# 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

## Sources

* SEC digital calendar