Regional calendar for the German-speaking area

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The regional calendar for the German-speaking area is the German extension of the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church , which, in addition to the festivals of the Roman general calendar, contains numerous commemorative days of saints who have worked in the region or are particularly venerated there. It applies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in the dioceses of Luxembourg, Liège, Metz, Strasbourg and Bolzano-Brixen. In individual dioceses and religious orders, it is supplemented by their own celebrations . The board of directors regulates the application for the respective diocese .

The festivals and memorial days of the regional calendar

The days of remembrance are listed in the course of the year ( proprium ), which are celebrated in the church year according to their rank . The own celebrations of the regional calendar are marked with an *.

In the area of ​​the German Bishops' Conference , required holidays are the following:

  • Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25th)
  • Feast of St. Stephen (December 26th)
  • Solemnity of the Blessed Mother Mary (January 1st)
  • Appearance of the Lord (January 6) (partial)
  • Easter Monday
  • Ascension of Christ
  • Whit Monday
  • Corpus Christi (partially)
  • Assumption of Mary into Heaven (August 15) (partial)
  • All Saints' Day (November 1st) (partially)
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.
Own celebrations Own celebrations and changes to the general calendar are highlighted in yellow
date rank colour Surname

January
1. H White Solemnity of the Virgin Mary
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
(in the general calendar since 2002)
5. G White St. Johannes Nepomuk Neumann , Bishop, Messenger of Faith in the United States (1860)
(on the regional calendar since 2004)
6th H White Appearance of the Lord
7th G White St. Raimund of Peñafort , founder of the order (1275)
G White St. Valentin of Raetia , Bishop of Raetia (around 475)
8th. G White St. Severin von Norikum , monk in Norikum (482)
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)
G red St. Meinrad , monk on the Reichenau, hermit, martyr (861)
22nd G red Saint Vincent , deacon, martyr in Spain (304)
23. G White Sel. Heinrich Seuse , religious priest, mystic (1366)
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)
4th G White St. Rabanus Maurus , Archbishop of Mainz (856)
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. Josephine Bakhita , religious (1947)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
10. G White St. Scholastica , Virgin (around 547)
11. G White Our Lady in Lourdes (1858)
14th F. White St. Cyril , monk (869), and St. Methodius , Bishop (885), messenger of faith among the Slavs, co-patron of Europe
(day of remembrance required in the general calendar)
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)
24. F. red St. Matthias , Apostle
(in the general calendar on May 14th)
25th G White St. Walburga , Abbess of Heidenheim in Franconia (779)

March

4th G White St. Casimir , prince (1484)
6th G White St. Fridolin von Säckingen , monk, messenger of faith (7th century)
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)
G red St. Bruno von Querfurt , Bishop of Magdeburg, messenger of faith among the Prussians, martyr (1009)
14th G White St. Mathilde , wife of King Henry I (968)
15th G White St. Clement Maria Hofbauer , religious priest (1820 in Vienna)
17th G White St Patrick , Bishop, Messenger of Faith in Ireland (461)
G White St. Gertrude , Abbess of Nivelles (around 655)
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
26th G White St. Liudger , Bishop of Münster, messenger of faith (809)
* H White Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
on the first Sunday after the spring full moon , falls even more often in April

April
* H White first Sunday after Easter
White Sunday (Dominica in Albis) , also Mercy Sunday
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)
19th G White St. Leo IX , Pope (1054)
G red Sel. Marcel Callo , martyr (1945) (in the regional calendar
since 2004)
21st G White St Anselm , Bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (1109)
G White St. Konrad von Parzham , friar in Altötting (1894)
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)
(since 1997 in the general calendar)
24. G red St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen , religious priest, martyr (1622)
25th F. red St. Mark , Evangelist
27. G White St. Peter Kanisius , religious priest, doctor of the church (1597)
(in the general calendar on December 21)
28. G red Saint Pierre Chanel , priest, first martyr in Oceania (1841)
G White St. Ludwig Maria Grignion de Montfort , priest (1716)
(since 1997 in the general calendar)
29 F. White St. Catherine of Siena , religious, doctor of the church, patroness of Europe (1380)
(day of remembrance required in the general calendar)
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 , apostle
4th G red St. Florian (304) and the Martyrs of Lorch
5. G White St. Godehard , Bishop of Hildesheim (1038)
* 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
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
16. G red St. John Nepomuk , priest, martyr (1393)
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)
(in the general calendar since 2002)
G White St. Hermann Josef , religious priest, mystic (1241)
G red Sel. Franz Jägerstätter , martyr (1943)
(since 2007 in the regional calendar for Austria)
22nd G White St. Rita von Cascia , religious (1447)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
* 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)
29 G White St. Paul VI , Pope (1978)
(since January 25, 2019 in the general calendar)
* H White Body and blood of the Lord (Corpus Christi)
on the ninth Thursday after Easter

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. F. 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)
15th G red St. Vitus (Veit), martyr in Sicily (around 304)
16. G White St. Benno , Bishop of Meissen (1106)
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)
G White St. Hemma von Gurk , founder of Gurk and Admont (1045)
28. G red Saint Irenaeus , Bishop of Lyon, martyr (around 202)
29 H red St. Peter and St. Paul , apostle
30th G red The first holy martyrs of the city of Rome
G White St. Otto , Bishop of Bamberg, messenger of faith in Pomerania (1139)

July
2. F. White Visitation of the Virgin Mary
(May 31st in the general calendar)
3. F. red St. Thomas , Apostle
4th G White St. Elizabeth , Queen of Portugal (1336)
G White St. Ulrich , Bishop of Augsburg (973)
5. G White St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria , priest, founder of the order (1539)
6th G red St. Maria Goretti , Virgin Martyr (1902)
7th G White St. Willibald , Bishop of Eichstätt, messenger of faith (787)
8th. G red St. Kilian , Bishop of Würzburg, and companions, messengers of faith, martyrs (around 689)
9. G red St. Augustine Zhao Rong , priest (1815), and companion, martyr in China
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
10. G red Hll. Knud , King of Denmark, Martyr (1086), Erich , King of Sweden, Martyr (1160) and Olaf , King of Norway (1030)
11. F. White St. Benedict of Nursia , father of Western monasticism, patron saint of Europe (547)
(day of remembrance required in the general calendar)
13. G White St. Henry II (1024) and St. Kunigunde (1033), imperial couple
(only Heinrich in the general calendar)
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)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
G red St. Margaret , virgin, martyr in Antioch
21st G White St. Lawrence of Brindisi , religious priest, doctor of the church (1619)
22nd F. White St. Mary Magdalene
23. F. White St. Birgitta of Sweden , founder of the order, patron saint of Europe (1373)
(not a day of remembrance in the general calendar, since 1999 as a festival in the regional calendar)
24. G White St. Scharbel Mahluf , religious priest (1898)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
G red St. Christopher , martyr in Asia Minor (around 250)
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)
(since 1996 in the general calendar)
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. F. red St. Theresia Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) , martyr and religious, patron saint of Europe (1891–1942)
(until 1999 not required day of remembrance, since 2002 in the general calendar as not required day of remembrance)
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
31. G red St. Paulinus , Bishop of Trier, martyr (358)

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)
(since 1996 in the general calendar)
12. G White Name of the Virgin
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
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)
G White St. Hildegard von Bingen , abbess, mystic, founder of Rupertsberg and Eibingen (1179)
18th G red St. Lambertus , Bishop of Maastricht (Tongeren), messenger of faith in Brabant, martyr (around 705)
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
22nd G red St. Mauritius and Companions, Martyrs of the Theban Legion (280–305)
23. G White St. Pio da Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) , religious priest (1968)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
24. G White St. Rupert (718) and St. Virgil (784), Bishops of Salzburg, messengers of the faith
25th G White St. Niklaus von Flüe , hermit, peacemaker (1487) (solemn festival in Switzerland)
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)
G White St. Lioba , Abbess of Tauberbischofsheim (around 782)
29 F. White St. Michael , St. Gabriel and St. Raphael , archangel
30th G White St. Jerome , priest, doctor of the church (420)

October
1. G White St. Theresa of the Child Jesus , religious (1897)
2. G White Hll. Guardian Angel
4th G White St. Francis of Assisi , founder of the order (1226)
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)
(since May 29, 2014 in the general calendar)
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)
G White St. Gallus , monk, hermit, messenger of faith on Lake Constance (around 640)
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)
20th G White St. Wendelin , hermit in Saarland (6th century)
21st G red St. Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs in Cologne (around 304)
G White Sel. Karl I (Austria-Hungary) Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (1922)
(since 2004 in the regional calendar for Austria, Hungary, the former crown lands and Madeira (patron))
22nd G White St. John Paul II , Pope (2005)
(in the general calendar since May 29, 2014)
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. Judas , apostle
31. G White St. Wolfgang , Bishop of Regensburg (994)

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)
G White St. Hubert , Bishop of Liège (727)
G White Sel. Rupert Mayer , religious priest (1945)
(since 2004 in the regional calendar)
G White St. Pirmin , Abbot Bishop, Messenger of Faith on the Upper Rhine (753)
4th G White St. Charles Borromeo , Bishop of Milan (1584)
6th G White St. Leonhard , hermit of Limoges (6th century)
7th G White St. Willibrord , Bishop of Utrecht, messenger of faith among the Frisians (739)
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)
G White St. Leopold , Margrave of Austria (1136)
16. G White St Margaret , Queen of Scotland (1039)
17th G White St. Gertrud von Helfta , religious, mystic (around 1302)
(in the general calendar on November 16)
18th G White Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome (1626, 1854)
19th G White St. Elisabeth , Landgrave of Thuringia (1231)
(in the general calendar on November 17th)
* 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 in Vietnam (17th - 19th centuries)
25th G red St. Catherine of Alexandria , martyr (4th century)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
26th G White St. Konrad (975) and St. Gebhard (995), Bishops of Constance
30th F. red St. Andrew , Apostle

December
2. G red St. Lucius , Bishop of Chur, martyr (5th / 6th century)
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)
G red Saint Barbara , virgin and martyr of Nicomedia (306)
G White Sel. Adolph Kolping , priest (1865)
(since 2004 in the regional calendar)
5. G White St. Anno , Bishop of Cologne, Imperial Chancellor (1075)
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 , lay apostle (1548)
(since 2002 in the general calendar)
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
(on the general calendar since 2002)
13. G red St. Lucia , virgin, martyr in Syracuse (around 304)
G White St. Odilia , abbess, founder of Odilienberg and Niedermünster in Alsace (around 720)
14th G White St. John of the Cross , religious priest, doctor of the church (1591)
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)
31. G White St. Silvester I , Pope (335)
NoteIn the German-speaking area, the Monday after Pentecost is traditionally celebrated as Whit Monday, this is still permissible, so that the day of remembrance is usually only celebrated in the prayer of the hours , not in the celebration of mass.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Notification on the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .

Web links

  • Liturgical calendar - calculates the liturgical calendar for the German-speaking area (or individual dioceses) for any calendar year
  • Schott missal - contains the liturgical texts for all days of the German regional calendar