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.

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

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