author of the Pastoral Rule

Prophet, who led Israel out of Egypt and received the Law on Sinai

Virgin, hermit on Mount Pellegrino, patroness of Palermo

Virgin, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, servant of the poorest

Priest and martyr, Dominican, chaplain in the Warsaw Uprising

Priests and martyrs of Košice, a canon of Esztergom and two Jesuits

Bishop of Valencia, Augustinian, called the father of the poor

Priest and martyr, curate in Myszyniec, prisoner of Dachau

Layman, professor at the Sorbonne, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

Priest, Jesuit, apostle of the slaves in Cartagena

Byzantine empress, regent, defender of the true faith

Priest, Augustinian friar, patron of the souls in purgatory

Priest and martyr, Vincentian, missionary in China

Martyr, lay catechist, husband and father

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church, golden-mouthed preacher

Martyr, lay imperial official, friend of Saint Augustine

Bishop of Vercelli and patriarch of Jerusalem, lawgiver of Carmel

Widow, mystic, director of the Pammatone hospital in Genoa

Martyrs, Zapotec catechists, husbands and fathers

Obligatory Memorial

Pope and martyr, opponent of the Novatian schism, died in exile

Obligatory Memorial

Bishop of Carthage and martyr, author of On the Unity of the Church

Martyr, duchess of Bohemia, grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus

Virgin, Benedictine abbess, mystic, Doctor of the Church

Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Jesuit and cardinal, author of the Controversies

Archbishop of Warsaw, exile on the Volga, founder of the Family of Mary

Priest, Conventual Franciscan

Catechists and martyrs, young lay people from Uganda

Bishop of Benevento and martyr, patron of Naples

Obligatory Memorial

Martyrs, clergy and laity, victims of persecution in Korea in the 19th century

Feast

Apostle and evangelist, tax collector called by Jesus, also named Levi

Martyrs, soldiers of the Theban Legion, killed at Agaunum

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, Capuchin, confessor in San Giovanni Rotondo

Parents of Saint John the Baptist, a Temple priest and a relative of Mary

Virgin, co-foundress and superior general of the Albertine Sisters

Martyrs, boys of Tlaxcala, patrons of Mexican youth

Bishop and martyr, first shepherd of Csanád, tutor of Saint Emeric

Abbess of the Benedictines of Lviv, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Charity

Hermit and hegumen, founder of the monastery of the Holy Trinity near Moscow

Martyrs of Cyrrhus in Syria, patrons of physicians and pharmacists

Obligatory Memorial

Priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity

Count of Ariano, husband of Blessed Delphine, counselor to the duke of Calabria

Martyrs, Dominicans and lay people from Asia and Europe, killed in Japan

Martyr, duke of Bohemia, patron of the Czech nation

Martyr, chemist, member of Catholic Action in Lleida

Priest, Franciscan, preacher and confessor in Lviv

Obligatory Memorial

Priest and Doctor of the Church, translator of the Bible, monk in Bethlehem

Priest, duke of Gandía, husband and father, superior general of the Jesuits