Calendarium Romanum Generale

The Roman general calendar in the 1960 edition, listed in the 1961 Roman Breviary

The Calendarium Romanum Generale (also General Roman Calendar , Roman General Calendar ) is the globally valid framework of the liturgical calendar of the Roman rite , which in addition to the Christmas and Easter festivities as well as Sundays and the feasts of the Lord in the church year contains numerous commemorative days of saints , which for relevant to the entire Church or exemplified as representatives of specific regions or groups.

The current general calendar was drawn up by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments on the decision of the Second Vatican Council : this basic order of the church year and the new Roman general calendar ( Latin Normae universales de anno liturgico et de calendario ) was established in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. promulgated and has been valid - with later additions - since January 1, 1970 (see list of changes due to the reform of the Calendarium Romanum Generale 1969 ). In most regions, dioceses and religious orders , it is supplemented by their own calendar (e.g. regional calendar for the German-speaking area ).

The feasts and days of remembrance of the general calendar

The days of remembrance are listed in the course of the year ( Proprium ), which are classified according to their rank in the parent church year .

For the whole Church, the following holidays are due in addition to Sunday:

• the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25th)
• the feast of the Epiphany (January 6th)
• Ascension of Christ
• the solemnity of the body and blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
• the feast of the Blessed Mother Mary (January 1st)
• the solemn feast of the Virgin and Mother of God conceived without original sin (December 8th)
• the Assumption of Mary (August 15th)
• the feast of St. Joseph (March 19)
• the solemn festival of hll. Apostles Peter and Paul (June 29)
• All Saints' Day (November 1st)

Moving holidays are marked with an asterisk and arranged around their earliest possible date.

rank	H = high strength F = fixed G = Obligatory Day of Remembrance g = not required day of remembrance
Liturgical color	White red black green violet
	Purple and green only appear as colors for times of penance and the time in the annual cycle, not for individual days of remembrance.

date	rank	colour	Surname
January
1.	H	White	Solemnity of the Blessed Mother Mary (until 1969: circumcision of the Lord )
2.	G	White	St. Basil the Great (379) and St. Gregory of Nazianz (around 390), bishops, doctors of the church
3.	G	White	Most Holy Name of Jesus (new in the general calendar since 2002)
6th	H	White	Appearance of the Lord
7th	G	White	St. Raimund of Peñafort , founder of the order (1275)
13.	G	White	St. Hilary , Bishop of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (around 367)
17th	G	White	St. Anthony , monk father in Egypt (356)
20th	G	red	St. Fabian , Pope, Martyr (250)
	G	red	Saint Sebastian , martyr (288)
21st	G	red	Saint Agnes , virgin martyr in Rome (304)
22nd	G	red	Saint Vincent , deacon, martyr in Spain (304)
24.	G	White	St. Francis de Sales , Bishop of Geneva, Order founder, Doctor of the Church (1622)
25th	F.	White	Conversion of St. Apostle Paul
26th	G	White	St. Timothy and St. Titus , bishops, apostles
27.	G	White	St. Angela Merici , virgin, founder of the order (1540)
28.	G	White	St. Thomas Aquinas , religious priest, doctor of the church (1274)
31.	G	White	St. John Bosco , priest, founder of the order (1888)
February
2.	F.	White	Representation of the Lord
3.	G	White	St. Ansgar , Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen, messenger of faith in Scandinavia (865)
	G	red	Saint Blaise of Sebaste , Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, martyr (around 316)
5.	G	red	St. Agatha , virgin, martyr in Catania (around 250)
6th	G	red	St. Paul Miki and Companions , Martyrs in Nagasaki (1597)
8th.	G	White	St. Hieronymus Ämiliani , founder of the order (1537)
	G	White	St. Josefine Bakhita , religious (1947) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
10.	G	White	St. Scholastica , Virgin (around 547)
11.	G	White	Our Lady in Lourdes (1858)
14th	G	White	St. Cyril , monk (869), and St. Methodius , bishop (885), messengers of faith among the Slavs
17th	G	White	The seven holy founders of the Order of the Servites (14th century)
21st	G	White	St. Peter Damiani , bishop, Doctor of the Church (1072)
22nd	F.	White	Kathedra Petri
23.	G	red	Saint Polycarp , Bishop of Smyrna, martyr (155)
March
4th	G	White	St. Casimir , prince (1484)
7th	G	red	St. Perpetua and St. Felicitas , Martyrs in Carthage (202/203)
8th.	G	White	St. John of God , founder of the order (1550)
9.	G	White	St. Francis , widow, founder of the order in Rome (1440)
17th	G	White	St Patrick , Bishop, Messenger of Faith in Ireland (461)
18th	G	White	St. Cyril , Bishop of Jerusalem, Doctor of the Church (386)
19th	H	White	St. Joseph, Bridegroom of the Blessed Mother Mary
23.	G	White	St. Turibio of Mongrovejo , Bishop of Lima (1606)
25th	H	White	Annunciation of the Lord
*	H	White	Resurrection of the Lord (Easter) on the first Sunday after the spring full moon , falls even more often in April
April
*	F.	White	White Sunday on the first Sunday after Easter
2.	G	White	St. Francis of Paola , hermit, founder of the order (1507)
4th	G	White	St. Isidore , Bishop of Seville, Doctor of the Church (636)
5.	G	White	St. Vincent Ferrer , religious priest, penitential preacher (1419)
7th	G	White	Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle , priest, founder of the order (1719)
11.	G	red	St. Stanislaus , Bishop of Cracow, martyr (1079)
13.	G	red	Saint Martin I , Pope, Martyr (655)
21st	G	White	St Anselm , Bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (1109)
23.	G	red	St. George , martyr in Cappadocia (4th century)
	G	red	St. Adalbert , Bishop of Prague, messenger of faith among the Prussians, martyr (997) (new in the general calendar since 1997)
24.	G	red	St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen , religious priest, martyr (1622)
25th	F.	red	St. Mark , Evangelist
28.	G	red	Saint Pierre Chanel , priest, first martyr in Oceania (1841)
	G	White	St. Ludwig Maria Grignion de Montfort , priest (1716) (new in the general calendar since 1997)
29	G	White	St. Catherine of Siena , religious, doctor of the church (1380)
30th	G	White	St. Pius V , Pope (1572)
*	H	White	Ascension Day on the sixth Thursday after Easter
May
1.	G	White	St. Joseph the Worker
2.	G	White	St. Athanasius , Bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (373)
3.	F.	red	St. Philip and St. James , apostles
*	H	red	Pentecost seven weeks after Easter
*	G	White	Mary, mother of the church Monday after Pentecost (new in the general calendar since 2018)
12.	G	red	St. Nereus and St. Achilles , martyr (around 304)
	G	red	St. Pancras , martyr (around 304)
13.	G	White	Our Lady in Fátima (new in the general calendar since 2002)
14th	F.	red	St. Matthias , Apostle
18th	G	red	Saint John I , Pope, Martyr (526)
20th	G	White	St. Bernardine of Siena , religious priest, popular preacher (1444)
21st	G	red	St. Christophorus Magallanes , priest, and companion, martyr (1927) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
22nd	G	White	St. Rita von Cascia , religious (1447) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
*	H	White	Most Holy Trinity (Trinity) eight weeks after Easter
25th	G	White	St. Bede the Venerable , religious priest, doctor of the church (735)
	G	White	St. Gregory VII , Pope (1085)
	G	White	St. Maria Magdalena de Pazzi , nun (1607)
26th	G	White	St. Philip Neri , priest, founder of the oratory (1595)
27.	G	White	St Augustine , Bishop of Canterbury, messenger of faith in England (c. 605)
*	H	White	Body and blood of the Lord (Corpus Christi) on the ninth Thursday after Easter
29	G	White	St. Paul VI , Pope (1978)
31.	F.	White	Visitation of the Virgin Mary
June
1.	G	red	St. Justin , philosopher, martyr (around 165)
2.	G	red	Hll. Peter and Marcellinus , martyrs in Rome (303)
3.	G	red	St. Karl Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs in Uganda (1886)
5.	G	red	St. Boniface , bishop, messenger of faith in Germany, martyr (754)
6th	G	White	St. Norbert von Xanten , founder of the order, bishop of Magdeburg (1134)
*	H	White	Sacred Heart of Jesus on the tenth Friday after Easter
**	G	White	Immaculate Heart of Mary (until 1996 a day of remembrance not required) on the tenth Saturday after Easter (day after the Sacred Heart Festival)
9.	G	White	Ephrem the Syrian , Deacon, Doctor of the Church (373)
11.	G	red	St. Barnabas , Apostle
13.	G	White	St. Anthony of Padua , religious priest, doctor of the church (1231)
19th	G	White	St. Romuald , abbot, founder of the order (1027)
21st	G	White	St. Aloisius of Gonzaga , religious (1591)
22nd	G	White	St. Paulinus , Bishop of Nola (431)
	G	red	St. John Fisher , Bishop of Rochester (1535), and St. Thomas More , Lord Chancellor, Martyr (1535)
24.	H	White	Birth of St. John the Baptist
27.	G	White	St. Cyril , Bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (444)
28.	G	red	Saint Irenaeus , Bishop of Lyon, martyr (around 202)
29	H	red	St. Peter and St. Paul , apostles
30th	G	red	Hll. Martyrs of the city of Rome
July
3.	F.	red	St. Thomas , Apostle
4th	G	White	St. Elizabeth , Queen of Portugal (1336)
5.	G	White	St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria , priest, founder of the order (1539)
6th	G	red	St. Maria Goretti , Virgin Martyr (1902)
9.	G	red	St. Augustine Zhao Rong , priest (1815), and companion, martyr in China (new in the general calendar since 2002)
11.	G	White	St. Benedict of Nursia , father of western monasticism, patron saint of Europe (547)
13.	G	White	St. Henry II (1024), Emperor
14th	G	White	St. Camillus of Lellis , priest, founder of the order (1614)
15th	G	White	St. Bonaventure , religious, bishop, doctor of the church (1274)
16.	G	White	Our Lady on Mount Carmel
20th	G	red	St. Apollinaris , bishop, martyr (around 200) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
21st	G	White	St. Lawrence of Brindisi , religious priest, doctor of the church (1619)
22nd	F.	White	St. Mary Magdalene
23.	G	White	St. Birgitta of Sweden , founder of the order (1373)
24.	G	White	St. Scharbel Mahluf , religious priest (1898) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
25th	F.	red	St. James , Apostle
26th	G	White	St. Joachim and St. Anna , parents of the Blessed Mother Mary
29	G	White	St. Martha of Bethany
30th	G	White	St. Peter Chrysologus , Bishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church (450)
31.	G	White	St. Ignatius of Loyola , priest, founder of the order (1556)
August
1.	G	White	St. Alfons Maria von Liguori , founder of the order, bishop, doctor of the church (1787)
2.	G	red	Saint Eusebius , Bishop of Vercelli, martyr (371)
	G	White	St. Pierre-Julien Eymard , priest (1811–1868) (new in the general calendar since 1996)
4th	G	White	St. John Maria Vianney , parish priest of Ars (1859)
5.	G	White	Dedication of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome (around 434)
6th	F.	White	Transfiguration of the Lord
7th	G	red	St. Xystus II , Pope and Companion, Martyr (258)
	G	White	St. Kajetan von Thiene , priest, founder of the order (1547)
8th.	G	White	St. Dominic , priest, founder of the order (1221)
9.	G	red	St. Theresia Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) , martyr and religious (1891–1942) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
10.	F.	red	Saint Lawrence , deacon, martyr in Rome (258)
11.	G	White	St. Clare of Assisi , virgin, founder of the order (1253)
12.	G	White	St. Johanna Franziska von Chantal , founder of the order (1641) (moved from December 12th to August 12th in 2002)
13.	G	red	St. Pontianus , Pope, and St. Hippolytus , priest, martyr (235)
14th	G	red	St. Maximilian Kolbe , religious priest, martyr (1941)
15th	H	White	Assumption of the Virgin Mary
16.	G	White	St. Stephen , King of Hungary (1038)
19th	G	White	St. John Eudes , priest, founder of the order (1680)
20th	G	White	St. Bernard of Clairvaux , abbot, doctor of the church (1153)
21st	G	White	Saint Pius X , Pope (1914)
22nd	G	White	Mary Queen
23.	G	White	Saint Rosa of Lima , Virgin (1617)
24.	F.	red	St. Bartholomew , Apostle
25th	G	White	St. Louis , King of France (1270)
	G	White	St. Joseph of Calasanza , priest, founder of the order (1648)
27.	G	White	St. Monika , mother of Augustine (387)
28.	G	White	St. Augustine , Bishop of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (430)
29	G	red	Beheading of St. John the Baptist
September
3.	G	White	St. Gregory the Great , Pope, Doctor of the Church (604)
8th.	F.	White	Virgin Mary's birth
9.	G	White	St. Peter Claver , priest and missionary (1580–1654) (new in the general calendar since 1996)
12.	G	White	Mariae name (new in the general calendar since 2002)
13.	G	White	St. John Chrysostom , Bishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church (407)
14th	F.	red	Exaltation of the Cross
15th	G	White	Memory of the Sorrows of Mary
16.	G	red	St. Cornelius , Pope (253), and St. Cyprian , Bishop of Carthage, martyr (258)
17th	G	White	St. Robert Bellarmine , religious priest, Bishop of Capua, Doctor of the Church (1621)
19th	G	red	St. Januarius , Bishop of Naples, martyr (around 304)
20th	G	red	St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn , priest, and St. Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and companions, martyrs in Korea (1839–1867)
21st	F.	red	St. Matthew , Apostle and Evangelist
23.	G	White	St. Pio of Pietrelcina , religious priest (1968) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
26th	G	red	Hll. Kosmas and Damian , doctors, martyrs in Asia Minor (303)
27.	G	White	St. Vincent de Paul , priest, founder of the order (1660)
28.	G	red	Saint Wenceslas , Duke of Bohemia, martyr (929)
	G	red	St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs (1633–1637)
29	F.	White	St. Michael , St. Gabriel and St. Raphael , Archangels
30th	G	White	St. Jerome , priest, doctor of the church (420)
October
1.	G	White	St. Theresa of the Child Jesus , religious, doctor of the church (1897)
2.	G	White	Hll. Guardian Angel
4th	G	White	St. Francis of Assisi , founder of the order (1226)
5.	G	White	St. Maria Faustyna Kowalska , Virgin, religious (1938)
6th	G	White	St. Bruno , monk, hermit, founder of an order (1101)
7th	G	White	Our Lady of the Rosary
9.	G	red	St. Dionysius , Bishop of Paris, and companion, martyr (after 250)
	G	White	St. John Leonardi , priest, founder of the order (1609)
11.	G	White	St. John XXIII. , Pope (1963)
14th	G	red	St. Callistus I , Pope, Martyr (222)
15th	G	red	St. Theresa of Ávila , nun, doctor of the church (1582)
16.	G	White	St. Hedwig von Andechs , Duchess of Silesia (1243)
	G	White	St. Margareta Maria Alacoque , nun (1690)
17th	G	red	St. Ignatius , Bishop of Antioch, martyr (around 115)
18th	F.	red	St. Luke , Evangelist
19th	G	red	St. John de Brébeuf , St. Isaac Jogues , priest and companion, martyr in North America (1642–1649)
	G	White	St. Paul of the Cross , priest, founder of the order (1775)
22nd	G	White	St. John Paul II , Pope (2005)
23.	G	White	St. John of Capestrano , religious priest, traveling preacher in southern Germany and Austria (1456)
24.	G	White	St. Anthony Maria Claret , Bishop of Santiago in Cuba, founder of the order (1870)
28.	F.	red	St. Simon and St. Jude , apostles
November
1.	H	White	All Saints Day
2.		black	All Souls' Day (purple can also be used instead of black)
3.	G	White	St. Martin of Porres , religious (1639)
4th	G	White	St. Charles Borromeo , Bishop of Milan (1584)
9.	F.	White	Day of consecration of the Lateran Basilica (4th century)
10.	G	White	St. Leo the Great , Pope, Doctor of the Church (461)
11.	G	White	Saint Martin , Bishop of Tours (397)
12.	G	red	Saint Josaphat , Bishop of Polotsk in Belarus, martyr (1623)
15th	G	White	St. Albert the Great , religious, doctor of the church, bishop of Regensburg (1280)
16.	G	White	St Margaret , Queen of Scotland (1039)
	G	White	St. Gertrud von Helfta , religious, mystic (around 1302)
17th	G	White	St. Elisabeth , Landgrave of Thuringia (1231) (in the German-speaking area on November 19)
18th	G	White	Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome (1626, 1854)
*	H	White	Christ the King on the last Sunday before or on November 26th
21st	G	White	Feast of Our Lady in Jerusalem
22nd	G	red	Saint Cecilia , virgin, martyr in Rome (around 250)
23.	G	red	Saint Clement of Rome , Pope, Martyr (101)
	G	White	St. Columban , abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, messenger of faith in the Frankish Empire (615)
24.	G	red	St. Andrew Dung-Lac , priest and companion, martyr of Vietnam (1745–1862)
25th	G	red	St. Catherine of Alexandria , martyr (4th century) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
30th	F.	red	St. Andrew , Apostle
December
3.	G	White	St. Francis Xavier , religious priest, messenger of faith in India and East Asia (1552)
4th	G	White	St. John of Damascus , priest, doctor of the church (around 750)
6th	G	White	St. Nicholas , Bishop of Myra (around 350)
7th	G	White	St. Ambrose , Bishop of Milan, Doctor of the Church (397)
8th.	H	White	Virgin Mary and Mother of God conceived without original sin
9.	G	White	St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin , lay apostle (1548) (new in the general calendar since 2002)
10.	G	White	Our Lady of Loreto (new in the general calendar since 2019)
11.	G	White	St. Damasus I , Pope (384)
12.	G	White	Our Lady in Guadalupe (new in the general calendar since 2002)
13.	G	red	St. Lucia , virgin, martyr in Syracuse (around 304)
14th	G	White	St. John of the Cross , religious priest, doctor of the church (1591)
21st	G	White	St. Peter Kanisius , religious priest, doctor of the church (1597)
23.	G	White	St. John of Cracow , priest (1473)
25th	H	White	Birth of the Lord (Christmas)
26th	F.	red	St. Stephen , first martyr
27.	F.	White	St. John , Apostle and Evangelist
28.	F.	red	Innocent children
29	G	red	St Thomas Becket , Bishop of Canterbury, martyr (1170)
*	F.	White	Feast of the Holy Family Sunday in the octave of Christmas; if no Sunday falls within the octave: December 30th
31.	G	White	St. Silvester I , Pope (335)

Structure of the calendar of saints

As a rule, the date of the saint's commemoration is the day of his death or burial; From its origins, the liturgical veneration of saints is to be understood as a Christian cult of the dead .

During the calendar reform after the Second Vatican Council, over 30 names were dropped, the historicity of which was not clear. The numerically strongest group of saints are the martyrs . Apart from the martyrs, members of the clergy and the religious order form the vast majority of the names recorded. The liturgical scholar Hansjörg Auf der Maur criticizes that this reflects "the concept of a one-sided hierarchical and institutionally shaped church"; In addition, it is a sign of a “clerically male-organized church” that a large number of male saints only face 30 women. In addition, no figure from Old Testament salvation history appears in the calendar of saints . In addition, the saints calendar from 1970 reflects the image of a Eurocentric Church: 123 saints from Europe (including 25 from Rome and 37 from Italy) face 8 Africans, 14 Asians and 5 Americans and Oceanians.

Web links

• Text of the "basic order of the church year and the new Roman general calendar" (private page)
• Universalis: Calendar - Calculates general or regional calendars for various English-speaking countries for any year
• Calendarium Romanum typis polyglottis Vaticanis MCMLXIX
• Calendarium romanum generale ( Latin )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ liturgie.ch
2. ^ Congregazione del Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti: Decreto della Congregazione del Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti sull'iscrizione della celebrazione di Santa Faustina Kowalska, vergine, nel Calendario Romano Generale. press.vatican.va, May 18, 2020, accessed May 18, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Hansjörg Auf der Maur: Festivals and memorial days of the saints. In: ders .: Celebrating in the rhythm of time II / 1. Regensburg 1994, ISBN 3-7917-0884-8 ( Church service. Handbuch der Liturgiewwissenschaft , edited by Hans Bernhard Meyer , Part 6.1), pp. 65–357, here pp. 175ff. (Quotes: p. 176), p. 185 (cult of the dead).