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{{Short description|General liturgical calendar of the Roman rite of the Catholic Church}}
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{{hatnote|For historical forms of the General Roman Calendar, see [[Tridentine calendar]], [[General Roman Calendar of 1954]], [[General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII]], [[General Roman Calendar of 1960]], and [[General Roman Calendar of 1969]].}}
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The '''General Roman Calendar''' ('''GRC''') is the [[liturgy|liturgical]] [[calendar]] that indicates the dates of celebrations of [[saint]]s and [[Sacred mysteries|mysteries]] of the [[Lord]] ([[Jesus Christ]]) in the [[Roman Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]], wherever this [[liturgical rite]] is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week. Examples are the [[Feast of the Baptism of the Lord]] in January and the [[Feast of Christ the King]] in November. Other dates relate to the date of Easter. Examples are the celebrations of the [[Sacred Heart of Jesus]] and the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]].

== Description ==
[[National calendars of the Roman Rite|National]] and diocesan calendars, including that of the [[Diocese of Rome]] itself as well as the calendars of [[religious institute]]s and even of continents, add other saints and mysteries or transfer the celebration of a particular saint or mystery from the date assigned in the General Calendar to another date.

These liturgical calendars indicate the degree or rank of each celebration: [[Memorial (liturgy)|memorial]] (which can be merely optional), feast, or [[solemnity]]. Among other differences, the [[Gloria in excelsis Deo|Gloria]] is said or sung at the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] of a feast but not at that of a memorial. The [[Nicene Creed|Creed]] is added on solemnities.

The last general revision of the General Roman Calendar was in 1969 and was authorized by the [[motu proprio]] ''[[Mysterii Paschalis]]'' of [[Pope Paul VI|Paul VI]]. The motu proprio and the decree of promulgation were included in the book ''Calendarium Romanum'', published in the same year by {{lang|it|[[Libreria Editrice Vaticana]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/CalendariumRomanum1969|title=Calendarium Romanum (1969)|last=Catholic Church|date=1969}}</ref> This contained the official document ''Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar'', and the list of celebrations of the General Roman Calendar. Both these documents are printed, in their present revised form, in the ''[[Roman Missal]]'', after the ''[[General Instruction of the Roman Missal]]''.<ref name="EngMissal">[https://books.google.com/books?id=IwV6-e0juMEC&pg=PA110 ''The Roman Missal''] (Liturgy Training Publications {{ISBN|978-1-56854-991-0}})</ref><ref name="LatMissal2002">{{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/20881056/Missale-Romanum-2002|title=Missale Romanum 2002|website=Scribd}}</ref>

==Selection of saints included==
While [[canonization]] involves the addition of the saint's name to the Roman Martyrology, it does not necessarily involve the insertion of the saint's name into the General Roman Calendar, which mentions only a very limited selection of canonized saints. There is a common misconception that certain saints, (e.g., [[Saint Christopher|Christopher]]) were "unsainted" in 1969 or that veneration of them was "suppressed". Christopher is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, being listed as a martyr in the [[Roman Martyrology]] under 25 July.<ref>''Martyrologium Romanum'' (Typis Vaticanis, 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})</ref>

In 1969, when Paul VI issued ''[[Mysterii Paschalis]]'', he acknowledged that, while the written ''Acts of Saint Christopher'' are merely legendary, attestations to the veneration of the martyr date from ancient times. His change in the calendar of saints included "leaving the memorial of Saint Christopher to local calendars", because of the relatively late date of its insertion into the Roman calendar.<ref>"Memoria S. Christophori, anno circiter 1550 in Calendario romano ascripta, Calendariis particularibus relinquitur: quamvis Acta S. Christophori fabulosa sint, antiqua inveniuntur monumenta eius venerationis; attamen cultus huius Sancti non pertinet ad traditionem romanam" – ''Calendarium Romanum'' (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1969), p. 131.</ref>

==Liturgical year==
In the [[liturgical books]], the document ''General Roman Calendar'', which lists not only fixed celebrations but also some moveable ones, is printed immediately after the document ''Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar'',<ref name="EngMissal"/><ref name="LatMissal2002"/> which states that "throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and observes the birthdays of the Saints". The birth of a saint to heaven is as a rule celebrated on a fixed day of the year. Sometimes they may be moved either to or from a Sunday. The mysteries of Christ are often celebrated on dates that always vary from year to year.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/manuscripts/liturgical_year.html|title=Celebrating the Liturgy's Books |website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/478990/Proper-of-Saints|title=Proper of Saints {{!}} Christianity|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanctorale|title=Definition of SANCTORALE |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=35843|title=Dictionary : PROPER OF THE SAINTS|website=www.catholicculture.org|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref>

The Catholic Church's year combines two cycles of liturgical celebrations. One has been called the Proper of Time or [[Temporale]], associated with the moveable date of Easter and the fixed date of Christmas. The other is associated with fixed calendar dates and has been called the Proper of Saints or [[Sanctorale]].<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto1"/> The General Roman Calendar includes celebrations that belong to the Proper of Time or Temporale and is not limited to those that make up the Proper of Saints or Sanctorale. An instance where two observances occur on the same date is called an occurrence.<ref>{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Occurrence|author=Cabrol, Fernand}}</ref>

==Transfer of celebrations==
Some celebrations listed in the General Roman Calendar are transferred to another date:
{{blockquote|For the pastoral advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that fall during the week and have special appeal to the devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take precedence over these Sundays in the Table of Liturgical Days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicculture.org/index.cfm|title=Catholic News, Commentary, Information, Resources, and the Liturgical Year|website=www.catholicculture.org}}</ref>}}

==List of celebrations inscribed in the GRC==

This list contains all celebrations currently inscribed in the General Roman Calendar. It is updated whenever the pope makes changes to the celebrations in the General Roman Calendar.

When no citation is provided for a particular celebration, it comes from ''Calendarium Romanum Generale'' (General Roman Calendar) as printed in the Latin original of Roman Missal, ed. typ. tertia (reimpressio emendata), released in 2008.<ref name="LatMissal2008">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2008 |chapter=Calendarium Romanum Generale |title=Missale Romanum |trans-title=Roman Missal |language=la |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |edition=Editio typica tertia, reimpressio emendata |isbn=978-88-2098-120-4 |pages=105–116}}</ref> Celebrations that are added or changed are cited from official decrees.

Celebration names are used from English ''Roman Missal'' (2018).

===January===
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* 1 January: [[Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God]] – solemnity
* 2 January: Saints [[Basil of Caesarea|Basil the Great]] and [[Gregory of Nazianzus|Gregory Nazianzen]], Bishops and Doctors of the Church – memorial
* 3 January: [[Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus|The Most Holy Name of Jesus]] – optional memorial
* 6 January: [[Epiphany (holiday)|The Epiphany of the Lord]] – solemnity{{ref|jan-a|a}}
* 7 January: Saint [[Raymond of Penyafort]], Priest – optional memorial
* 13 January: Saint [[Hilary of Poitiers|Hilary]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 17 January: Saint [[Anthony the Great|Anthony]], Abbot – memorial
* 20 January: Saint [[Pope Fabian|Fabian]], Pope and Martyr – optional memorial
* 20 January: Saint [[Saint Sebastian|Sebastian]], Martyr – optional memorial
* 21 January: Saint [[Agnes of Rome|Agnes]], Virgin and Martyr – memorial
* 22 January: Saint [[Vincent of Saragossa|Vincent]], Deacon and Martyr – optional memorial
* 24 January: Saint [[Francis de Sales]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 25 January: [[Conversion of Paul the Apostle|The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle]] – feast
* 26 January: Saints [[Saint Timothy|Timothy]] and [[Saint Titus|Titus]], Bishops – memorial
* 27 January: Saint [[Angela Merici]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 28 January: Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 31 January: Saint [[John Bosco]], Priest – memorial
* Sunday after 6 January: [[Feast of the Baptism of the Lord|The Baptism of the Lord]] – feast{{ref|jan-b|b}}

:{{note|jan-a|a}} The solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is always celebrated on 6 January in the General Roman Calendar, however, in particular calendars, it might by transferred to Sunday before, on or after 6 January.
:{{note|jan-b|b}} When the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is transferred to Sunday, which occurs on 7 or 8 January, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Monday. (Ubi sollemnitas Epiphaniæ ad dominicam transfertur, quæ die 7 vel 8 ianuarii occurrit, festum Baptismatis Domini celebratur feria secunda sequenti.)<ref name="LatMissal2008"/>

===February===
<!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned in the article [[National Calendars of the Roman Rite]]. EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.--->
* 2 February: [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|The Presentation of the Lord]] – feast
* 3 February: Saint [[Saint Blaise|Blaise]], Bishop and Martyr – optional memorial
* 3 February: Saint [[Ansgar]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 5 February: Saint [[Agatha of Sicily|Agatha]], Virgin and Martyr – memorial
* 6 February: Saints [[Paul Miki]] and [[26 Martyrs of Japan|Companions]], Martyrs – memorial
* 8 February: Saint [[Gerolamo Emiliani|Jerome Emiliani]], Priest – optional memorial
* 8 February: Saint [[Josephine Bakhita]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 10 February: Saint [[Scholastica]], Virgin – memorial
* 11 February: [[Our Lady of Lourdes]] – optional memorial
* 14 February: Saints [[Cyril and Methodius|Cyril]], Monk, and [[Cyril and Methodius|Methodius]], Bishop – memorial
* 17 February: [[Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order|The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order]] – optional memorial
* 21 February: Saint [[Peter Damian]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 22 February: [[Chair of Saint Peter|The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle]] – feast
* 23 February: Saint [[Polycarp]], Bishop and Martyr – memorial
* 27 February: Saint [[Gregory of Narek]], Abbot and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial{{ref|feb-a|a}}

:{{note|feb-a|a}} On 25 January 2021, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_40/21">{{Cite web|title=Decree on the Inscription of the Celebrations of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, Saint John De Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church and Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar (25 January 2021)|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20210125_decreto-dottori_en.html|access-date=2021-02-02|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

===March===
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* 4 March: Saint [[Saint Casimir|Casimir]] – optional memorial
* 7 March: Saints [[Perpetua and Felicity]], Martyrs – memorial
* 8 March: Saint [[John of God]], Religious – optional memorial
* 9 March: Saint [[Frances of Rome]], Religious – optional memorial
* 17 March: Saint [[Saint Patrick|Patrick]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 18 March: Saint [[Cyril of Jerusalem]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 19 March: Saint [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]], Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary – solemnity
* 23 March: Saint [[Turibius of Mongrovejo]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 25 March: [[Annunciation|The Annunciation of the Lord]] – solemnity

===April===
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* 2 April: Saint [[Francis of Paola]], Hermit – optional memorial
* 4 April: Saint [[Isidore of Seville|Isidore]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 5 April: Saint [[Vincent Ferrer]], Priest – optional memorial
* 7 April: Saint [[Jean-Baptiste de La Salle|John Baptist de la Salle]], Priest – memorial
* 11 April: Saint [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów|Stanislaus]], Bishop and Martyr – memorial
* 13 April: Saint [[Pope Martin I|Martin I]], Pope and Martyr – optional memorial
* 21 April: Saint [[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 23 April: Saint [[Saint George|George]], Martyr – optional memorial
* 23 April: Saint [[Adalbert of Prague|Adalbert]], Bishop and Martyr – optional memorial
* 24 April: Saint [[Fidelis of Sigmaringen]], Priest and Martyr – optional memorial
* 25 April: Saint [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]], Evangelist – feast
* 28 April: Saint [[Peter Chanel]], Priest and Martyr – optional memorial
* 28 April: Saint [[Louis de Montfort|Louis Grignon de Montfort]], Priest – optional memorial
* 29 April: Saint [[Catherine of Siena]], Virgin and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 30 April: Saint [[Pope Pius V|Pius V]], Pope – optional memorial

===May===
<!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned in the article [[National Calendars of the Roman Rite]]. EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.--->
* 1 May: [[Saint Joseph]] the Worker – optional memorial
* 2 May: Saint [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 3 May: Saints [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] and [[James, son of Alphaeus|James]], Apostles – feast
*10 May: Saint [[John of Ávila]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial{{ref|may-a|a}}
* 12 May: Saints [[Saints Nereus and Achilleus|Nereus and Achilleus]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 12 May: Saint [[Pancras of Rome|Pancras]], Martyr – optional memorial
* 13 May: [[Our Lady of Fátima|Our Lady of Fatima]] – optional memorial
* 14 May: Saint [[Matthias the Apostle|Matthias]], Apostle – feast
* 18 May: Saint [[Pope John I|John I]], Pope and Martyr – optional memorial
* 20 May: Saint [[Bernardino of Siena|Bernardine of Siena]], Priest – optional memorial
* 21 May: Saint [[Cristóbal Magallanes Jara|Christopher Magallanes]], Priest, and [[Saints of the Cristero War#Canonized 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II|Companions]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 22 May: Saint [[Rita of Cascia]], Religious – optional memorial
* 25 May: Saint [[Bede|Bede the Venerable]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 25 May: Saint [[Pope Gregory VII|Gregory VII]], Pope – optional memorial
* 25 May: Saint [[Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi|Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 26 May: Saint [[Philip Neri]], Priest – memorial
* 27 May: Saint [[Augustine of Canterbury]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 29 May: Saint [[Pope Paul VI|Paul VI]], Pope – optional memorial{{ref|may-b|b}}
* 31 May: [[Visitation (Christianity)|The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – feast
* Monday after Pentecost: [[Mother of the Church|Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church]] – memorial{{ref|may-c|c}}
* First Sunday after Pentecost: [[Trinity Sunday|The Most Holy Trinity]] – solemnity
* Thursday after Holy Trinity:{{ref|may-d|d}} [[Feast of Corpus Christi|The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ]] – solemnity

:{{note|may-a|a}} On 25 January 2021, Pope Francis inscribed Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_40/21" />
:{{note|may-b|b}} On 25 January 2019, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Paul VI, Pope, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decree on the Inscription of the Celebration of Saint Paul VI, Pope, in the General Roman Calendar (25 January 2019)|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20190125_decreto-celebrazione-paolovi_en.html|access-date=2022-08-05|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|may-c|c}} On 11 February 2018, Pope Francis inscribed Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decree on the Celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church in the General Roman Calendar (11 February 2018) |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20180211_decreto-mater-ecclesiae_en.html|access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In years when the memorial of the Mother of the Church coincides with another obligatory memorial, only the memorial of the Mother of the Church will be celebrated for that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notification on the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (24 March 2018) |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20180324_notificazione-mater-ecclesiae_en.html |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|may-d|d}} The solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ can be transferred to the following Sunday in particular calendars.

===June===
<!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned in the article [[National Calendars of the Roman Rite]]. EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.--->
* 1 June: Saint [[Justin Martyr|Justin]], Martyr – memorial
* 2 June: Saints [[Marcellinus and Peter]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 3 June: Saints [[Charles Lwanga]] and Companions, Martyrs – memorial
* 5 June: Saint [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], Bishop and Martyr – memorial
* 6 June: Saint [[Norbert of Xanten|Norbert]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 9 June: Saint [[Ephrem the Syrian|Ephrem]], Deacon and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 11 June: Saint [[Barnabas]], Apostle – memorial
* 13 June: Saint [[Anthony of Padua]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 19 June: Saint [[Romuald]], Abbot – optional memorial
* 21 June: Saint [[Aloysius Gonzaga]], Religious – memorial
* 22 June: Saint [[Paulinus of Nola]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 22 June: Saints [[John Fisher]], Bishop, and [[Thomas More]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 24 June: [[Nativity of John the Baptist|The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]] – solemnity
* 27 June: Saint [[Cyril of Alexandria]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 28 June: Saint [[Irenaeus]], Bishop, Martyr and Doctor of the Church – memorial{{ref|jun-a|a}}
* 29 June: Saints [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Peter and Paul]], Apostles – solemnity
* 30 June: [[First Martyrs of the Church of Rome|The First Martyrs of Holy Roman Church]] – optional memorial
* Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost: [[Feast of the Sacred Heart|The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus]] – solemnity{{ref|jun-b|b}}
* Saturday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost: [[Immaculate Heart of Mary|The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – memorial{{ref|jun-c|c}}

:{{note|jun-a|a}} The title ''Doctor of the Church'' was conferred on Saint Irenaeus by Pope Francis on 21 January 2022.<ref name="decree_irenaeus">{{Cite web|title=Decree of the Holy Father for the Conferral of the title of Doctor of the Church on Saint Irenaeus of Lyon (21 January 2022) |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/01/21/220121b.html|access-date=2022-08-05|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|jun-b|b}} In 2022, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus coincided with the solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist. The Holy See kept the solemnity of the Sacred Heart on 24 June and brought forward the Nativity of John the Baptist to 23 June, except in locations where John the Baptist is the patron saint, where the reverse applied.<ref name="responsum_ad_dubia_calendario_2022">{{Cite web|title=Responsum ad dubia de calendario liturgico exarando pro Anno 2022 (11 May 2022)|url=http://www.cultodivino.va/content/dam/cultodivino/documenti/DUBIA/Calendario%202022.pdf|access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.cultodivino.va}}</ref>
:{{note|jun-c|c}} In years when the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary coincides with another obligatory memorial, both must be considered optional for that year.<ref name="notification_2671/98/L">{{Cite web |title=De occurrentia memoriæ obligatoriæ Immaculati Cordis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis una cum altera memoria eiusdem gradus (8 December 1998) |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/dam/wss/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20000630_memoria-immaculati-cordis-mariae-virginis_lt.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

===July===
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<!--* 1 July: [[Blood of Christ|Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ]] – feast-->
* 3 July: Saint [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]], Apostle – feast
* 4 July: Saint [[Elizabeth of Portugal]] – optional memorial
* 5 July: Saint [[Anthony Zaccaria]], Priest – optional memorial
* 6 July: Saint [[Maria Goretti]], Virgin and Martyr – optional memorial
* 9 July: Saint [[Martyr Saints of China|Augustine Zhao Rong]], Priest, and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial
* 11 July: Saint [[Benedict of Nursia|Benedict]], Abbot – memorial
* 13 July: Saint [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry]] – optional memorial
* 14 July: Saint [[Camillus de Lellis]], Priest – optional memorial
* 15 July: Saint [[Bonaventure]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 16 July: [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] – optional memorial
* 20 July: Saint [[Apollinaris of Ravenna|Apollinaris]], Bishop and Martyr – optional memorial
* 21 July: Saint [[Lawrence of Brindisi]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 22 July: Saint [[Mary Magdalene]] – feast{{ref|jul-a|a}}
* 23 July: Saint [[Bridget of Sweden|Bridget]], Religious – optional memorial
* 24 July: Saint [[Charbel Makhlouf|Sharbel Makhluf]], Priest – optional memorial
* 25 July: Saint [[James the Great|James]], Apostle – feast
* 26 July: Saints [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anne]], Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial
* 29 July: Saints [[Martha]], [[Mary of Bethany|Mary]] and [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] – memorial{{ref|jul-b|b}}
* 30 July: Saint [[Peter Chrysologus]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 31 July: Saint [[Ignatius of Loyola]], Priest – memorial

:{{note|jul-a|a}} Pope Francis raised the rank of the celebration of Saint Mary Magdalene to feast on 3 June 2016.<ref name="decree_257/16">{{Cite web |title=Decree (3 June 2016)|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/sanctae-m-magdalenae-decretum_en.pdf|access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|jul-b|b}} Pope Francis decreed on 26 January 2021 that Saints Mary and Lazarus of Bethany are to be celebrated alongside of Saint Martha.<ref name="decree_35/21">{{Cite web|title=Decree on the Celebration of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus in the General Roman Calendar (26 January 2021) |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20210126_decreto-santi_en.html|access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

===August===
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* 1 August: Saint [[Alphonsus Liguori]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 2 August: Saint [[Eusebius of Vercelli]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 2 August: Saint [[Peter Julian Eymard]], Priest – optional memorial
* 4 August: Saint [[Jean Vianney]], Priest – memorial
* 5 August: [[Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major|The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major]] – optional memorial
* 6 August: [[Feast of the Transfiguration|The Transfiguration of the Lord]] – feast
* 7 August: Saint [[Pope Sixtus II|Sixtus II]], Pope, and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial
* 7 August: Saint [[Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene|Cajetan]], Priest – optional memorial
* 8 August: Saint [[Saint Dominic|Dominic]], Priest – memorial
* 9 August: Saint [[Edith Stein|Teresa Benedicta of the Cross]], Virgin and Martyr – optional memorial
* 10 August: Saint [[Saint Lawrence|Lawrence]], Deacon and Martyr – feast
* 11 August: Saint [[Clare of Assisi|Clare]], Virgin – memorial
* 12 August: Saint [[Jane Frances de Chantal]], Religious – optional memorial
* 13 August: Saints [[Pope Pontian|Pontian]], Pope, and [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], Priest, Martyrs – optional memorial
* 14 August: Saint [[Maximilian Kolbe]], Priest and Martyr – memorial
* 15 August: [[Assumption of Mary|The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – solemnity
* 16 August: Saint [[Stephen I of Hungary|Stephen of Hungary]] – optional memorial
* 19 August: Saint [[John Eudes]], Priest – optional memorial
* 20 August: Saint [[Bernard of Clairvaux|Bernard]], Abbot and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 21 August: Saint [[Pope Pius X|Pius X]], Pope – memorial
* 22 August: [[Queen of Heaven|The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – memorial
* 23 August: Saint [[Rose of Lima]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 24 August: Saint [[Bartholomew the Apostle|Bartholomew]], Apostle – feast
* 25 August: Saint [[Louis IX of France|Louis]] – optional memorial
* 25 August: Saint [[Joseph Calasanz]], Priest – optional memorial
* 27 August: Saint [[Saint Monica|Monica]] – memorial
* 28 August: Saint [[Augustine of Hippo]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 29 August: [[Beheading of John the Baptist|The Passion of Saint John the Baptist]], Martyr – memorial

===September===
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* 3 September: Saint [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory the Great]], Pope and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 5 September: Saint [[Mother Teresa|Teresa of Calcutta]], Virgin – optional memorial{{ref|oct-a|a}}
* 8 September: [[Nativity of Mary|The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – feast
* 9 September: Saint [[Peter Claver]], Priest – optional memorial
* 12 September: [[Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary|The Most Holy Name of Mary]] – optional memorial
* 13 September: Saint [[John Chrysostom]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 14 September: [[Feast of the Cross|The Exaltation of the Holy Cross]] – feast
* 15 September: [[Our Lady of Sorrows]] – memorial
* 16 September: Saints [[Pope Cornelius|Cornelius]], Pope, and [[Cyprian]], Bishop, Martyrs – memorial
* 17 September: Saint [[Robert Bellarmine]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 17 September: Saint [[Hildegard of Bingen]], Virgin and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial{{ref|sep-b|b}}
* 19 September: Saint [[Januarius]], Bishop and Martyr – optional memorial
* 20 September: Saints [[Andrew Kim Taegon|Andrew Kim Tae-gon]], Priest, [[Paul Chong Hasang|Paul Chong Ha-sang]], and [[Korean Martyrs|Companions]], Martyrs – memorial
* 21 September: Saint [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]], Apostle and Evangelist – feast
* 23 September: Saint [[Padre Pio|Pius of Pietrelcina]], Priest – memorial
* 26 September: Saints [[Saints Cosmas and Damian|Cosmas and Damian]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 27 September: Saint [[Vincent de Paul]], Priest – memorial
* 28 September: Saint [[Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia|Wenceslaus]], Martyr – optional memorial
* 28 September: Saint [[Lorenzo Ruiz|Lawrence Ruiz]] and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial
* 29 September: Saints [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]], [[Gabriel]] and [[Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]], [[Archangels]] – feast
* 30 September: Saint [[Jerome]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial

:{{note|oct-a|a}} On 11 February 2025, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Decree the inscription of the celebration of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, in the General Roman Calendar (11 February 2025) |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2025/02/11/0125/00250.html |access-date=2025-02-11|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|sep-b|b}} On 25 January 2021, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_40/21" />

===October===
<!---Editors are requested not to insert here the names of saints who are celebrated merely on a local level. Those celebrated on a national level, but not universally, should be mentioned in the article [[National Calendars of the Roman Rite]]. EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR IS THE FEAST DAY OF SEVERAL SAINTS, BUT ONLY A FEW OF THESE SAINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CALENDAR.--->
* 1 October: Saint [[Thérèse of Lisieux|Thérèse of the Child Jesus]], Virgin and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 2 October: [[Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels|The Holy Guardian Angels]] – memorial
* 4 October: Saint [[Francis of Assisi]] – memorial
* 5 October: Saint [[Faustina Kowalska]], Virgin – optional memorial{{ref|oct-a|a}}
* 6 October: Saint [[Bruno of Cologne|Bruno]], Priest – optional memorial
* 7 October: [[Our Lady of the Rosary]] – memorial
* 9 October: Saint [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]], Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs – optional memorial
* 9 October: Saint [[John Leonardi]], Priest – optional memorial
* 11 October: Saint [[Pope John XXIII|John XXIII]], Pope – optional memorial{{ref|oct-b|b}}
* 14 October: Saint [[Pope Callistus I|Callistus I]], Pope and Martyr – optional memorial
* 15 October: Saint [[Teresa of Ávila|Teresa of Jesus]], Virgin and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 16 October: Saint [[Hedwig of Silesia|Hedwig]], Religious – optional memorial
* 16 October: Saint [[Margaret Mary Alacoque]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 17 October: Saint [[Ignatius of Antioch]], Bishop and Martyr – memorial
* 18 October: Saint [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], Evangelist – feast
* 19 October: Saints [[Jean de Brébeuf|John de Brébeuf]], [[Isaac Jogues]], Priests, and [[Canadian Martyrs|Companions]], Martyrs – optional memorial
* 19 October: Saint [[Paul of the Cross]], Priest – optional memorial
* 22 October: Saint [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]], Pope – optional memorial{{ref|oct-c|c}}
* 23 October: Saint [[John of Capistrano]], Priest – optional memorial
* 24 October: Saint [[Anthony Mary Claret]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 28 October: Saints [[Simon the Zealot|Simon]] and [[Jude the Apostle|Jude]], Apostles – feast

:{{note|oct-a|a}} On 18 May 2020, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_229/20">{{Cite web|title=Decree on the Inscription of the Celebration of Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin, in the General Roman Calendar (18 May 2020) |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20200518_decreto-celebrazione-santafaustina_en.html |access-date=2022-08-05|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|oct-b|b}} On 29 May 2014, Pope Francis inscribed Saint John XXIII, Pope, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_309/14">{{Cite web |title=Decree (29 May 2014)|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20140529_decreto-calendario-generale-gxxiii-gpii_en.html|access-date=2022-08-05|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
:{{note|oct-c|c}} On 29 May 2014, Pope Francis inscribed Saint John Paul II, Pope, in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_309/14" />

===November===
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* 1 November: [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]] – solemnity
* 2 November: [[All Souls' Day|The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed]] – ranked with solemnities
* 3 November: Saint [[Martin de Porres]], Religious – optional memorial
* 4 November: Saint [[Charles Borromeo]], Bishop – memorial
* 9 November: [[Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran|The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica]] – feast
* 10 November: Saint [[Pope Leo I|Leo the Great]], Pope and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 11 November: Saint [[Martin of Tours]], Bishop – memorial
* 12 November: Saint [[Josaphat Kuntsevych|Josaphat]], Bishop and Martyr – memorial
* 15 November: Saint [[Albertus Magnus|Albert the Great]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 16 November: Saint [[Saint Margaret of Scotland|Margaret of Scotland]] – optional memorial
* 16 November: Saint [[Gertrude the Great|Gertrude]], Virgin – optional memorial
* 17 November: Saint [[Elizabeth of Hungary]], Religious – memorial
* 18 November: The Dedication of the [[Basilica]]s of Saints [[St. Peter's Basilica|Peter]] and [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|Paul]], Apostles – optional memorial
* 21 November: [[Presentation of Mary|The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – memorial
* 22 November: Saint [[Saint Cecilia|Cecilia]], Virgin and Martyr – memorial
* 23 November: Saint [[Clement of Rome|Clement I]], Pope and Martyr – optional memorial
* 23 November: Saint [[Columbanus|Columban]], Abbot – optional memorial
* 24 November: Saints [[Andrew Dũng-Lạc|Andrew Dung-Lac]], Priest, and [[Vietnamese Martyrs|Companions]], Martyrs – memorial
* 25 November: Saint [[Catherine of Alexandria]], Virgin and Martyr – optional memorial
* 30 November: Saint [[Andrew the Apostle|Andrew]], Apostle – feast
* Last Sunday in [[Ordinary Time]]: [[Feast of Christ the King|Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe]] – solemnity

===December===
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* 3 December: Saint [[Francis Xavier]], Priest – memorial
* 4 December: Saint [[John of Damascus|John Damascene]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 6 December: Saint [[Saint Nicholas|Nicholas]], Bishop – optional memorial
* 7 December: Saint [[Ambrose]], Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 8 December: [[Immaculate Conception|The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] – solemnity
* 9 December: Saint [[Juan Diego|Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]] – optional memorial
* 10 December: [[Basilica della Santa Casa|Our Lady of Loreto]] – optional memorial{{ref|dec-a|a}}
* 11 December: Saint [[Pope Damasus I|Damasus I]], Pope – optional memorial
* 12 December: [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] – optional memorial
* 13 December: Saint [[Saint Lucy|Lucy]], Virgin and Martyr – memorial
* 14 December: Saint [[John of the Cross]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – memorial
* 21 December: Saint [[Peter Canisius]], Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
* 23 December: Saint [[John Cantius|John of Kanty]], Priest – optional memorial
* 25 December: [[Christmas|Nativity of the Lord]] – solemnity
* 26 December: Saint [[Saint Stephen|Stephen]], the First Martyr – feast
* 27 December: Saint [[John the Apostle|John]], Apostle and Evangelist – feast
* 28 December: [[Massacre of the Innocents|The Holy Innocents]], Martyrs – feast
* 29 December: Saint [[Thomas Becket]], Bishop and Martyr – optional memorial
* 31 December: Saint [[Pope Sylvester I|Sylvester I]], Pope – optional memorial
* Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, or, if there is no such Sunday, 30 December: [[Holy Family|The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph]] – feast

:{{note|dec-a|a}} On 31 October 2019, Pope Francis inscribed Our Lady of Loreto in the General Roman Calendar.<ref name="decree_bvm_loreto">{{Cite web |title=Decree on the Celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto to be Inscribed in the General Roman Calendar (31 October 2019) |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/10/31/0834/01731.html#en|access-date=2022-08-05|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

== Particular calendars ==

The General Calendar is printed, for instance, in the [[Roman Missal]]<ref>''Missale Romanum'', editio typica tertia 2002, Libreria Editrice Vaticana</ref> and the [[Liturgy of the Hours]].<ref>''Liturgia Horarum iuxta ritum Romanum'', editio typica altera 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana</ref> These are up to date when printed, but additional feasts may be added later. For that reason, if those celebrating the liturgy have not inserted into the books a note about the changes, they must consult the current annual publication, known as the "Ordo", for their country or religious congregation.

These annual publications, like those that, disregarding the feasts that are obligatory in the actual church where the liturgy is celebrated, list only celebrations included in the General Calendar,<ref>An example is ''Ordo Missae Celebrandae et Divini Officii persolvendi secundum calendarium Romanum generale pro anno liturgico 2006'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).</ref> are useful only for the current year, since they omit celebrations impeded because of falling on a Sunday or during periods such as [[Holy Week]] and the [[Octave of Easter]].

This distinction is made in application of the decision of the [[Second Vatican Council]]: "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a [[particular Church]] or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221180735/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|url-status=dead|title=Sacrosanctum concilium|archivedate=21 February 2008|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

=== Institutional and societal calendars ===
{{Main|Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite}}

=== National calendars ===
{{Main|National calendars of the Roman Rite}}

=== Personal jurisdiction calendars ===
{{Main|Personal jurisdiction calendars of the Roman Rite}}

=== Diocesan and parish calendars ===
The calendar for a diocese is typically based on a national calendar, with a few additions. For instance, the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral is celebrated as a solemnity in the cathedral church and as a feast in all the other churches of the diocese. The feast day of the principal [[patron saint]] of the diocese is celebrated as a feast throughout the diocese.<ref>[http://www.catholicculture.org/library/view.cfm?recnum=5932 ''General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar''], Table of Liturgical Days according to their order of precedence, 4 and 8.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Saints}}
* [[Calendar of saints]]
* [[Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite web|url=https://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/category/Feast-Day-Activities/8/?page=21|title=Biography, reflection and prayer for the Roman Catholic saint of the day|publisher=[[Saint Mary's Press]]}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.universalis.com/calendar.htm |title=General Roman Calendar as applied to a specific year}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.binetti.ru/collectio/liturgia/missale_files/crg.htm |title=Full text of the General Roman Calendar in Latin|date=17 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117075853/http://www.binetti.ru/collectio/liturgia/missale_files/crg.htm|archive-date=17 January 2025}}

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