List of Old Covenant saints in the Roman Martyrology

The Roman Martyrology, which is a non-exhaustive list of saints venerated by the Catholic Church, includes the following feast days for saints who died before Pentecost, and therefore are considered saints of the Old Covenant. Unlike modern saints, these Biblical figures did not go through any formal process of canonization.

Old Testament

 * 1 May: Jeremiah
 * 9 May: Isaiah
 * 10 May: Job
 * 14 June: Elisha
 * 15 June: Amos
 * 1 July: Aaron
 * 13 July: Ezra
 * 20 July: Elijah
 * 23 July: Ezekiel
 * 1 August: Seven Holy Brothers and Eleazar
 * 20 August: Samuel
 * 26 August: Melchizedek
 * 1 September: Joshua
 * 4 September: Moses
 * 6 September: Zechariah
 * 21 September: Jonah
 * 26 September: Gideon
 * 9 October: Abraham
 * 17 October: Hosea
 * 19 October: Joel
 * 19 November: Obadiah
 * 1 December: Nahum
 * 2 December: Habakkuk
 * 3 December: Zephaniah
 * 16 December: Haggai
 * 18 December: Malachi
 * 21 December: Micah
 * 24 December: All Holy Ancestors of Christ
 * 29 December: David

New Testament
Although these saints are from the New Testament, they are nevertheless considered "Old Covenant" saints, because they died before the inauguration of the Catholic Church at Pentecost.


 * 3 February: Saints Simeon and Anna
 * 19 March and 1 May: Saint Joseph
 * 25 March: Saint Dismas
 * 24 June and 29 August: Saint John the Baptist
 * 26 July: Saints Joachim and Anne (not named in the New Testament, but from that era)
 * 23 September: Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth
 * 28 December: Holy Innocents