Calendar of saints (Church of England)
church england commemorates many saint general roman calendar mostly day also commemorates various notable often postreformation christian canonised rome particular though exclusive emphasis english origin difference calendar church anglican communion see saint anglicanism person canonised nearconventional sense church england since english reformation king charles martyr king charles although widely recognised anglican saint outside society king charles martyr church england mechanism canonising saint unlike roman catholic church make claim regarding heavenly status commemorates calendar reason church england avoids use prenominal title saint reference uncanonised individual restrained say liturgical text order seem imply grade sanctity discriminate holy person pre postreformation period title saint used calendar even reference always known title example apostle old testament figure commemorated church england calendar litany thanksgiving holy one god included common worship time season pp – immediately eucharist saint includes ten name christ presumably excluded principle could considered among saint ninth lambeth conference held clarified commemoration saint hero christian church anglican communion resolution stated single calendar various church making anglican communion make calendar suitable local situation result calendar contains number figure important history english church calendar different province focus figure important different country time different province often borrow important figure others calendar international importance different figure becomes clear way calendar church england importance beyond immediate purpose supporting liturgy english church example one key source calendar international daily office oremus holy day variously categorised principal feast festival lesser festival commemoration order minimise problem caused ambivalence regarding manner commemoration uncanonised person day lesser festival commemoration whose observance optional following table list holy day calendar common worship calendar generally followed church england though calendar book common prayer still authorised use calendar finalised name added individual diocese society may suggest additional observance local use included table includes feast date name person person commemorated title nature location ministry relevant fact year death form set authorised common worship calendar level observance indicated follows boldface denotes principal feast principal holy day dagger † denotes festival asterisk denotes lesser festival italic denote unclassified observance entry none commemoration †the baptism christ sunday following epiphany epiphany kept january ash wednesday wednesday day easter day maundy thursday thursday week easter day good friday friday week easter day easter day first sunday paschal full moon ascension day thursday forty day easter day day pentecost sunday fifty day easter day trinity sunday sunday pentecost †the day thanksgiving institution holy communion corpus christi thursday trinity sunday †dedication festival first sunday october last sunday trinity date unknown †christ king sunday next advent †the naming circumcision jesus basil great gregory nazianzus bishop teacher faith seraph monk sarov spiritual guide vedanayagam samuel azariah bishop south india evangelist epiphany – may celebrated sunday january william laud archbishop canterbury mary slessor missionary west africa aelred hexham abbot rievaulx benedict biscop abbot wearmouth scholar hilary bishop poitier teacher faith kentigern mungo missionary bishop strathclyde cumbria george fox founder society friend quaker antony egypt hermit abbot charles gore bishop founder community resurrection – week prayer christian unity amy carmichael founder dohnavur fellowship spiritual writer wulfstan bishop worcester richard rolle hampole spiritual writer agnes child martyr rome vincent saragossa deacon first martyr spain francis de sale bishop geneva teacher faith †the conversion paul timothy titus companion paul thomas aquinas priest philosopher teacher faith charles king martyr john bosco priest founder salesian teaching order brigid kildare abbess kildare c presentation christ temple candlemas – may celebrated sunday january february anskar archbishop bremen missionary denmark sweden gilbert sempringham founder gilbertine order martyr japan scholastica sister benedict abbess plombariola c cyril methodius missionary slav valentine martyr rome c sigfrid bishop apostle sweden thomas bray priest founder spck spg janani luwum archbishop uganda martyr polycarp bishop smyrna martyr c george herbert priest poet alternative date matthias may celebrated february instead may david bishop menevia patron wale c chad bishop lichfield missionary perpetua felicity companion martyr carthage edward king bishop lincoln felix bishop apostle east angle geoffrey studdert kennedy priest poet patrick bishop missionary patron ireland c cyril bishop jerusalem teacher faith †joseph nazareth cuthbert bishop lindisfarne missionary thomas cranmer archbishop canterbury reformation martyr walter hilton thurgarton augustinian canon mystic paul couturier priest ecumenist óscar romero archbishop san salvador martyr annunciation lord blessed virgin mary harriet monsell founder community st john baptist john donne priest poet alternative date chad may celebrated cedd october instead march cuthbert may celebrated september instead march frederick denison maurice priest teacher faith dietrich bonhoeffer lutheran pastor martyr william law priest spiritual writer william ockham friar philosopher teacher faith george selwyn first bishop new zealand isabella gilmore deaconess alphege archbishop canterbury martyr anselm abbot le bec archbishop canterbury teacher faith †george martyr patron england c mellitus bishop london first bishop st paul seven martyr melanesian brotherhood solomon island †mark evangelist christina rossetti poet peter chanel missionary south pacific martyr catherine siena teacher faith pandita mary ramabai translator scripture †philip james apostle athanasius bishop alexandria teacher faith english saint martyr reformation era julian norwich spiritual writer c gregory dix priest monk scholar †matthias apostle caroline chisholm social reformer dunstan archbishop canterbury restorer monastic life alcuin york deacon abbot tour helena protector holy place john charles wesley evangelist hymn writer venerable bede monk jarrow scholar historian aldhelm bishop sherborne augustine first archbishop canterbury john calvin reformer philip neri founder oratorians spiritual guide lanfranc prior le bec archbishop canterbury scholar josephine butler social reformer joan arc visionary apolo kivebulaya priest evangelist central africa †the visit blessed virgin mary elizabeth alternative date matthias may celebrated february instead may visit blessed virgin mary elizabeth may celebrated july instead may justin martyr rome c martyr uganda – petroc abbot padstow th century boniface wynfrith crediton bishop apostle germany martyr ini kopuria founder melanesian brotherhood thomas ken bishop bath well nonjuror hymn writer columba abbot iona missionary ephrem syria deacon hymn writer teacher faith †barnabas apostle richard baxter puritan divine evelyn underhill spiritual writer richard bishop chichester joseph butler bishop durham philosopher samuel henrietta barnett social reformer bernard mizeki apostle mashona martyr sundar singh india sadhu holy man evangelist teacher faith alban first martyr britain c etheldreda abbess ely c †the birth john baptist cyril bishop alexandria teacher faith irenæus bishop lyon teacher faith c †peter paul apostle alternative date peter apostle may celebrated alone without paul june henry john henry venn younger priest evangelical divine †thomas apostle thomas scholar john fisher bishop rochester reformation martyr benedict nursia abbot monte cassino father western monasticism c john keble priest tractarian poet swithun bishop winchester c bonaventure friar bishop teacher faith osmund bishop salisbury elizabeth ferard first deaconess church england founder community st andrew gregory bishop nyssa sister macrina deaconess teacher faith c c margaret antioch martyr th century bartolomé de la casas apostle indie †mary magdalene bridget sweden abbess vadstena †james apostle anne joachim parent blessed virgin mary brooke foss westcott bishop durham teacher faith mary martha lazarus companion lord william wilberforce social reformer olaudah equiano thomas clarkson antislavery campaigner ignatius loyola founder society jesus alternative date visit blessed virgin mary elizabeth may celebrated july instead may thomas apostle may celebrated december instead july thomas becket may celebrated july instead december jeanbaptiste vianney curé dars spiritual guide oswald king northumbria martyr †the transfiguration lord john mason neale priest hymn writer dominic priest founder order preacher mary sumner founder mother union laurence deacon rome martyr clare assisi founder minoresses poor clares john henry newman priest tractarian jeremy taylor bishop connor teacher faith florence nightingale nurse social reformer octavia hill social reformer maximilian kolbe friar martyr †the blessed virgin mary bernard abbot clairvaux teacher faith william catherine booth founder salvation army †bartholomew apostle monica mother augustine hippo augustine bishop hippo teacher faith beheading john baptist john bunyan spiritual writer aidan bishop lindisfarne missionary alternative date blessed virgin mary may celebrated september december instead august giles provence hermit c martyr papua new guinea gregory great bishop rome teacher faith birinus bishop dorchester oxon apostle wessex allen gardiner missionary founder south american mission society birth blessed virgin mary charles fuge lowder priest john chrysostom bishop constantinople teacher faith †holy cross day cyprian bishop carthage martyr ninian bishop galloway apostle picts c edward bouverie pusey priest tractarian hildegard abbess bingen visionary theodore tarsus archbishop canterbury john coleridge patteson first bishop melanesia companion martyr †matthew apostle evangelist lancelot andrewes bishop winchester spiritual writer sergei radonezh russian monastic reformer teacher faith wilson carlile founder church army vincent de paul founder congregation mission lazarists †michael angel jerome translator scripture teacher faith alternative date cuthbert may celebrated september instead march remigius bishop rheims apostle frank anthony ashley cooper earl shaftesbury social reformer george bell bishop chichester ecumenist peacemaker francis assisi friar deacon founder friar minor william tyndale translator scripture reformation martyr denys bishop paris companion martyr c robert grosseteste bishop lincoln philosopher scientist paulinus bishop york missionary thomas traherne poet spiritual writer ethelburga abbess barking james deacon companion paulinus th century wilfrid ripon bishop missionary elizabeth fry prison reformer edith cavell nurse edward confessor king england teresa avila teacher faith nicholas ridley bishop london hugh latimer bishop worcester reformation martyr ignatius bishop antioch martyr c †luke evangelist henry martyn translator scripture missionary india persia crispin crispinian martyr rome c alfred great king west saxon scholar cedd abbot lastingham bishop east saxon †simon jude apostle james hannington bishop eastern equatorial africa martyr uganda martin luther reformer alternative date chad may celebrated cedd october instead march saint day commemoration faithful departed soul day richard hooker priest anglican apologist teacher faith martin porres friar leonard hermit th century william temple archbishop canterbury teacher faith willibrord york bishop apostle frisia saint martyr england margery kempe mystic c leo great bishop rome teacher faith martin bishop tour c charles simeon priest evangelical divine samuel seabury first anglican bishop north america margaret queen scotland philanthropist reformer church edmund rich abingdon archbishop canterbury hugh bishop lincoln elizabeth hungary princess thuringia philanthropist hilda abbess whitby mechthild béguine magdeburg mystic edmund king east angle martyr priscilla lydia sellon restorer religious life church england cecilia martyr rome c clement bishop rome martyr c catherine alexandria martyr th century isaac watt hymn writer day intercession thanksgiving missionary work church †andrew apostle charles de foucauld hermit sahara francis xavier jesuit missionary apostle indie john damascus monk teacher faith c nicholas ferrar deacon founder little gidding community nicholas bishop myra c ambrose bishop milan teacher faith †the conception blessed virgin mary lucy martyr syracuse samuel johnson moralist john cross poet teacher faith sapientia eglantine jebb social reformer founder save child christmas eve christmas day †stephen deacon first martyr †john apostle evangelist †the holy innocent thomas becket archbishop canterbury martyr john wyclif reformer alternative date thomas apostle may celebrated december instead july thomas becket may celebrated july instead december calendar saint episcopal church united state america coptic orthodox calendar saint list saint movable feast name day general roman calendar calendar saint holy day liturgical calendar church england archived original april retrieved october