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[1]
 - 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
References
- ^ "Jane Haining added to SEC liturgical calendar". 2021-07-10.
 
