Martyrologium Lent 2012

EXTRACTS FOR LENT FROM
THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY

ADAPTED FOR THE
ORDER OF PREACHERS
TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN TEXT

RESTORED ACCORDING TO THE DECREES
OF THE SACRED SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
AND PROMULGATED BY THE AUTHORITY
OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
DOMINICAN ADAPTATIONS
FROM THE
CATALOGUS HAGIOGRAPHICUS OP
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION
PORT MORESBY
A.D. MMXII
NOTES
TRANSLATORS NOTES
This is a partial and unofficial translation.
In the revised Martyrologium Romanum of 2004, many entries are prefixed with an asterisk *. Such
entries are read only in the places or religious families particularly associated with them. In order to
make this translation possible, such entries have not been included, unless they refer either to a member
of the Dominican family (friar, nun, sister or tertiary), or to a saint associated with Australia, New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea or the Solomon Islands. That is why the numbering is not consecutive.
Entries from the Dominican Catalogus Hagiographicus are prefixed with the symbol .
In general, the translator has followed the directives in the most recent Church document on translation,
Liturgicam Authenticam, as well as, mutatis mutandis, the Ratio Translationis proposed by ICEL for
the English translation of the Roman Missal. Nevertheless, while the sentence structure of the Latin has
been respected, and often emulated, it has been necessary sometimes to cut a very long sentence into
two shorter English sentences. The New Revised Standard Version has been used for the extracts from
Holy Scripture, and, as far as possible, echoes of scripture found in the elogia of the saints and the
prayers of the Martyrology should also echo that translation.
As regards place names, in general the modern place name is given where it exists. Thus Gratianpoli
is rendered at Grenoble, prope Ambianum is near Amiens, Csaromagi is at Chelmsford, and so
on. Occasionally, for the sake of clarity, the ancient name is given, with the modern name added in
square brackets; thus Laucn is translated as at Leuconay [Saint-Valery-sur-Somme]. Following the
practice of the Latin Martyrology, however, the names given for tribes, districts and political or
geographical divisions are generally the anglicised versions of the name in use at the time the saint in
question lived. Thus the city of Tours is in Lyonnaise Gaul in the time of Saint Venatius (5th century)
but in Nuestria by the time of Saint Leobard (593 ).
When the Martyrology is read in the liturgy, the announcement of the day of the lunar month is
optional. In this fascicle, the day of the lunar month is given for 2012. However, using the table
printed at the head of each day, the correct lunar day may be found for any year under the letter
corresponding to that year. Here are the letters for the next few years:
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 2025
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Similarly, the announcement of moveable feasts has been set out for 2012. Obviously, these (Ash
Wednesday, First Sunday of Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday) must be adjusted for other years.
The reading of the Martyrology is normally done liturgically after Lauds (Morning Prayer), though it
may also follow one of the little hours. In any case, the saints of the next day are always announced.
The Martyrology is not read on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. On Easter Sunday, the
Lords Resurrection is first announced; then follows the announcement of the date (and moon) of the
next day (Easter Monday), and the saints of that Easter Monday.
Prepared by the Liturgical Commission of the Province of the Assumption, 2012
ORDER OF READING THE MARTYROLOGY

WITHIN THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
1. In choir, the reading is usually done at Lauds (Morning Prayer), after the Concluding
Prayer of the hour. The reader begins immediately with the announcement of the
following day. The reading concludes with these words:
V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.
R. Is the death of his faithful.
2. Then a brief reading from scripture may follow, which the reader concludes acclaiming:
V. The word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God
3. After the reading, the priest of deacon presiding says one of the prayers of the
Martyrology, or the following:
4. May Holy Mary and all the Saints
intercede for us with the Lord,
that we may merit to be helped and saved by Him
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
A lay person who leads the celebration in the absence of an ordinary minister does the
same.
5. Then follows the blessing and dismissal, according to the following formulas:
May the Lord bless us,
and keep us from all evil,
and bring us to everlasting life.
And may the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God
rest in peace. R. Amen.
V. Go in peace.
R. Thanks be to God.
6. If this does not seem suitable, however, nothing prevents the reading of the
Martyrology at any of the minor Hours in a similar fashion.
7. At a minor Hour, the reading is done immediately after the Concluding Prayer, as
above. At the end, the verse Precious is added, then the acclamation Let us praise the
Lord in the usual fashion, or n. 4. above may be followed.
8. In reading the elogia, a moveable feast, should it occur, is read in first place, using the
formulas given below.
On Easter Sunday, however, before the elogia of the following day are read, the
memory of the Lords Pasch takes first place.
9. On Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday the reading of the Martyrology is
entirely excluded, the elogia of the Saints being omitted this time round.
10. On the vigil of the Lords Nativity, after the announcement of the 24th December, the
solemn proclamation of the Lords Nativity is sung with its own melody.
11. In proclaiming the Martyrology, the mention of the lunar day is optional after the
announcement of the current day.
ORDER OF READING THE MARTYROLOGY
12. The elogia of the Saints or Blesseds marked with an asterisk are only read in those
dioceses or religious families for which the cult of this Saint or Blessed has been
conceded.
13. If any memorial happens to be transferred to or from another day, at the end of the
relevant elogium mention is made of the translated to or from which it has been moved:
To indicate the day to which it is translated: Their (His) (Her) memory, however, is
kept among us (this year) on .
To indicate the day from which it has been moved: Saint N., whose birthday is
inscribed on
SHORT READINGS
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PROPER OF TIME
10.
In Lent
Is 55: 6-7
Seek the Lord while he may be found,

call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake their way,
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
The Word of the Lord.
R.
Thanks be to God.
Or:
Bar 5: 5-7
Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height;

look towards the east,
and see your children gathered from west and east
at the word of the Holy One,
rejoicing that God has remembered them.
For they went out from you on foot,
led away by their enemies;
but God will bring them back to you,
carried in glory, as on a royal throne.
For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low
and the valleys filled up, to make level ground,
so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God.
R.
Thanks be to God.
11.
Palm Sunday of the Lords Passion and Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week
Is 50: 5-7
The Lord God has opened my ear,

and I was not rebellious,
I did not turn backwards.
I gave my back to those who struck me,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.
SHORT READINGS
The Lord God helps me;

therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
R.

Thanks be to God.
12.
Thursday of Holy Week, Good Friday of the Lords Passion and Holy Saturday
The reading of the Martyrology is omitted.

13.
Easter Sunday of the Lords Resurrection and throughout the Octave
Col 3: 1-4
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at
the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,
for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is
revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
R.
Thanks be to God.
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PROPER OF THE SAINTS
19th March:
25.
The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Wis 10: 9-12
Wisdom rescued from troubles those who served her.

When a righteous man fled from his brothers wrath,
she guided him on straight paths;
she showed him the kingdom of God,
and gave him knowledge of holy things;
she prospered him in his labours,
and increased the fruit of his toil.
When his oppressors were covetous,
she stood by him and made him rich.
She protected him from his enemies,
and kept him safe from those who lay in wait for him;
in his arduous contest she gave him the victory,
so that he might learn that godliness is more powerful than anything else.
R.

Thanks be to God.
Scripture texts from the New Revised Standard Version,
PRAYERS
At the end of the celebration in which the Martyrology is read, the priest may say, ad libitum,
the following formula, with hands joined and without saying, Let us pray. All respond: Amen.
May Holy Mary and all the Saints
intercede for us with the Lord,
that we may merit to be helped and saved by Him
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Or he may say one of the following prayers:
1. Hear, O Lord, the supplications your people make
under the patronage of your Saints,
and grant that they may rejoice in peace in this present life
and find help for life eternal
Through Christ our Lord.1
2. May the sight of the great number
of your Saints gladden us, O Lord,
making our faith stronger
and bringing us consolation by the prayers of them all.
3. Grant us, O Lord, we pray,
that as we remember your Saints
we may rejoice in their unending care.
Through Christ our Lord.
4. O Lord our God,
bestow your grace abundantly upon us
and grant that by a holy life we may achieve
the victory of those whose glorious contests we celebrate.
5. We praise your mercies, O Lord,
who never cease to encourage us
to hold the memories of the Saints close to our hearts,
humbly praying that we may experience the protection
of those whose memory we celebrate.
6. May your peace penetrate our hearts, O Lord,
and, as you received your Holy Ones into the heavenly court,
may you command that, with their merits pleading for us,
fervent love may be poured out on us to eternity.
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Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Collect for St Blase (3 February).

Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Collect, Mass 3 for Many Martyrs outside Easter Time
PRAYERS
7. Almighty, ever-living God, who, among so many benefits,

console us especially with the example of your Saints,
grant, we pray,
that their blessed memory may incite us,
and the prayers of these just ones may rightly lead us,
to live a life of heavenly work.
8. O God,
who give us joy through the memory of your Saints
and who rouse us to move forward by imitating them,
grant that by a holy way of life
we may follow the example of those we venerate with honour.
9. Envelop your faithful people, Lord, with a heavenly visitation,
and pour the dew of your blessing into their souls,
that supported by the prayers of your Saints
they may reflect the grace of perfection.
10. Grant, almighty God, that we may always praise you
in the commemoration of your Saints,
for you always cherish
those you permit to persevere in your honour.
11. Bestow upon your servants, Lord,
abundance of grace and protection,
and, through the intercession of your Saints,
grant health of mind and body,
grant a constant increase in holiness
and make them always devoted to you.
12. Stand by your people, O Lord,
who proclaim your wonders in your Saints,
and, as they trust in your mercy,
pour out your bounty upon them.
13. Be gracious to your people, O Lord,
who glory in treading the footsteps of your Saints,
that, from one day to the next, rejecting all that displeases you,
they may rather be filled with the love of your commandments.
Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Prayer over the People, Wednesday, Second Week of Lent
PRAYERS
14. Giving thanks for the victory of your Saints,

we humbly beseech your mercy, Lord,
that, sustained by their prayers,
we may always rejoice in your praises.
15. May the mercy they have hoped for, O Lord,
come to those who make supplication to you,
and by the prayers of the Saints may the riches of heaven be given them,
that they may know what is right to ask
and receive what they have sought.
16. Grant, O Lord, we pray,
that as we have not failed to celebrate the heavenly birthdays of your Saints
so we may be accompanied by their intercessions.
17. Grant to us, almighty and merciful God,
that in commemorating the birthdays of your Saints,
that we may truly imitate the faith
of those whose triumphs we proclaim.
18. We beg and beseech your mercy, O God,
who have given glory to your Saints in Christ,
that you might always refresh us too with that blessing
by which you make us co-heirs,
pleasing to you for all eternity.
19. Look kindly on the prayers of our lowly state, O Lord,
and grant us the happiness of heaven,
for you have deigned to strengthen us
with the assistance of such Saints.
20. Grant us, we pray, almighty God,
the constant intercession of your Saints,
that by the power of Christs grace
we too may merit to follow their example.
21. Guard your faithful people, Lord,
who acknowledge Christ the victor in his Saints,
and that you may pour out perpetual mercy on them
make them devoted to your name.
Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Prayer over the People, Thursday, First Week of Lent.
PRAYERS
22. Be present to your servants, we pray, O Lord,

and bestow on them an abundance of your grace,
that, experiencing the intercession of the Saints
they may be moved to follow their example.
23. Be pleased, O Lord, to hear the cry of your Church,
that contemplating the glory of Christ in so many Saints
she may tirelessly proclaim the kingdom of Heaven.
24. Almighty ever-living God,
who are always and everywhere wonderful in your Saints,
grant, we pray you, in your mercy,
that as you brought outstanding glory to them,
we may be helped by their prayers
to obtain your mercies.
25. May your Saints, we pray, O Lord,
obtain from you
both pardon and growth for us.
26. Grant us, O Lord, your mercy,
sought by the intercession of your Saints,
and cause those you have granted to us as patrons
to beseech your majesty ceaselessly
and obtain all that is wholesome for us.
27. Be present, O Lord, to your people at prayer
who come before you under the patronage of your Saints,
that what they cannot presume to ask on their own account
we may obtain by the merits of those praying for us.
28. For the many mercies which surround us
we give thanks to you, O Lord,
who save us through the Paschal mystery of Christ
and lift us up through the prayers of your Saints.
29. May the truth of your universal kingship, O God,
which your Saints acknowledged in the midst of tribulations,
shine with splendour in the heart of your pilgrim Church,
and grant that your faithful, secure in freedom,
may serve you with minds set on things that are above.
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Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Appendix, Examples of Formularies for the Universal Prayer, 7. Weekdays of
Holy Week, Priests Prayer
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Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Prayer after Communion, St Stephen (26 December)
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PRAYERS
30. Grant help, Lord, we pray

to those who submit to your power and majesty,
and what they do not presume to seek by their own merits
may they receive through the prayers of your Saints.
31. Be mindful, Lord, we pray, of the human condition,
that your saints may ever implore your mercy for us
and always be heard by you.
32. May we be assisted by the prayers of your Saints, O Lord,
and what we cannot obtain by our own power
may we be granted at their request.
Through Christ our Lord
33. Almighty, ever-living God,
who guard us through the intercession of your Saints,
grant that we who are supported by their merits
may make progress through the examples of their holy profession of faith.
Through Christ our Lord
34. Extend your mercy to us, O Lord,
and grant that your saints, whose patronage you have given to help us,
may ceaselessly beseech your majesty on our behalf.
35. Reach out with your right arm, O Lord, to the people who cry to you,
and grant the help of your grace
to those you allow to be supported by the intercession of the Saints,
that trusting in your guidance, they may refuse all evil
and grasp all that is good.
36. Through the intercession of your Saints, we pray, O Lord,
protect us always by your grace,
and extend your mercy to the Christian faithful everywhere,
both living and dead.
The footnotes in this collection of prayers have been added by the translator.
FEBRUARY
22nd February
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sh Wednesday and the beginning of the most holy season of Lent: behold, the days of
penitence have arrived, to make atonement for sin for the salvation of souls. Behold,
the acceptable time, by which one may climb towards the holy mountain of the
Passover.
he Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle, to whom the Lord said, You are Peter, and on
this rock I will build my Church. On the day on which the Roman people were
accustomed to remember their dead, the original see of this Apostle is venerated, whose
monument stands proudly on the Vatican estate, and who is called to preside over the whole
Church in charity.
2. At Hierapolis in Phrygia, Saint Papias, a bishop, who, as one who had heard John the
Presbyter and had been a companion of Polycarp, expounded the words of the Lord.
3. At Vienne in Lyonnaise Gaul, Saint Paschasius, a bishop, outstanding in learning and
holiness of life.
4. At Ravenna in milia, Saint Maximian, a bishop, who faithfully fulfilled his pastoral
office and fought for the unity of the Church against heretics.
5. At Faenza in milia, the birthday of Saint Peter Damian, whose memorial was celebrated
yesterday.
7. At Cortona in Tuscany, Saint Margaret, who, deeply moved by the death of her lover,
cleansed herself of the stains of her younger life by salutary penance, and, once accepted
within the Third Order of Saint Francis, withdrew into a remarkable contemplation of
heavenly realities, adorned by God with supernatural graces.

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23rd February
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emorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr, who was a disciple of Blessed John
and who is venerated as a witness to the final apostolic times. Under the emperors
Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Cmmodus, when almost ninety years of
age, he was cast into the fire at Smyrna in Asia, in the presence of the Proconsul and the entire
population in the amphitheatre, giving thanks to God the Father that he was found worthy to be
numbered among the martyrs and to share the chalice of Christ.
2. At Sirmium in Hungary, Saint Sirnus or Sinrus, a martyr. He was a gardener, denounced
by a certain woman, whom he had reproved for wantonness. Vindicated by the judge, he
confessed himself a Christian, and when he would not sacrifice to the gods, he died by
decapitation.
3. At Wenlock in England, Saint Milburge, virgin and abbess of the convent there, from the
family of the kings of Mercia.
5. At Stilo in Calabria, Saint John, who, made a monk according to the rule of the Eastern
Fathers, merited to be called Theristes or Reaper, because, moved by the greatest charity
towards the needy, he was accustomed to offer assistance to the reapers.

FEBRUARY
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1. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the passion of Saint Evetius under the emperor Diocletian. As
soon as he saw the edict against the worshippers of God hanging in the forum, lit up with
the ardour of faith, and watched by the people, he publicly tore up the paper publishing the
unjust law, for which he suffered every kind of torture.
2. At Trier in Belgian Gaul, Saint Modestus, bishop.
3. At Canterbury in England, Saint Ethelbert, King of the East Angles, whom the bishop
St Augustine converted to the faith of Christ, the first convert among the princes of the
English people.
At Ascoli in Italy, Blessed Constantius Servuli of the Order of Preachers. Praying almost
constantly, before all else he used to recite the entire Office of the Dead every day.
Outstanding in his austerity of life and the care he took to promote peace, he was one of
the strongest apostles of restoring regular observance.
In Spain, the birthday of Blessed Ascensin of the Heart of Jesus Nicol Goi, foundress of
the Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary for the evangelisation of the
native peoples of the Amazon. She gave herself completely to working for the expansion
of the Reign of Christ. [Unofficial text.]

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FEBRUARY
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1. At Perge in Pamphylia, the passion of Saint Nestor, bishop of Magydus and martyr, who,
arrested in the persecution at the time when Decius was emperor, was condemned to
crucifixion by the governor of the province, so that as he confessed the Crucified, so he
should suffer the same penalty.
2. At Nazianzus in Cappadocia, Saint Csarius, a doctor, and brother of Saint Gregory
Nazianzen.
4. At the monastery of Heidenheim in German Franconia, Saint Walburga, abbess, who, at the
request of Saint Boniface and his saintly brothers, Willibald and Winebald, travelled from
England to Germany, where she ruled excellently a double monastery of monks and holy
nuns.
7. At Lucca in Tuscany, Blessed Avertanus, a pilgrim and religious of the Carmelite Order.
11. In the city Xilinxian in Guangxi province of China, Saint Laurence Bai Xiaoman, an artisan
and a neophyte, who preferred to suffer beatings and decapitation rather than deny Christ.
FEBRUARY
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he First Sunday of Lent, when, following the example given by our Lord Jesus Christ,
the venerable sacred obligation of the annual Lenten observance begins,.
1. The commemoration of Saint Alexander, bishop, who as a famous old man, on fire with
zeal for the faith, was made bishop of the Church of Alexandria after Saint Peter. He
expelled from communion with the Church his priest, Arius, who was depraved by
heretical impiety and weak in divine truth. Soon afterwards he was one of the three hundred
and eighteen Fathers who condemned Arius in the First Council of Nicaea.
2. At Bologna in milia, Saint Faustianus, bishop, who strengthened and built up by the word
of his preaching a Church troubled by persecution.
3. At Gaza in Palestine, Saint Porphyrius the bishop. Born at Thessaloniki, he lived as an
anchorite for fifteen years at Sceti, and just as many across the Jordan, outstanding in his
kindness to the poor. Ordained afterwards as Bishop of Gaza, he overturned many temples
of idolatry, and for a long time had to deal with harassment from their devotees, until he
passed away in peace with the venerable holy ones.
5. At Arcies in Champagne in Gaul, St. Victor, the hermit, whose praises Saint Bernard wrote.
6. At Florence in Tuscany, Saint Andrew, bishop.
8. At Olesa de Montserrat in the district of Barcelona in Spain, Saint Paula Montal Forns De
San Jos De Calasanz, virgin, who founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary,
Sisters of the Pious Schools.

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FEBRUARY
27th February
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1. At Alexandria in Egypt, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Julian and Eunus.
Because he was so crippled by the gout that he could neither stand nor walk about, Julian
was brought to the judge by two servants, who carried him in a chair. One of these denied
the faith, but the other, called Eunus, was steadfast in confessing Christ with his master.
These two were therefore sentenced to be placed on camels and paraded around the whole
city and then, in the sight of the people, to be flogged to death, under the emperor Decius.
2. Also, the martyr Saint Besa, a soldier, who, because he restrained those who were insulting
the aforesaid martyrs, was reported to the judge and, remaining constant in the faith, was
beheaded.
4. At Lyons in Gaul, Saint Baldomer, a subdeacon, a man devoted to God.
5. At Constantinople, Saints Basil and Procopius of the Decapolis, monks, who at the time of
the emperor Leo Isaurius III, fought strenuously for the veneration of the sacred Icons.
6. At the monastery of Narek in Armenia, the monk Saint Gregory, Doctor of the Armenians,
eminent in his teaching, writing and mystical knowledge.
8. At London in England, Saint Anna Line, widow and martyr. When her husband died in
exile because of the Catholic Faith, she provided a house in the city for priests, for which
she was hanged by the rope at Tyburn under Queen Elizabeth I. The blessed priests and
martyrs Mark Barkworth, from the Order of Saint Benedict, and Roger Filcock, from the
Society of Jesus, suffered with her, drawn and quartered by the sword while still breathing.

FEBRUARY
18
28th February
Three days before the calends of March. Sixth day of the lunar month.
a
1
A
20
b
2
c
3
B
21
d
4
C
22
e
5
f
6
D
23
g
7
E
24
h
8
i
9
F
25
k
10
l
11
F
24
m
12
G
25
n
13
p
14
H
26
q
15
M
27
r
16
s
17
N
28
t
18
u
19
P
29
1. The commemoration of holy priests, deacons and many others, who at Alexandria,
when Gallienus was emperor and a severe plague was raging, risked death by
generously caring for the dying; whom religious faith is accustomed to venerate as
martyrs.
2. At Mount Jura in the district of Lyons, the burial of Saint Romanus, abbot, who,
following the example of the monks of old, first led the life of a hermit there and
afterwards became the father of many monks.
3. The commemoration of saints Marana and Cyra, virgins, who lived at Beroa in Syria in
a narrow and enclosed place with no roof, wanting to possess no home at all, observing
silence and accepting necessary food through a small opening in the wall.
In a leap year, the following are put off until tomorrow:
4. At Rome, on the Tiburtine Way, the burial of Pope Saint Hilary, who wrote letters
about the Catholic Faith which the Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus and Constantinople
confirmed.
5. At Worcester in England, Saint Oswald, bishop, who, made first a canon and then a
monk, ruled the Churches first of York, and then simultaneously of Worcester, and who
introduced the Rule of Saint Benedict into many monasteries: an affable, joyful and
learned teacher.
7. In the town Xilinxian in Guangxi province of China, Saint Augustine Chapdelaine,
priest of the Parisian Foreign Missionary Society and a martyr, who, captured with the
newly baptised by many soldiers because he was the first to have spread Christianity in
this region, fell under three hundred strokes of the cane, was enclosed in a narrow cage
and who finally died by beheading.

19
FEBRUARY
29th February
The day before the calends of March. Sixth day of the lunar month.
a
1
A
20
b
2
c
3
B
21
d
4
C
22
e
5
f
6
D
23
g
7
h
8
E
24
i
9
F
25
K
10
F
24
l
11
m
12
G
25
n
13
p
14
H
26
q
15
M
27
r
16
s
17
N
28
t
18
u
19
P
29
1. At Rome, on the Tiburtine Way, the burial of Pope Saint Hilary, who wrote letters
about the Catholic Faith which the Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus and Constantinople
confirmed.
2. At Worcester in England, Saint Oswald, bishop, who, made first a canon and then a
monk, ruled the Churches first of York, and then simultaneously of Worcester, and who
introduced the Rule of Saint Benedict into many monasteries: an affable, joyful and
learned teacher.
4. In the town Xilinxian in Guangxi province of China, Saint Augustine Chapdelaine,
priest of the Parisian Foreign Missionary Society and a martyr, who, captured with the
newly baptised by many soldiers because he was the first to have spread Christianity in
this region, fell under three hundred strokes of the cane, was enclosed in a narrow cage
and who finally died by beheading.

20
MARCH
1st March
The calends of March. Seventh day of the lunar month.
a
2
A
21
b
3
c
4
B
22
d
5
C
23
e
6
f
7
g
8
D
24
h
9
E
25
i
10
F
26
K
11
F
25
l
12
m
13
G
26
n
14
p
15
H
27
q
16
M
28
r
17
s
18
N
29
t
19
u
20
P
1
1. At Rome, at St Pauls on the Ostian Way, Pope Saint Felix III, who was an ancestor of
Pope Gregory the Great.
2. At Angers, in Lyonnaise Gaul, the bishop Saint Aubin, who strongly reproved the arrogant
ways of the powerful and energetically promoted the Third Council of Orlans for the
renewal of the Church.
3. At Menevia [St David] in Wales, the bishop Saint David, who, following the example and
customs of the Eastern Fathers, founded a monastery, from which many monks went out to
evangelise Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and Brittany.
4. At Le Mans in Nuestria, Saint Siviard, abbot of Anille.
5. On the island of Werda on the Rhine in Saxony, the bishop, Saint Suibert, who was first a
monk in Northumbria, and then, ordained a bishop by Saint Willibroad and made secretary
to Saint Wilfrid. He preached the Gospel among the Batavi, Frisians and other German
peoples, and died devoutly in the monastery which he had founded when already an old
man.
6. In Gascony, Saint Leo, bishop and martyr.
11. In the town of Xilinxian, in Guangxi province of China, the martyr Saint Agnes Cao
Kuiying, who, once married to a violent man, after his death and with the mandate of the
bishop, gave herself over to teaching Christian doctrine, for which reason she was thrown
into prison and, after suffering the cruellest tortures, placing her trust in God, passed over
to the eternal banquet.
MARCH
21
2nd March
Six days before the Nones of March. Eighth day of the lunar month.
a
3
A
22
b
4
c
5
B
23
d
6
C
24
e
7
f
8
D
25
g
9
E
26
h
10
i
11
F
27
K
12
F
26
l
13
m
14
G
27
n
15
p
16
H
28
q
17
M
29
r
18
s
19
N
1
t
20
u
21
P
2
1. At Neocsarea [Niksar] in Pontus, Saint Troadius, a martyr in the persecution of the

emperor Decius, and to whose contest Saint Gregory the Wonderworker bore witness.
2. At Lichfield in England, Saint Chad, a bishop, who in the straightened circumstances of his
time presided in the office of bishop of the province of the Mercians, of Lindsey and of the
Middle Angles, an office he executed after the example of the ancient fathers in great
perfection of life.
4. At Prague in Bohemia, Saint Agnes, the abbess, daughter of King Otakar, who, spurning a
royal marriage, and desiring to be wedded only to Jesus Christ, embraced the Rule of Saint
Clare in the monastery she herself had built.
6. At Seville in Spain, Saint Angela Guerrero Gonzalez of the Cross, who as foundress of the
Institute of the Sisters of the Cross, lay down no greater law for herself than the poor,
whom she was wont to call her lords, and whom she truly served.
MARCH
22
3rd March
Five days before the Nones of March. Ninth day of the lunar month.
a
4
A
23
b
5
c
6
B
24
d
7
C
25
e
8
f
9
D
26
g
10
E
27
h
11
i
12
F
28
K
13
F
27
l
14
m
15
G
28
n
16
p
17
H
29
q
18
M
1
r
19
s
20
N
2
t
21
u
22
P
3
1. At Csarea in Palestine, Saints Marinus, a soldier, and Asterius, a senator, martyrs under
the emperor Gallienus; of whom the former, on account of a fellow-soldiers envy was
denounced as a Christian, and professed his faith in a clear voice before his judge and
received the martyrs crown through decapitation; while Asterius rescued the body of the
martyr, wrapped in his cloak which he placed underneath, and is said to have received
immediately as a martyr the honour he had shown to a martyr.
2. At Calahorra in north-eastern Spain, the holy martyrs Herniterius and Cheledonius, who
were performing military service at Leon, a city of Galicia, when persecution broke out.
For confessing the name of Christ they were led as far as Calahorra, and there were
crowned with martyrdom.
3. At Amasea in Pontus, Saints Cleonicus and Eutropius, martyrs in the persecution of the
emperor Maximian, under the governor Asclepias.
4. At Brescia in Venice, Saint Titian, bishop.
5. In Cornwall of the Bretons, Saint Winwaloe, first abbot of Landvennec, who, tradition has
it, was a disciple of Saint Budock on Laurea Island and wrote a commentary on the
monastic Rule.
8. At Kaufungen in Hesse, Saint Cunegund, who, together with her husband, Saint Henry the
Emperor, bestowed many benefits on the Church. Succeeding him after his death, she
made herself an heir of Christ, and she herself died in a convent of nuns. Her body was
buried with honour next to the bones of Saint Henry in Bamberg.
At Palermo in Sicily, Blessed Peter Geremia, a priest of the Order of Preachers. He studied
law at Bologna, attended the Council of Florence, was Vicar General in Sicily for the
reformed convents and those which were to be reformed, and he opened a university, the
Sicilians Gymnasium in Catania. He compiled many beautiful and learned sermons.
Among us he is commemorated on 25th October.
At Taggia in Liguria, Blessed Christopher of Milan, a priest of the Order of Preachers; the
principal founder of the priory at Taggia, he was devoted to the worship of God and to
sacred doctrine, and much appreciated by all because of his simple lifestyle and fruitful
preaching. Among us he is commemorated on 20th February.
14. At Bergamo in Lombardy, Saint Teresa Eustochio (Ignatia) Verzeri, virgin, foundress of
the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
16. At Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, in the United States of America, Saint Katherine Drexel,
virgin, who founded the Congregation of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and who
devoted the riches of her inheritance generously and lovingly to the education and
betterment if Indians and black people.
MARCH
23
4th March
Four days before the Nones of March. Tenth day of the lunar month.
a
5
A
24
b
6
c
7
B
25
d
8
C
26
e
9
f
10
D
27
g
11
E
28
h
12
i
13
F
29
k
14
F
28
l
15
m
16
G
29
n
17
p
18
H
1
q
19
M
2
r
20
s
21
N
3
t
22
u
23
P
4
aint Casimir, son of the King of Poland, who as a prince shone with faith, zeal, chastity
and penance, kindness to the poor and devout veneration towards the Eucharist and the
Blessed Virgin Mary, and who, as a young man, consumed by tuberculosis, piously died
in the town of Grodna at Vilnius in Lithuania.
2. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saints Photius, Archelaus, Quirinius and seventeen others,
martyrs.
MARCH
24
5th March
Three days before the Nones of March. Eleventh day of the lunar month.
A
6
A
25
b
7
c
8
B
26
d
9
C
27
e
10
f
11
D
28
g
12
E
29
h
13
I
14
F
30
k
15
F
29
l
16
m
17
G
1
n
18
p
19
H
2
q
20
M
3
r
21
s
22
N
4
t
23
u
24
P
5
1. The commemoration of Saint Theophilus, bishop of Csarea in Palestine, who, under the
emperor Septimus Severus, shone with conspicuous wisdom and integrity of life.
2. In Pamphylia, Saint Conon the martyr, a gardener, who under the emperor Decius, was
ordered to run in front of a chariot with his feet pierced by nails; he fell to his knees, and
gave up his spirit in prayer.
3. At Rome, on the Appian Way, in the cemetery of Saint Callistus, the burial of Pope Saint
Lucius, who, as successor to Pope Cornelius, suffered exile for the Christian faith, and, as
an outstanding confessor of the faith, conducted himself in straightened times with
moderation and prudence.
4. At Sinope in Pontus, Saint Phocus the martyr, a gardener, who suffered many injuries for
the sake of the Redeemers name.
5. At Csarea in Palestine, Saint Hadrian the martyr, who, in the persecution of the emperor
Diocletian, on the order of the governor Firmilian, on a public holiday, on which it was
customary to celebrate the birthday of [the goddess] Fortuna of Csarea, on account of the
Christian faith was first thrown to the lions, and then had his throat cut by the sword.
6. At Palestine, on the banks of the Jordan, Saint Gerasimus, an anchorite, who, at the time of
the emperor Zeno, having been brought back to the orthodox faith by Saint Euthymio,
undertook great works of penance, offering to everyone who undertook the monastic life
under his guidance, the means to complete discipline and victory.
11. At Naples, Saint John Joseph of the Cross (Charles Cajetan) Calosirto, a priest of the Order
of Friars Minor, who, following in the footsteps of Saint Peter of Alcantar, restored regular
discipline in many of the monasteries of the province of Naples.
MARCH
25
6th March
The day before the Nones of March. Twelfth day of the lunar month.
A
7
A
26
b
8
c
9
B
27
d
10
C
28
e
11
f
12
D
29
g
13
E
30
h
14
I
15
F
1
k
16
l
17
F
1
m
18
G
2
n
19
p
20
H
3
q
21
M
4
r
22
s
23
N
5
t
24
u
25
P
6
1. At Tortona in Liguria, Saint Marcian, who is venerated as a bishop and martyr.

2. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, Saint Victorinus, martyr.
3. At Trier in Belgian Gaul, Saint Quiriacus, a priest.
4. The commemoration of Saint Evagrius, bishop of Constantinople, who, sent into exile by
the emperor Valerian, went to the Lord as an outstanding confessor of the faith.
5. At Toledo in Spain, Saint Julian, a bishop, who assembled three councils in that city and
explained orthodox teachings in his writings, carefully displaying justice, charity, and zeal
for souls.
6. At Sckingen among the Swiss, Saint Fridolin the abbot, who, having grown up in Ireland,
made a pilgrimage through Gaul, until he founded a double monastery at Sckingen in
honour of Saint Hilary.
7. At Metz in Austrasia, Saint Chrodogang the bishop, who ordered the clergy to live as if
confined within the walls of the cloister under a faultless rule of life, and wonderfully
promoted chant in the Church.
8. In Syria, the passion of forty-two martyrs, who were arrested at Amorium (in Phrygia).
They were conducted to the Euphrates River where, through a glorious combat, they
received the palm of martyrdom.
11. At Ghent in Flanders, Saint Colette Boylet, virgin, who lived a very harsh life for three
years in a small hermitage built next to the church, and soon, having professed the Rule of
Saint Francis, led many monasteries of Poor Clares back to their pristine form of life,
inciting especially a spirit of poverty and penance.

MARCH
26
7th March
The Nones of March. Thirteenth day of the lunar month.
A
8
A
27
b
9
c
10
B
28
d
11
C
29
e
12
f
13
D
30
g
14
E
1
h
15
I
16
F
2
k
17
F
2
l
18
m
19
G
3
n
20
p
21
H
4
q
22
M
5
r
23
s
24
N
6
t
25
u
26
P
7
emorial of the holy martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, arrested in Carthage under
the emperor Septimus Severus together with other young catechumens; of these,
Perpetua, a married woman about twenty years of age, was a mother with an
infant at the breast, while Felicity was a serving girl, who, since she was
pregnant, was granted a respite, in accordance with the law, until she was
delivered. Though she suffered in giving birth, when thrown to the wild beasts she rejoiced.
They processed from prison into the amphitheatre with happy faces, as if looking to heaven.
2. At the same place, the passion of the martyrs Satyrus, Saturninus, Revocatus and
Secundinus. While the same persecution was raging, the last-named of these died in prison,
while the others, tormented by various wild beasts, went to their rest with their throats cut
by the sword.
3. At Csarea in Palestine, the passion of Saint Ebulius, a companion of Saint Hadrian. Two
days after Hadrian, he was mauled by lions and butchered by the sword.
4. In the Crimea, the holy bishops Basil, Eugene, Agathadorus, Elpidius, therius, Capito
and Ephrm, martyrs.
5. At Thebes in Egypt, Saint Paul, known as the Simple, a disciple of Saint Antony.
6. At Brescia in Venice, Saint Gaudiosus, bishop.
8. At Prusa in Bithynia, Saint Paul the bishop, who, because of his defence of the cult of
sacred icons, was expelled from his homeland and died an exile.
9. In the monastery of Fossanova in Lazio, Saint Thomas Aquinas of the Order of
Preachers. Among us, his feast is celebrated on 28th January.
11. At Florence in Tuscany, Saint Therese Margaret Redi, virgin, who, having entered the
Order of Discalced Carmelites, lived an arduous life of perfection, cut short by an early
death.
12. At Seoul in Korea, Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-sam, martyr.
13. In the place Sai-Nam-The, also in Korea, the holy martyrs Simon Berneux, bishop, Just
Ranfer de Bretenires, Louis Beaulieu and Peter Henry Dorie, priests of the Parisian
Foreign Missionary Society, who in response to their persecutors responded firmly that
they had come to Korea to save souls in the name of Christ, and were beheaded.
MARCH
27
8th March
Eight days before the Ides of March. Fourteenth day of the lunar month.
a
9
A
28
b
10
c
11
B
29
d
12
C
30
e
13
f
14
D
1
g
15
E
2
h
16
I
17
F
3
k
18
F
3
l
19
m
20
G
4
n
21
p
22
H
5
q
23
M
6
r
24
s
25
N
7
t
26
u
27
P
8
aint John of God, a Portuguese-born religious, who, choosing better things after a life
of many dangers in the military, with constant charity rendered help to the needy and the
sick in a hospital which he himself had built. He attracted others to join him, who
afterwards constituted the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of God. He went to his eternal
rest on this day in Granada, Spain.
2. The commemoration of Saint Pontus, who was Saint Cyprians deacon at Carthage, and
whom he accompanied into exile right up to his death, leaving us an extraordinary volume
about his life and death.
3. At Antino in Egypt, Saints Apollonius and Philemon, martyrs.
6. At Dommoc in England, the bishop Saint Felix, who, coming from Burgundy, evangelised
the West Angles under King Sigebert.
7. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the bishop Saint Theophylact, who, affected by his exile on
account of his defence of the sacred Icons, died at Strobilus in Caria.
MARCH
28
9th March
Seven days before the Ides of March. Fifteenth day of the lunar month.
a
10
b
11
A
29
c
12
B
30
d
13
C
1
e
14
f
15
D
2
g
16
E
3
h
17
I
18
F
4
k
19
F
4
l
20
m
21
G
5
n
22
p
23
H
6
q
24
M
7
r
25
s
26
N
8
t
27
u
28
P
9
aint Frances, a religious, who, married in her youth, lived in matrimony for forty
years as an excellent wife and mother, with love, humility and admirable patience. In
calamitous times she distributed her goods to the poor, ministered to the sick and,
when her husband had died, withdrew to join the oblates who had come together under
the Rule of Saint Benedict at Rome.
2. At Sebaste in Armenia, the passion of forty soldiers of Cappadocia, who, as

companions not in blood but in faith and obedience to the will of the heavenly Father,
at the time when Licinius was emperor, after imprisonment and fierce tortures, were
sentenced to spend the night naked in the open air on a frozen pond in the very depth of
winter, and who completed their martyrdom by having their legs broken.
3. At Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, the bishop Saint Pacian, who, explaining the faith,
professed his clan-name to be Christian, and his family name Catholic.
5. In eastern Moravia, Saint Bruno, bishop of Querfurt and martyr, who, when he
accompanied the emperor Otto III to Italy, moved by the authority of Saint Romuld,
gave himself over to the monastic life. Having accepted the name Boniface, he
returned to Germany and was created bishop by Pope John X. On an apostolic
expedition he was killed with eighteen companions by idolaters.
6. At Bologna in milia, Saint Catherine, a virgin from the Order of Saint Clare, who,
was famous for her artistic talent, but who led sacred virgins by the even more
illustrious path of mystical virtues, penance and humility.
7. At Mandonio beneath the Alps, Saint Dominic Savio, who already from childhood was
of a gentle and happy disposition, and who completed the way of Christian perfection
with quick steps while still a young man.
8. In the district of Nei-Ko-Ri in Korea, saints Peter Choe Hyong and John Baptist Chon
Chang-un, martyrs, who as family men accepted baptism and printed Christian books,
for which they were handed over to torture, and were so constant in the faith that they
excited the admiration of their persecutors.

MARCH
29
10th March
Six days before the Ides of March. Sixteenth day of the lunar month.
a
11
A
30
b
12
c
13
B
1
d
14
C
2
e
15
f
16
D
3
g
17
E
4
h
18
I
19
F
5
k
20
F
5
l
21
m
22
G
6
n
23
p
24
H
7
q
25
M
8
r
26
s
27
N
9
t
28
u
29
P
10
1. At Apamea on the Meander in Phrygia, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Caius
and Alexander, who were crowned with a glorious martyrdom in the persecution of
emperors Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus.
2. In Africa, the commemoration of Saint Victor the martyr. On his feast day, Saint
Augustine gave a panegyric about him to the people.
3. Also the commemoration of Saint Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, at whose urging the
holy places were purged and adorned with sacred basilicas by Constantine the Great
and his mother Saint Helena.
4. At St Peters in Rome, Pope Saint Simplicius, who comforted the afflicted, fostered the
unity of the Church and strengthened the faith when the barbarians laid waste to Italy
and Rome.
5. At Paris in Gaul, the abbot Saint Droctoveus, who was placed in charge of a monastery,
built in Autun by his master, Saint Germanus of that town.
6. In the monastery of Bobbio in Liguria, Saint Attala the abbot. A promoter of the
monastic life, he took himself first to the monastery of Lrins, and soon after to
Luxueil, where he succeeded Saint Columbanus, shining with zeal and great
discernment.
7. At Glasgow in Scotland, Saint John Ogilvie, Jesuit priest and martyr. After working for
many years in the study of sacred theology as an exile in the kingdoms of Europe, he
was ordained a priest secretly and returned to his native land, where he exercised all
kinds of pastoral ministry for his countrymen with the greatest diligence, until, thrown
into prison and condemned to death under King James VI, he accepted the glorious
palm of martyrdom on the gallows.

MARCH
30
11th March
Five days before the Ides of March. Seventeenth day of the lunar month.
a
12
A
1
b
13
c
14
B
2
d
15
C
3
e
16
f
17
D
4
g
18
E
5
h
19
I
20
F
6
k
21
l
22
F
6
m
23
G
7
n
24
p
25
H
8
q
26
M
9
r
27
s
28
N
10
t
29
u
30
P
11
1. At Smyrna in Asia, Saint Pionius, priest and martyr. It is said that, on account of his public
defence of the Christian faith, after the squalor of imprisonment, where he strengthened
many brothers with his exhortations to withstand martyrdom and was tortured with cruelty,
he obtained a blessed end for Christ by fire.
2. At Laodicaea in Syria, Saints Trophimus and Thalus, martyrs, who after many fierce
tortures attained crowns of glory in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.
4. At Jerusalem, Saint Sophronius the bishop, who had John Moschus as a teacher and friend,
and with whom he visited monastic sites. When he, together with the Holy City, fell into
the hands of the Saracens after he was elected bishop of the city as successor to Modestus,
he strenuously defended the faith and security of the people.
6. At Milan, the burial of Saint Benedict, a bishop.
8. At Cordoba in the Vandal territory of Spain, Saint Eulogius, priest and martyr, decapitated
by the sword on account of his admirable confession of Christ.
12. In the city Hng Yn in China, Saint Dominic Cam, priest and martyr, a tertiary of the
Order of Preachers, who risked his life for many years ministering in secret and in prison,
and who finally, sentenced to death by order of the Emperor Tu Duc, embraced the Cross
of the Lord, which he had firmly refused to trample underfoot.
13. In the place called Sai-Nam-Hte in Korea, the holy martyrs Mark Chong Ui-bae, catechist,
and Alexius U Se-yong, who were afflicted with insults and beatings by their own
neighbours on account of the Christian faith.
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31
12th March
Four days before the Ides of March. Eighteenth day of the lunar month.
a
13
A
2
b
14
c
15
B
3
d
16
C
4
e
17
f
18
g
19
D
5
h
20
E
6
I
21
F
7
k
22
F
7
l
23
m
24
G
8
n
25
p
26
H
9
q
27
M
10
r
28
s
29
N
11
t
30
u
1
P
12
1. At Tbessa in Numidia, Saint Maximilian the martyr, who, enlisted in the army as son of
the veteran Victor, replied to the proconsul Dion that it was not allowed for a Christian to
serve in the army; when he refused to take the military oath, he was sentenced to be
punished by the sword.
2. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Mygdon, a priest,
Eugene, Maximus, Domna, Mardon, Smaragdus and Hilary, who were suffocated on
successive days in order to instil terror in those remaining.
3. At the same place, the passion of the holy martyr Peter, who was chamberlain of the
emperor Diocletian. As he protested freely concerning the tortures of the martyrs, at the
command of the Emperor he was led forth, and, strung up, was flogged for a long time.
Then, placed on a gridiron, he was roasted. But when Dorotheus and Gorgonius, the
masters of the emperors chamber, protested, they were afflicted with similar tortures and
finally killed by the noose.
4. At Rome, in the cemetery of Pontian at the Capped Bear, the burial of Pope Saint
Innocent I, who defended Saint John Chrysostom, comforted Saint Jerome and approved
Saint Augustine.
5. In the city of Lon in Brittany, Saint Paul Aurelian, the first bishop of that city.
6. In Rome at Saint Peters, the burial of Pope Saint Gregory I, known as the Great, whose
memorial is celebrated on the third of September, the anniversary day of his ordination.
7. At Sigriano in Bithynia, in the Monastery of the Great Acre, the burial of Saint
Theophanes, known as The Chronicler, who, having left riches to become a poor monk,
was held in prison for two years by the Emperor Leo the Armenian for his veneration of the
sacred icons, and finally was deported to Samothrace, where, weakened by hardships, he
gave up the spirit.
12. In the city Guiyang in Guangxi province of China, Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng, martyr.
Having accepted the light of faith, and only just baptised, he opened his house to
missionaries and catechists and gave all sorts of help to the poor, the sick and to children,
until he was led to the punishment of the cross, weeping, however, tears of joy, that he had
been found worthy to die for the name of Christ.
14. At Mantua in Liguria, in Italy, Saint Aloysius Orione, priest, who founded the Little Work
of Divine Providence for the welfare of youths and the derelict.
MARCH
32
13th March
Three days before the Ides of March. Nineteenth day of the lunar month.
a
14
A
3
b
15
c
16
B
4
d
17
C
5
e
18
f
19
g
20
D
6
h
21
E
7
I
22
F
8
k
23
F
8
l
24
m
25
n
26
G
9
p
27
H
10
q
28
M
11
r
29
s
30
N
12
t
1
u
2
P
13
1. At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the holy martyrs Macedonius, a priest, Patricia, his wife, and
Modesta, their daughter.
2. At Hermopolis in Egypt, Saint Sabine the martyr, who underwent many sufferings and
finally was martyred by being thrown into the river.
3. In Persia, Saint Christine the martyr, who consummated her witness beaten to death by rods
under Chrosus I, King of the Persians.
5. At Seville in Spain, the bishop Saint Leander, a brother of Saints Isidore, Fulgentius and
Florentina. By preaching and his hard work and with the help of their king, Reccared, he
converted the Visigoth nation from Arian impiety to the Catholic faith.
7. At Cordoba in the Vandal territories of Spain, the passion of Saint Ruderic, a priest, and
Solomon, both martyrs. The first, when he refused to believe that Mohammad was the true
prophet sent by the Almighty, was thrown into prison, where he met Solomon, who for a
little while had earlier belonged to the Muslim religion, and together they gloriously
completed the course of their contest by decapitation.
8. At Camerino in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, St. Ansovinus, bishop
MARCH
33
14th March
The day before the Ides of March. Twentieth day of the lunar month.
a
15
A
4
b
16
c
17
B
5
d
18
C
6
e
19
f
20
g
21
D
7
h
22
E
8
I
23
k
24
F
9
l
25
F
9
m
26
G
10
n
27
p
28
H
11
q
29
M
12
r
30
s
1
N
13
t
2
u
3
P
14
1. At Pidna in Macedonia, Saint Alexander, a martyr.

2. At Milan in Liguria, Saint Lazarus, a bishop.
3. At Chatres in Gaul, Saint Leobinus, a bishop.
4. At Quedlinburg in Saxony, Saint Mathilda, a most faithful wife of King Henry: outstanding
in humility and patience, in helping the sick and in founding hospices and monasteries, she
dedicated herself to good works.
MARCH
34
15th March
The Ides of March. Twenty-first day of the lunar month.
a
16
A
5
b
17
c
18
B
6
d
19
C
7
e
20
f
21
g
22
D
8
h
23
E
9
I
24
F
10
k
25
F
10
l
26
m
27
G
11
n
28
p
29
H
12
q
30
M
13
r
1
s
2
N
14
t
3
u
4
P
15
1. At Parium in the Hellespont, St. Menignus, a fuller, who was handed over to suffer under
the Emperor Decius.
2. At Rome, Pope Saint Zachary, who, by curbing the onslaught of the Lombards, teaching
right order to the Franks, providing churches to the Germans and fostering communion
with the Greeks, governed the Church with vigilance and prudence.
3. At Cordoba, in the Vandal region of Spain, Saint Leocritia, virgin and martyr. Born into a
Moorish family, she shone with the faith of Christ covertly, and, when she was captured
with Saint Eulogius at home, she passed into glory by being decapitated on the fourth day
after his martyrdom.
5. At York in England, Blessed William Hart, priest and martyr. Ordained at the English
College in Rome, he was hanged by a noose and disembowelled under Queen Elizabeth I,
because he had persuaded others to embrace the Catholic faith.
6. At Paris in France, Saint Louise de Marillac, a widow, who led the Institute of the
Daughters of Charity by her example in order to assist the poor, fulfilling the work outlined
by Saint Vincent de Paul.
7. At Vienna in Austria, Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, priest of the Congregation of the
Most Holy Redeemer, who worked marvellously to spread the faith in far-off lands and to
reform ecclesiastical discipline. Outstanding with insight as well as virtue, he impressed
not a few outstanding scientists and artists, so that they entered the church.
MARCH
35
16th March
Seventeen days before the Calends of April. Twenty-second day of the lunar month.
a
17
A
6
b
18
c
19
B
7
d
20
C
8
e
21
f
22
g
23
D
9
h
24
E
10
I
25
F
11
k
26
F
11
l
27
m
28
G
12
n
29
p
30
H
13
q
1
M
14
r
2
s
3
N
15
t
4
u
5
P
16
1. At Aquileia in Venezia, Saints Hilary, a bishop, and Tatian, martyrs.

2. At Seleucia in Persia, Saint Papa. He came from Lyaconia, and, after many torments, died
this day on account of the faith of Christ.
3. At Anazabus in Cilicia, St. Julian, a martyr. He was tortured for a very long time by
Marcian, the governor, and was finally tied in a sack containing serpents and drowned in
the sea.
5. At Cologne in Germany, the bishop Saint Heribert, who was Chancellor to Emperor
Otto III. Elected without seeking it to the episcopal see, he ceaselessly educated the clergy
and people by example of his virtue, which he also commended by his preaching.
8. At the Huron in Canada, the passion of Saint John de Brbeuf, a priest of the Society of
Jesus. Sent from France to the Huron mission, after accomplishing many works he died for
Christ, most fiercely tortured by some of the pagans of the place. He is remembered with
his companions on 19th October.

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36
17th March
Sixteen days before the Calends of April. Twenty-third day of the lunar month.
a
18
b
19
A
7
c
20
B
8
d
21
C
9
e
22
f
23
g
24
D
10
h
25
E
11
I
26
F
12
k
27
F
12
l
28
m
29
G
13
n
30
p
1
H
14
q
2
M
15
r
3
s
4
N
16
t
5
u
6
P
17
aint Patrick the bishop, who as a young man was taken as a captive from Britain to
Ireland, then, having gained his freedom, sought to be numbered among the clergy and
went back to that same island, where, as a bishop, he actively proclaimed the gospel to
the people and firmly established the Church, until he died in the Lord in the city of
Downpatrick in Ireland.
2. The commemoration of many holy martyrs at Alexandria in Egypt, who at the time of the
emperor Theodosius, as the number of Christians was on the increase, were arrested by the
devotees of Serapis and, when they refused to adore the idol, were most savagely
slaughtered.
3. At Chalons in Burgundy, in Gaul, the bishop Saint Agricola, who for almost fifty years
ruled this church and strengthened it with various exhortations.
4. At Nivelles in Brabant, St. Gertrude, a virgin. Though of noble birth, she took the sacred
veil of virgins from the bishop Saint Amando, and wisely led a monastery built by her
mother, assiduous in the reading of Sacred Scripture, assiduous too in vigils and fasts,
finally worn out by austerity.
5. On the island of Cyprus, Saint Paul the monk, who, when he defended the cult of Sacred
Icons, was burnt to death.
7. At Olmtz in Moravia, Saint Jan Sarkander, priest and martyr, who, as parish priest of
Holeov, when he refused to reveal the secrets of the confessional, was tortured on the rack,
and then was thrown still breathing into prison, where he died after a month.
8. Amongst the Hurons in Canada, the passion of Saint Gabriel Lalemant, a priest of the
Society of Jesus, who with laborious zeal spread the glory of God in the language of the
local people, until he was dragged to the cruellest of tortures by the hostile worshippers of
idols. His memory is kept, with that of his companions, on 19th October.

MARCH
37
18th March
Fifteen days before the Calends of April. Twenty-fourth day of the lunar month.
a
19
b
20
A
8
c
21
B
9
d
22
C
10
e
23
f
24
g
25
D
11
h
26
E
12
I
27
F
13
k
28
F
13
l
29
m
30
G
14
n
1
p
2
H
15
q
3
M
16
r
4
s
5
N
17
t
6
u
7
P
18
aint Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the Church, who, having suffered
steadfastly many insults on account of the faith from the Arians, and often expelled
from his see, wonderfully expounded to the people the Scriptures, the sacred mysteries
and orthodox teaching by his sermons and catechetical instructions.
2.
The commemoration of Saint Alexander, bishop and martyr, who, coming from
Cappadocia to Jerusalem, accepted the pastoral care of the Holy City, founded a precious
library and opened a school. Later, when he now stood out by reason of the venerable white
hairs of his old age, he was led to Csarea and imprisoned. There he completed his martyrdom
for confessing Christ.
3.
At Lucca in Tuscany, the bishop Saint Frigidian, who hailed from Ireland. He gathered
clergy in a monastery, and, for the good of the people he diverted the course of the River
Serchio, thus providing fertile lands. He converted the Lombards who lived in his diocese to
the Catholic faith.
4.
At Tours in Nuestria, Saint Leobard, who shone as a hermit with wonderful abstinence
and humility in a little cell close to the monastery of Marmoutier.
5.
At Saragossa in north-eastern Spain, the bishop Saint Braulio, who offered Saint
Isidore, his friend, help in reforming ecclesiastical discipline throughout Spain, and who was
rightly ranked second only to him for wisdom and eloquence.
6.
At the town of Wareham in England, Saint Edward, King of the English, who, while
still a youth, was killed in a treacherous act by servants of his step-mother.
7.
At Mantua in Lombardy, the passing of Saint Anselm, bishop of Lucca. Most faithful
to the Roman see, in the investiture dispute he handed his episcopal ring and pastoral staff,
which he had accepted from Emperor Henry IV, into the hands of Pope Gregory VII, and,
expelled from his see by clergy who refused common life, he was sent by the Pope, whose
energetic assistant he was, as legate to the Lombards.
8.
At Cagliari in Sardinia, Saint Salvatore de Horta Grionesos, a religious of the Order of
Friars Minor, who became a humble instrument of Christ for the health of body and soul.
MARCH
38
19th March
Fourteen days before the Calends of April. Twenty-fifth day of the lunar month.
a
20
b
21
A
9
c
22
B
10
d
23
C
11
e
24
f
25
g
26
D
12
h
27
E
13
I
28
F
14
k
29
F
14
l
30
m
1
G
15
n
2
p
3
H
16
q
4
M
17
r
5
s
6
N
18
t
7
u
8
P
19
olemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, a just man,
sprung from the stock of Jesse. He was foster-father for the Son of God, our Lord
Jesus Christ, who willed to be called the son of Joseph, and to whom he submitted, as
to a father. He is venerated with special honour by the Church as a patron, for the
Lord established him as master of his house.
2. At Spoleto in Umbria, Saint John, abbot of Parran, who showed himself a father to many
servants of God.
At Pavia, in Italy, Blessed Isnard of Chiampo (or of Vicenza), priest of the Order of
Preachers and founder of the priory at Pavia, a fervent man and a very gifted preacher,
through whom God worked many miracles.
Also at Pavia in Italy, Blessed Sybilline Biscossi, a Sister of Penance of Saint Dominic, a
pure virgin, blind in the body but mentally bright with the light of the Holy Spirit, who
shone wonderfully with miracles and virtues. Together with Blessed Isnard, she is
remembered in the liturgy on 19th April.
MARCH
39
20th March
Thirteen days before the Calends of April. Twenty-sixth day of the lunar month.
a
21
A
10
b
22
c
23
B
11
d
24
C
12
e
25
f
26
g
27
D
13
h
28
E
14
I
29
F
15
k
30
F
15
l
1
m
2
G
16
n
3
p
4
H
17
q
5
M
18
r
6
s
7
N
19
t
8
u
9
P
20
1. The commemoration of Saint Archippus, a comrade of blessed Paul the Apostle, who
mentions him in his epistles to Philemon and to the Colossians.
2. At Antioch in Syria, the holy martyrs Paul, Cyril and others.
5. On Farne Island in Northumbria, the passing of Saint Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, who
shone in his pastoral ministry with the same diligence with which he had formerly shown in
the monastery and the hermitage. He peacefully reconciled the austerities of the Celts and
their way of living with Roman customs.
6. At the monastery of Fontenelle in Nuestria, the burial of Saint Wulfram, a monk who was
elected bishop of Sens. He set himself to enrich the Frisian people with the gospel message;
finally returning to the monastery of Fontenelle, he died there in peace.
7. The commemoration of Saint Nicetas, bishop of Appolonia in Macedonia. Because he
venerated the holy images, he was driven into exile by the emperor Leo the Armenian.
8. In the laura of Saint Sabbas in Palestine, the passion of twenty holy monks, who were
suffocated with smoke by Saracen invaders in the church of the Mother of God.
At Siena in Italy, Blessed Ambrose Sansedone, a priest of the Order of Preachers and a
pupil of Saint Albert the Great. Simple yet wise, he held the chair of Sacred Theology,
insisting nevertheless on preaching tirelessly, a gracious man in every respect. He is
remembered in the liturgy on 18th October, the anniversary of the approval of his cult.
10. At Prague in Bohemia, Saint John Nepomuce, priest and martyr, who in caring for the
Church received many injuries from King Wenceslaus IV, and, exposed to torment and
torture, was finally thrown still breathing into the River Moldeau.
15. At Bilbao in Gascon Spain, Saint Maria Josefa del Corazn de Jess, virgin, who founded
the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus of Charity and formed them particularly in the
care of the sick and the poor.

MARCH
40
21st March
Twelve days before the Calends of April. Twenty-seventh day of the lunar month.
a
22
A
11
b
23
c
24
B
12
d
25
C
13
e
26
f
27
g
28
D
14
h
29
E
15
I
30
F
16
k
1
l
2
F
16
m
3
G
17
n
4
p
5
H
18
q
6
M
19
r
7
s
8
N
20
t
9
u
10
P
21
1. In Egypt, Saint Serapion, an anchorite.

2. The commemoration of the holy martyrs of Alexandria. At the time of Constantius the
emperor and Philagrius the prefect, they were slaughtered when the Arians and heathens
stormed the churches on Good Friday.
3. At Leuconne in the district of Lyons, the birthday of St. Lupicinus, abbot, who with his
brother Saint Romanus lived by the rules of monastic life in the province of Jura.
5. At Monte Casino, the birthday of the abbot Saint Benedict, whose memory is kept on 11th
July.
6. At Constantinople, the passion of Saint James, known as the Confessor, who fought
strenuously for the veneration of the sacred icons and who more than gave glorious witness
by his life.
8. In the ravine called in the vernacular Ranft near near Sachseln in Switzerland, Saint
Nicholas de Fle, who, called to higher things by a divine inspiration, having put aside his
wife and ten children, led the life of a hermit, sequestering himself on a mountain, famous
for the most perfect penance and contempt for the world, so much so that when he once left
his cell to avert civil war, the adversaries were reconciled with a brief exhortation.
11. In Sichuan province of China, the commemoration of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest
and martyr, who, when the persecution was raging, was thrown into prison for the name of
Christ, and met his death on an unknown day in Spring.
12. At Ronco Scrivia in Liguria, Saint Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello, who, together with
her husband, voluntarily relinquished married life, and founded the Institute of Benedictine
Sisters of Providence for the Christian education of poor and abandoned girls.
MARCH
41
22nd March
Eleven days before the Calends of April. Twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.
a
23
A
12
b
24
c
25
B
13
d
26
C
14
e
27
f
28
g
29
D
15
h
30
E
16
I
1
F
17
k
2
l
3
F
17
m
4
G
18
n
5
p
6
H
19
q
7
M
20
r
8
s
9
N
21
t
10
u
11
P
22
1. The commemoration of Saint Epaphrodtus, whom Saint Paul the Apostle calls a brother, a
fellow-worker and a fellow-soldier.
2. At Narbonne, the gateway to France, on the Via Domitia outside the city, the burial of Saint
Paul, bishop and martyr.
3. In Galatia, Saints Callinica and Basilissa, martyrs.
4. Also in Galatia, at Ancyra, Saint Basil, priest and martyr, who, as long as Constantine
remained emperor, strongly resisted the Arians. Then, under the emperor Julian, he begged
God that no one should desert the Christian faith. Arrested for this, and brought to the
governor of the province, he consummated his witness after enduring many torments.
5. The commemoration of Saint Lea, a Roman widow, whose virtues and passing over to God
Saint Jerome praised.
6. At Ancora, in Piceno, Italy, Saint Benvenutus Scotivoli, a bishop. Having been chosen for
this see by Pope Urban IV, he negotiated peace among the citizens and chose to leave this
world lying on the bare earth, in the spirit of the Friars Minor.
7. At London in England, Saint Nicholas Owen, a religious of the Society of Jesus and a
martyr, who for many years constructed secret chambers for hiding priests. Imprisoned and
terribly tortured for this under King James I, and then strung up on the rack, he died
gloriously for Christ the Lord.
MARCH
42
23rd March
Ten days before the Calends of April. Twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.
a
24
A
13
b
25
c
26
B
14
d
27
C
15
e
28
f
29
g
30
D
16
h
1
E
17
I
2
F
18
k
3
l
4
F
18
m
5
G
19
n
6
p
7
H
20
q
8
M
21
r
9
s
10
N
22
t
11
u
12
P
23
aint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop of Lima, a lay lawyer from Spain, who, when
chosen as bishop of that diocese, came to America and, burning with apostolic zeal,
visited the huge diocese many times, often on foot, carefully provided for the flock
entrusted to him, put an end to abuses and scandals among the clergy by means of
synods, strongly defended the Church, and catechized and converted the native people,
until at last he passed away at Saa in Peru.
8. In a place called Naas near Dublin in Ireland, Blessed Peter Higgins, priest of the Order of
Preachers and martyr, who, without a trial, was hanged by the rope under King Charles I
because he maintained fidelity to the Church of Rome.
9. At Barcelona in Spain, Saint Joseph Oriol, a priest, who was always intent on God with
bodily penances, veneration of poverty and continuous prayer, full of the joy of heaven.
11. At ad-Dahr [Grabta] in Lebanon, Saint Rafqa de Himlaya ar-Rayys, virgin of the
Lebanese Order of Saint Antony of the Maronites, who for thirty years suffered loss of
sight, and then, as all her limbs were affected by paralysis, persevered in prayer, trusting in
God alone.
MARCH
43
24th March
Nine days before the Calends of April. Thirtieth day of the lunar month.
a
25
A
14
b
26
c
27
B
15
d
28
C
16
e
29
f
30
D
17
g
1
h
2
E
18
I
3
F
19
k
4
l
5
F
19
m
6
G
20
n
7
p
8
H
21
q
9
M
22
r
10
s
11
N
23
t
12
u
13
P
24
1. At Csarea in Palestine, the holy martyrs Timolaus, Denis, Pausides, Romulus, Alexander,
and another Alexander. In the persecution of Diocletian they were brought with hands
bound to the governor Urban, confessing themselves to be Christians, and, after a few days,
together with their companions Agapius and another Denis, they earned crowns of eternal
life by beheading.
2. In Mauretania, Saint Secundulus, who suffered for the faith of Christ.
6. At Vadstena in Sweden, Saint Catherine the virgin, daughter of Saint Bridget. Married
against her will, with the consent of her husband she maintained her virginity and, after his
death, lived a holy life. A pilgrim to Rome and the Holy Land, she transferred her
mothers remains to Sweden, where she took the monastery at Vadstena into her care, and
she herself put on the monastic habit.
MARCH
44
25th March
Eight days before the Calends of April. First day of the lunar month.
a
26
A
15
b
27
c
28
B
16
d
29
C
17
e
30
f
1
D
18
g
2
h
3
E
19
I
4
F
20
k
5
l
6
F
20
m
7
G
21
n
8
p
9
H
22
q
10
M
23
r
11
s
12
N
24
t
13
u
14
P
25
When 25th March falls on the Fifth Sunday of Lent (e.g. 2012), this text is transferred to
26th March; when in Holy Week, it is transferred to the Monday after Second Sunday of Easter.
olemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, when, in the town of Nazareth, the angel
of the Lord announced to Mary, Behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and he will
be called Son of the Most High. And Mary replied, Behold the handmaid of the
Lord; be it done to me according to your word. And thus, in the fulness of time, he
who was the Only-Begotten Son of God before all time became incarnate for us men
and for our salvation, by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
At these words the brethren kneel, and rise at a signal from the prior.
2. The commemoration of the good thief, who, having confessed Christ on the cross, merited
to hear from him, Today, you will be with me in paradise.
3. At Nicomedia, Saint Dula, a martyr.
4. At Rome, at the cemetery of Pontian on the Via Portuensis, Saint Quirinus, martyr.
5. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, the martyr Saint Matrona, the servant of a certain Jewish
woman. She worshipped Christ in secret, was discovered by her mistress and subjected to
many torments; finally she was beaten to death with clubs. Thus, having confessed Christ,
she surrendered her pure soul to God.
6. At Milan in Transpadana, Saint Mona, bishop
7. On the island of Indre near Nantes in Gaul, Saint Herbland, who, coming from the royal
palace, became a monk at Fontenelle, and then the first abbot of Indre.
9. At Szava in Bohemia, Saint Procopius, who, setting aside a wife and child, took himself
off to the life of a hermit, and who later led a monastery he founded at Szava, and
celebrated the divine praises in the Greek rite and the Slavic language.
12. At York in England, Saint Margaret Clitherow, a martyr. With the connivance of her
husband, she embraced the Catholic Faith and educated her children in it, and arranged to
hide fugitive priests in her home. Imprisoned several times for this, she refused to plead
when brought to court in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, lest the souls of jurors be burdened
by a death sentence. She suffered the peine forte et dure for Christ.
14. At Montefiascone in Tuscany, Saint Lucy Filippini, foundress of the Institute of Pious
Matrons for girls and women, especially the poor, to promote Christian learning.
MARCH
45
26th March
Seven days before the Calends of April. Second day of the lunar month.
a
27
A
16
b
28
c
29
B
17
d
30
C
18
e
1
f
2
D
19
g
3
h
4
E
20
I
5
F
21
k
6
l
7
F
21
m
8
G
22
n
9
p
10
H
23
q
11
r
12
M
24
s
13
N
25
t
14
u
15
P
26
When 25th March falls on the Fifth Sunday of Lent (e.g. in 2012), this text is read today:
olemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, when, in the town of Nazareth, the angel
of the Lord announced to Mary, Behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and he will
be called Son of the Most High. And Mary replied, Behold the handmaid of the
Lord; be it done to me according to your word. And thus, in the fulness of time, he
who was the Only-Begotten Son of God before all time became incarnate for us men
and for our salvation, by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
At these words the brethren kneel, and rise at a signal from the prior.
1. At Rome, on the Via Labicana, Saint Castulus, a martyr.
2. In Anatolia, Saints Emmanuel, Sabine, Codratus and Theodosius, martyrs.
3. At Sirmium in Hungary, Saints Montanus, a priest, and Maxima, his wife. When they
confessed Christ they were thrown into a river.
4. The commemoration of the suffering of Saint Eutychus, a subdeacon at Alexandria, who, at
the time of the emperor Constantine, was put to the sword for the Catholic Faith under the
Arian bishop George.
5. At Sebaste in Armenia, Saint Peter the bishop, younger brother of Saint Basil the Great; he
was an outstanding defender of the orthodox faith against the Arians.
6.
At the monastery of Montier-en-Der in the region of Champagne in France, Saint

Bercharius, first abbot of Hautvillers and of Der. After he was struck with a dirk by a
wicked monk on Holy Thursday, he passed into heaven on the day of the Lords
Resurrection.
7. At Monte Cavo in Tuscany, the holy hermits Barontius and Desiderius.

8. In the monastery of Werden in Saxony, the passing of Saint Ldiger, a bishop. Taught by
Alcuin, he preached the Gospel in Frisia, Denmark and Saxony. He established the see of
Mnster, and founded many monasteries, true centres of propagation of the faith.
MARCH
46
27th March
Six days before the Calends of April. Third day of the lunar month.
a
28
A
17
b
29
c
30
B
18
d
1
C
19
e
2
f
3
D
20
g
4
h
5
E
21
I
6
F
22
k
7
l
8
F
22
m
9
G
23
n
10
p
11
H
24
q
12
M
25
r
13
s
14
N
26
t
15
u
16
P
27
1. At Salzburg in Bavaria, Saint Rupert, a bishop. Living first at Worms, he came to Bavaria
at the request of Duke Theodo, and in the town of Juvavum built a church and a monastery
which he led as bishop and abbot, and from which the Christian faith spread.

MARCH
47
28th March
Five days before the Calends of April. Fourth day of the lunar month.
a
29
A
18
b
30
c
1
B
19
d
2
C
20
e
3
f
4
D
21
g
5
h
6
E
22
I
7
k
8
F
23
l
9
F
23
m
10
G
24
n
11
p
12
H
25
q
13
M
26
r
14
s
15
N
27
t
16
u
17
P
28
1. At Tarsus in Cilicia, Saint Castor the martyr.

2. The commemoration of the holy martyrs Priscus, Malchus and Alexander. In the
persecution of the emperor Valerian, these three lived in a suburban hamlet of Csarea in
Palestine, When heavenly crowns of martyrdom were being offered in Csarea, inflamed
with the divine fire of faith, they presented themselves to the judge, and demanded why he
raged so much for the blood of holy men. The judge at once had them delivered to the
beasts to be devoured for the name of Christ.
3. At Heliopolis in Phoenicia, St. Cyril, deacon and martyr, who was killed in a most inhuman
manner at the time of the emperor Julian the Apostate.
4. At Alexandria in Egypt, Saint Proterius, a bishop, who was cruelly assassinated on Holy
Thursday by a crowd of Monophysite followers of his predecessor Dioscorus.
5. At Chalons in Burgundy, the burial of Saint Gunthram, King of the Franks, who disbursed
his treasures to churches and the poor.
6. At Mount Olympus in Bithynia, Saint Hilarion, hegumen of the monastery of Pelect, who
fought strenuously for the cult of the sacred icons.
7. At Cteaux in Burgundy, Saint Stephen Harding, abbot, who came to this famous
monastery with some other monks from Molesme, became its abbot, instructed the lay
brothers, received Saint Bernard himself, with thirty companions, and founded twelve
monasteries, which he united by the Charter of Charity, that there should be no discord, but
that the monks should have one love, one rule and similar customs.
13. At Przemyi in Poland, Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar, a bishop, founder of the
congregation of the Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and an outstanding master
of the spiritual life.

MARCH
48
29th March
Four days before the Calends of April. Fifth day of the lunar month.
a
30
A
19
b
1
c
2
B
20
d
3
C
21
e
4
f
5
D
22
g
6
h
7
E
23
I
8
F
24
k
9
l
10
F
24
m
11
G
25
n
12
p
13
H
26
q
14
M
27
r
15
s
16
N
28
t
17
u
18
P
29
2. The commemoration of Saint Mark, bishop of Arethusa of Syria, who did not waver in the
least from the orthodox faith during the Arian controversy, and who was vigorously
persecuted under emperor Julian the Apostate. He was saluted by Saint Gregory Nazianzen
as an exceptional person and a truly holy old man.
3. The commemoration of Saints Armogastus, Archinimus and Saturninus, who were
oppressed with many punishments and insults in Africa, during the Vandal persecutions,
under the Arian King Genseric.
MARCH
49
30th March
Three days before the Calends of April. Sixth day of the lunar month.
a
1
A
20
b
2
c
3
B
21
d
4
C
22
e
5
f
6
D
23
g
7
h
8
E
24
I
9
F
25
k
10
l
11
F
25
m
12
n
13
G
26
p
14
H
27
q
15
M
28
r
16
s
17
t
18
N
29
u
19
P
30
1. At Asti in Transpadana, Saint Secundus, martyr.

2. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Saint Domninus, a martyr.
3. At Arles in Lyonnaise Gaul, Saint Regulus, bishop.
4. The commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, in Constantinople in the time of
Constantius, by order of the Arian bishop Macedonius, were driven into exile or subjected
to unheard-of kinds of torture.
5. On Mount Sion, Saint John the abbot, who wrote a remarkable volume for the instruction
of monks called The Stairway of Paradise, in which the model described is a spiritual
journey of ascent by thirty steps to God; whence he merited to be given the surname
Climacus.
6. At Syracuse in Sicily, Saint Zosimus, a bishop, who was first the simple custodian of the
tomb of Saint Lucy, and later abbot of the monastery of this place.
8. At Aquino in Lazio, Saint Clinius, abbot of the monastery of Saint Peter de Silva.
9. At Aguilera in the Castilian region of Spain, Saint Peter of Valladolid Regaldo, a priest of
the Order of Minors. Outstanding in his humility and the rigour of his penance, he set up
two hermitages, where, however, a dozen solitary friars lived.
11. In the village of Su-Ryong in Korea, the holy martyrs Anthony Daveluy, bishop, Peter
Aumatre and Martin Luke Huin, priests, Joseph Chang Chu-gi, Thomas son Cha-son and
Luke Hwang Sok-tu, catechists, who were cut down for the name of Christ.
13. At Turin in Italy, Saint Leonrd Murialdo, a priest, who founded the pious Society of Saint
Joseph, that abandoned children should know Christian faith and love by experience.
14. In the town of San Julin in the state of Guadalajara in Mexico, Saint Julio lvarez, priest
and martyr, who, when religious persecution was raging, gave witness to his fidelity to
Christ the Lord and to the Church by shedding his blood.
MARCH
50
31st March
The day before the Calends of April. Seventh day of the lunar month.
a
2
A
21
b
3
c
4
B
22
d
5
C
23
e
6
f
7
D
24
g
8
h
9
E
25
I
10
F
26
k
11
F
26
l
12
m
13
G
27
n
14
p
15
H
28
q
16
M
29
r
17
s
18
N
30
t
19
u
20
P
1
1. In a place called Argol in Persia, Saint Benjamin, a deacon, who was tortured under King
Varranus V because he would not cease to preach the Word of God. He completed his
martyrdom with sharp reeds forced under his nails.
2. At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Balbina. The church named after her built on the
Aventine proclaims her venerable name.

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APRIL
st
1 April
The Calends of April. Eighth day of the lunar month.
a
3
b
4
A
22
c
5
B
23
d
6
C
24
e
7
f
8
D
25
g
9
h
10
E
26
I
11
F
27
k
12
F
27
l
13
m
14
G
28
n
15
p
16
H
29
q
17
M
30
r
18
s
19
N
1
t
20
u
21
P
2
alm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, when our Lord Jesus Christ entered
Jerusalem, in accordance with the prophecy of Zachariah, seated on the colt of an ass,
while the crowds came out to meet him bearing palm branches.
1. At Rome, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Venantius, [also known as Saint
Wigand,] a bishop, and his companions from Dalmatia and Istria, namely Anastasius,
Maurus, Paulianus, Telius, Asterius, Septimus, Antiochianus and Gaianus, whom the
Church honours with a common song of praise.
2. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, the saints Agapis and Chiona, virgins and martyrs. When,
during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, they refused to eat food offered to idols,
they were condemned to be thrown into the flames by order of Dulcetius.
3. In Palestine, Saint Mary of Egypt. A famous sinner in Alexandria, who was converted to
God in the Holy City through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, she led a penitential life
as a convert anchoress on the far side of the Jordan.
4. At Leuconay [Saint-Valery-sur-Somme] near Amiens in Gaul, Saint Walric, a priest, who
attracted not a few companions to the eremitical life.
5. In the place called Ardpatrick in Munster in Ireland, Saint Celsus, bishop of Armagh, who
strongly promoted the renewal of the Church.
6. At Grenoble in Burgundy, Saint Hugh, a bishop, who dedicated himself to reforming the
morals of clergy and people, and who, while he held that bishopric, burning with desire for
solitude, gave a place of retreat to Saint Bruno, who had once been his teacher, and his
companions of La Grande Chartreuse. Indeed he was the first abbot of this house, and
ruled this Church for nearly forty years, giving an assiduous example of charity.

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52
2nd April
Four days before the Nones of April. Ninth day of the lunar month.
a
4
b
5
A
23
c
6
B
24
d
7
C
25
e
8
f
9
D
26
g
10
E
27
h
11
I
12
F
28
k
13
F
28
l
14
m
15
G
29
n
16
p
17
H
30
q
18
M
1
r
19
s
20
N
2
t
21
u
22
P
3
aint Francis de Paola, a hermit, who as the founder of the Order of Minims in
Calabria, prescribed for his followers that they should survive on alms, having no
private property and nothing to do with money, and who always ate only Lenten fare.
Called to France by King Louis XI, he assisted the king at his deathbed, and he himself
died, famous for his austerity of life, at Plessis, near Tours.
2. At Csarea in Palestine, the martyr Saint Apphian, who, during the persecution of the
emperor Maximian, when the citizens were forced to sacrifice in public to the gods, came
undeterred to the governor Urban and, grabbing his right arm, forced him to suspend the
ritual. For this, his feet were wrapped in cloths dipped in oil and set on fire; then, while still
breathing, he was flung into the sea by soldiers.
3. In the same place and in the same persecution, the suffering of Saint Theodosia, a virgin
from Tyre. She publicly greeted the holy confessors as they were standing before the
tribunal and begged them to remember her when they had reached the Lord. She was seized
by the soldiers and taken to the same governor Urban. By his orders, she was tortured with
excruciating torments. Finally, she was hurled into the sea.
4. At Como in Liguria, Saint Abundius, a bishop. Sent to Constantinople by Pope Saint Leo
the Great, there he fought with zeal for the orthodox faith.
5. At Capua in Campania, Saint Victor the bishop, noted for his learning and holiness.
6. At Lyons in Gaul, Saint Nicetius, a bishop. Accessible to the poor and kind to the simple,
he ordered this church to observe the rules for chanting the psalms.
7. In the monastery of Luxeuil in Burgundy, Saint Eustace the abbot. A pupil of Saint
Columbanus, he was the father of almost six hundred monks.
8. At Chelmsford in England, Saint John Payne, priest and martyr, who in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I was hanged on a false charge of treason.
11. In the village of Xuong Dien in Vietnam, Saint Dominic Tuoc, a priest of the Order of
Preachers and a martyr under the emperor Minh Mang.
13. * At Vich in Catalonia, in Spain, Saint Francis Coll, priest of the Order of Preachers,
Founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation. Expelled from the cloister by the
revolutionary laws, yet remaining steadfast in his vocation, he spread the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ throughout the whole Catalan region.
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APRIL
3nd April
Three days before the Nones of April. Tenth day of the lunar month.
a
5
A
24
b
6
c
7
B
25
d
8
C
26
e
9
f
10
D
27
g
11
E
28
h
12
I
13
F
29
k
14
F
29
l
15
m
16
n
17
G
30
p
18
H
1
q
19
M
2
r
20
s
21
N
3
t
22
u
23
P
4
1. At Rome, Pope Saint Xystus I, who, at the time of the emperor Hadrian, ruled the Roman
Church as the sixth successor to Blessed Peter the apostle.
2. At Tomis in Scythia, Saints Chrestus and Pappus, martyrs.
3. At Tyre in Phoenicia, Saint Ulpian the martyr. A youth, in the persecution of the Caesar
Maximinus Daia, he was sewn up in a sack containing a serpent and a dog, and cast into the
sea.
4. At Naples in Campania, Saint John, a bishop, who died on the Holy Night of the Pasch
while celebrating the sacred mysteries, and, accompanied by a crowd of faithful and
neophytes, was buried on the day of the Solemnity of the Lords Resurrection.
5. In the monastery of Medicion in Bithynia, the death of St. Nicetas the hegumen. On
account of his veneration of holy images, he suffered incarceration and exile under the
emperor Leo the Armenian.
6. At Constantinople, Saint Joseph, called the Hymnographer, a priest who, as a monk, during
the raging of the iconoclasts, was sent to Rome to seek the protection of the Holy See, and
then, having been afflicted with many troubles, eventually became Keeper of the Sacred
Vessels of the church of Hagia Sophia.
7. At Chichester in England, Saint Richard the bishop. Sent into exile by King Henry III and
later restored to his see, he distinguished himself by his liberality towards the poor.
11. At Udine in Venezia, Saint Luigi Scrosoppi, a priest of the Congregation of the Oratory,
who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence for the education of
girls in the Christian spirit.
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54
4th April
The day before the Nones of April. Eleventh day of the lunar month.
a
6
b
7
A
25
c
8
B
26
d
9
C
27
e
10
f
11
D
28
g
12
E
29
h
13
I
14
F
30
k
15
F
30
l
16
m
17
G
1
n
18
p
19
H
2
q
20
M
3
r
21
s
22
N
4
t
23
u
24
P
5
aint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church. A disciple of his brother Leander, he
succeeded him in the see of Seville in Betica in Spain. He wrote many works with
erudition, convoked and presided at many synods, and wisely dedicated himself to zeal
for the Catholic Faith and the observance of ecclesiastical discipline.
2. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, the holy martyrs Agathopodes, a deacon, and Theodulus, a

lector. Under the Emperor Maximian and the presidency of the governor Faustinus, they
were cast into the sea with stones tied to their necks, on account of their confession of the
Christian faith.
3. At Milan in Liguria, the burial of Saint Ambrose the bishop, who went to meet Christ, the
vanquisher of death, on Holy Saturday. His memory is recalled however on seventh of
December, the day of his episcopal ordination.
4. At Constantinople, Saint Plato the hegumen, who struggled for many years with
unconquered spirit against the iconoclasts, and who set up the famous Studite monastery
with Theodosius his nephew.
7. At Palermo in Italy, St Benedict Massarari, who was called The Black, on account of the
colour of his skin. He was first a hermit, then a religious in the Order of Friars Minor. He
showed himself humble in all things and always full of faith in Divine Providence.

55
APRIL
5th April
The Nones of April. Twelfth day of the lunar month.
a
7
A
26
b
8
c
9
B
27
d
10
C
28
e
11
f
12
D
29
g
13
E
1
h
14
I
15
F
2
k
16
F
1
l
17
m
18
G
2
n
19
p
20
H
3
q
21
M
4
r
22
s
23
N
5
t
24
u
25
P
6
Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest of the Order of Preachers. Among us, his memory is
celebrated on the fifth day of May, the anniversary of the translation of his body.
2. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Saint Irene, virgin and martyr. When, contrary to an edict
of the emperor Diocletian, she concealed the sacred books, she was forced into a public
house of ill-repute; then she was burnt with fire at the command of the governor Dulcetius,
under whom her sisters, Agape and Chionia had suffered together previously.
3. At Seleucia in Persia, Saint Pherbutha, a widow, and sister of the saintly bishop Simeon.
She consummated her martyrdom, together with her lady-in-waiting, under King Sapor II.
4. Also, the commemoration of one-hundred and eleven men and nine women, martyrs,
gathered together from various places into the royal cites, who, when they steadfastly
refused to renounce Christ and adore fire, were thrown into the flames by order of the same
king.
5. At Regio in Morocco, the suffering of the holy martyrs who, in the persecution of Genseric,
the Arian king, were slain in church on Easter Day. Among them was a lector who, while
he was singing the Alleluia in the pulpit, was pierced through the throat by an arrow.
6. In the abbey of Grande-Sauve in Aquitaine, Saint Gerald, the abbot. Coming from the
abbey of Corbey, he was chosen as abbot of Laon. After making holy pilgrimages, he
secluded himself in the deep forest.
9.
At Palma on the island of Majorca in Spain, Saint Catherine Toms, virgin. Having
entered the Order of Regular Canonesses of Saint Augustine, she shone with contempt for
herself and abnegation of the will.
10. At Kaufbeuren, on the Wertach River in Bavaria, Germany, Saint Maria Crescentia Hss,
virgin, who, as a sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, strove to communicate to others
the fervour of the Holy Spirit, with which she was on fire.
The Martyrology is not read on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
APRIL
56
Easter Sunday of the Lords Resurrection
HIS IS THE DAY, WHICH THE LORD HAS MADE,
the Solemnity of
Solemnities and our Passover: the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to the flesh.
9th April
Five days before the Ides of April. Sixteenth day of the lunar month.
a
11
A
1
b
12
c
13
B
2
d
14
C
3
e
15
f
16
D
4
g
17
E
5
h
18
I
19
F
6
k
20
F
5
l
21
m
22
n
23
G
6
p
24
H
7
q
25
M
8
r
26
s
27
N
9
t
28
u
29
P
10
1. At Alexandria in Egypt, the bishop Saint Maxim, who, when he was a priest, joined
confession of the faith with exile as a companion of the bishop Denis, whom he afterwards
succeeded.
2. In the same place, Saint desius, a martyr, brother of Saint Apphian. Under the emperor
Maximian, he openly confronted the judged who had ordered that virgins dedicated to God
be thrown to the lions, wherefore he was arrested by soldiers and tortured for Christ the
Lord, and was drowned in the sea.
3. At Sirmium in Hungary, Saint Demetrius, the martyr, who is venerated with loving
devotion everywhere in the East, particularly in Thessaloniki.
4. At Csarea in Cappadocia, Saint Eupsychius the martyr, who consummated his martyrdom
under the emperor Julian the Apostate, because he destroyed the temple of the goddess
Fortuna.
5. At Le Mans in Lyonnaise Gaul, Saint Liborius the bishop.
6. At Amda in Mesopotamia, the bishop Saint Acacius, who roused the clergy by hurling
fearful exhortations and who even melted down the sacred vessels of the church and sold
them to the Romans in order to redeem captives of the Persians.
7. At Mons in Hainaut in Nuestria, Blessed Waldetrude, who was a sister of Saint Aldegund,
the wife of Saint Vincent Madelgarius and the mother of four saints. Following her
husbands example, she vowed herself to God and took the monastic habit in a monastery
that she herself had built.
8. At Jumiges, also in Nuestria, Saint Hugh, Bishop of Rouen, who ruled both the monastery
of Fontenelle and the churches of Paris and Bayeux. Finally, having resigned all these
offices, he was abbot of Jumiges.
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INDEX OF NAMES OF FEASTS, SAINTS AND BLESSEDS

A
Abundius, bishop of Como in Liguria, 52
Acacius, bishop in Mesopotamia, 56
desius, martyr, 56
therius, martyr in the Crimea, 26
Agape, virgin martyr, sister of St Irene, 55
Agapis, virgin and martyr, 51
Agapius, martyr at Csarea in Palestine, 43
Agathadorus, martyr in the Crimea, 26
Agathopodes, deacon and martyr, 54
Agnes
abbess at Prague, 21
Cao Kuiying, martyr in China, 20
Agricola, bishop of Chalons, 36
Albert the Great, 39
Aldegund, 56
Alexander
bishop of Alexandria, 16
bishop of Jerusalem and martyr in Csarea, 37
companion of Priscus and Malchus, martyrs at
Alexandria, 47
martyr also at Csarea in Palestine, 43
martyr at Apamea on the Meander, 29
martyr at Csarea in Palestine, 43
martyr at Pidna in Macedonia, 33
Alexius U Se-yong, 30
Aloysius Orione, 31
Amando, 36
Ambrose
bishop of Milan, 54
Sansedone,Bl., 39
Anastasius, 51
Andrew, bishop of Florence, 16
Angela Guerrero Gonzalez of the Cross, 21
Anna Line, widow and martyr, 17
Annunciation of the Lord, 44
Anselm, bishop of Lucca, 37
Ansovinus, bishop at Camerino, 32
Anthony Daveluy, 49
Antiocianus, 51
Antony of the Maronites, 42
Apollonius, martyr at Antino in Egypt, 27
Apphian, martyr at Csarea, 52, 56
Archelaus Photius, martyr at Nicomedia, 23
Archinimus, martyr during the Vandal persecution, 48
Archippus, comrade of St Paul the Apostle, 39
Armogastus, martyr during the Vandal persecution, 48
Ash Wednesday, 12
Asterius
martyr at Rome, 51
Attala, abbot of Bobbio, 29
Aubin, bishop of Angers, 20
Augustine Chapdelaine, 18, 19
Augustine Zhao Rong, 40
Avertanus of Lucca, 15
B
Balbina, 50
Baldomer, subdeacon at Lyons, 17

Barontius, hermit, 45
Basil
martyr in the Crimea, 26
of the Decapolis, 17
priest and martyr at Ancyra, Galatia, 41
the Great, 45
Basilissa, 41
Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello, 40
Benedict
abbot, 40
bishop at Milan, 30
Massarari, hermit, 54
Benjamin, deacon and martyr, 50
Benvenutus Scotivoli, bishop, 41
Bercharius, abbot of Hautvilliers and Der, 45
Besa, martyr at Alexandria in Egypt, 17
Braulio, bishop of Saragossa, 37
Bridget, 43
Bruno, bishop of Querfurt, 28
Budock, 22
C
Csarius, brother of St Gregory Nazianzen, 15
Caius,martyr at Apamea on the Meander, 29
Callinica, 41
Capito, martyr in the Crimea, 26
Casimir, son of the King of Poland, 23
Castor, martyr at Tarsus, 47
Castulus, martyr, 45
Catherine
at Vadstena, Sweden, 43
of Bologne, 28
Toms, virgin on Majorca, 55
Celsus, bishop of Armagh, 51
Chad, bishop, 21
Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle, 12
Cheledonius, martyr, 22
Chiona, virgin and martyr, 51
Chionia, virgin martyr, sister of St Irene, 55
Chrestus, martyr in Scythia, 53
Christine, martyr in Persia, 32
Christopher of Milan, Bl., 22
Chrodogang, bishop of Metz, 25
Clement Mary Hofbauer, 34
Cleonicus, martyr in Pontus, 22
Clinius, abbot, 49
Codratus, martyr in Anatolia, 45
Colette Boylet, virgin, 25
Columbanus, 29, 52
Conon, martyr in Pamphilia, 24
Constantius Servuli, Bl, 14
Cornelius, pope, 24
Cunegund, empress, 22
Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, 39
Cyra of Beroa, Syria, virgin, 18
Cyril
bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the Church, 37
deacon and martyr at Heliopolis in Phoenicia, 47
martyr in Antioch, Syria, 39
INDEX
D
David
bishop of Menevia in Wales, 20
Demetrius, martyr at Sirmium, 56
Denis
another martyr at Csarea in Palestine, 43
bishop of Alexandria, 56
Desiderius, hermit, 45
Dominic
Cam, priest and martyr, 30
Savio, 28
Tuoc, priest and martyr, 52
Domna, 31
Domninus, martyr at Thessaloniki, 49
Dorotheus, martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 31
Droctoveus, abbot of Autun, 29
Dula, martyr at Nicomedia, 44
E
Ebulius, martyr at Csarea, 26
Edward, King of the English, 37
Elpidius, martyr in the Crimea, 26
Emmanuel, martyr in Anatolia, 45
Epaphrodtus, 41
Ephrm, martyr in the Crimea, 26
Ethelbert, King of the East Angles, 14
Eugene
martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 31
martyr in the Crimea, 26
Eulogius, martyr at Cordoba, 30, 34
Eunus, martyr at Alexandria in Egypt, 17
Eupsychius, martyr at Csarea, 56
Eustace, abbot of Luxeil, 52
Euthymio, 24
Eutropius, martyr in Pontus, 22
Eutychus, subdeacon and martyr in Alexandrai, 45
Evagrius, bishop of Constantinople, 25
Evetius, martyr at Nicomedia, 14
F
Faustianus, bishop of Bologna, 16
Felicity, martyr at Carthage, 26
Felix
bishop of Dommoc, 27
III, pope, 20
Florentina, sister of St Isidore, 32
Forty soldiers of Cappadocia, 28
Forty-two martyrs of Syria, 25
Frances of Rome, 28
Francis
Coll, priest, 52
de Paola, hermit, 52
Fridolin, abbot of Sckingen, 25
Frigidian, bishop of Lucca, 37
Fulgentius, brother of St Isidore, 32
G
Gabriel Lalemant, 36
Gaianus, 51
Gaudiosus, bishop of Brescia, 26
58
Gerald, abbot of Grande-Sauve, 55

Gerasimus, anchorite, 24
Germanus, 29
Gertrude, virgin, 36
Good thief, 44
Gorgonius, martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 31
Gregory
Doctor of the Armenians, 17
Nazianzen, 15, 48
the Wonderworker, 21
Gregory I, pope, known as the Great, 31
Gunthram, King of the Franks, 47
H
Hadrian, martyr at Csarea in Palestine, 24, 26
Helena, 29
Henry
emperor, 22
King of Saxony, 33
Herbland, 44
Heribert, bishop of Cologne, 35
Herniterius, martyr, 22
Hilarion, hegumen of the monastery of Pelect, 47
Hilary
bishop and martyr in Aquileia, 35
pope, 18, 19
Holy martyrs
of Alexandria martyred by devotees of Serapis, 36
of Alexandria on Good Friday, 40
of Constantinople under the Arians, 49
of Morocco under Geneseric, 55
Hugh
bishop of Grenoble, 51
bishop of Rouen, 56
I
Innocent I, pope, 31
Irene, virgin and martyr, 55
Isidore of Seville, bishop and doctor of the Church, 32, 37,
54
Isnard of Chiampo, Bl., 38
J
James, known as the Confessor, 40
Jan Sarkander, 36
John
abbot of Parran, 38
bishop of Naples, 53
Climacus, abbot of Mt Sion, 49
de Brbeuf, 35
Nepomuce, 39
of God, 27
Ogilvie, 29
Payne, priest and martyr, 52
Theristes, monk, 13
John Baptist
Chon Chang-un, 28
Nam Chong-sam, 26
John Joseph of the Cross (Charles Cajetan) Calosirto, 24
Joseph
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INDEX
Chang Chu-gi, 49
Oriol, priest, 42
Sebastian Pelczar, 47
spouse of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, 38
the Hymnographer, 53
Zhang Dapeng, 31
Julian
bishop of Toledo, 25
martyr at Alexandria in Egypt, 17
martyr at Anazubus in Cilicia, 35
Julio lvarez, priest and martyr, 49
Just Ranfer de Bretenires, 26
K
Katherine Drexel, virgin, 22
L
Laurence Bai Xiaoman, 15
Lazarus, bishop of Milan, 33
Lea, widow, 41
Leander, bishop, brother of St Isidore, 32, 54
Leo, bishop and martyr in Gascony, 20
Leobard, hermit at Tours, 37
Leobinus, bishop of Chatres, 33
Leocritia, virgin and martyr at Cordoba, 34
Leonrd Murialdo, 49
Liborius, bishop of Le Mans, 56
Louis Beaulieu, 26
Louise de Marillac, 34
Lucius, pope, 24
Lucy Filippini, 44
Ldiger, bishop of Mnster, 45
Luigi Scrosoppi, priest, 53
Luke Hwang Sok-tu, 49
Lupicinus, abbot, 40
M
Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, 29
Macedonius, priest and martyr at Nicomedia, 32
Malchus, martyr at Alexandria, 47
Marana of Beroa, Syria, virgin, 18
Marcian, bishop and martyr, 25
Mardon, 31
Margaret Clitherow, martyr, 44
Margaret of Cortona, 12
Maria
Crescentia Hss, virgin, 55
Josefa del Corazn de Jess, 39
Marinus, martyr at Csarea in Palestine, 22
Mark
Barkworth, 17
bishop of Arethusa of Syria, 48
Chong Ui-bae, 30
Martin Luke Huin, 49
Martyrs of Alexandria during plague, 18
Mary of Egypt, 51
Mathilda, wife of King Henry, 33
Matrona, martyr, 44
Maurus, 51
Maxim, bishop of Alexandria, 56
Maxima, martyr at Sirmium in Hungary, 45
Maximian, bishop of Ravenna, 12

Maximilian, martyr in Numidia, 31
Maximus, 31
Menignus, martyr in the Hellespont, 34
Milburge, virgin and abbess of Wenlock, 13
Modesta, martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 32
Modestus, bishop of Trier, 14
Mona, bishop of Milan, 44
Montanus, priest and martyr at Sirmium in Hungary, 45
Mygdon, martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 31
N
Nestor, bishop of Magydus, 15
Nicetas
bishop of Appolonia in Macedonia, 39
hegumen of Medicion in Bithynia, 53
Nicetius, bishop of Lyons, 52
Nicholas
de Fle, hermit, 40
Owen, martyr, 41
O
One-hundred and eleven men and nine women, martyrs
in Persia, 55
Oswald, bishop of Worcester and York, 18, 19
P
Pacian, bishop, 28
Papa, martyr in Persia, 35
Papias, 12
Pappus, martyr in Scythia, 53
Paschasius, bishop of Vienne, 12
Patricia, martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia, 32
Patrick the bishop, 36
Paul
Aurelian, first bishop of Lon, 31
bishop and martyr at Narbonne, France, 41
bishop in Bithynia, 26
known as the Simple, 26
martyr in Antioch, Syria, 39
monk, martyr on Cyprus, 36
the Apostle, 39, 41
Paula Montal Forns De San Jos De Calasanz, 16
Paulianus, 51
Pausides, 43
Perpetua, martyr at Carthage, 26
Peter
Aumatre, 49
bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, 45
Choe Hyong, 28
Damian, 12
Geremia, Bl., 22
Henry Dorie, 26
Higgins, Bl, priest and martyr, 42
of Alcantar, 24
of Valladolid Regaldo, 49
the Apostle, 16
Pherbutha, widow at Seleucia in Persia, 55
Philemon, martyr at Antino in Egypt, 27
Phocus, martyr in Sinope, 24
INDEX
Photius, martyr at Nicomedia, 23

Pionius, martyr at Smyrna, 30
Plato the hegumen, 54
Polycarp, bishop and martyr at Smyrna, 12, 13
Pontus, 21
Pontus, deacon at Carthage, 27
Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza, 16
Priscus, martyr at Alexandria, 47
Procopius
hermit in Bohemia, 44
of the Decapolis, 17
Proterius, bishop of Alexandria, 47
Q
Quiriacus, priest at Trier, 25
Quirinius Photius, martyr at Nicomedia, 23
Quirinus, martyr, 44
R
Rafqa de Himlaya ar-Rayys, virgin, 42
Regulus, bishop of Arles, 49
Revocatus, martyr at Carthage, 26
Richard, bishop of Chitchester, 53
Roger Filcock, 17
Romanus
abbot at Mt Jura, 18
brother of St Lupicinus, 40
Romulus, 43
Ruderic, priest and martyr in Cordoba, Spain, 32
Rupert, bishop of Salzburg, 46
S
Sabine
martyr at Hermopolis in Egypt, 32
martyr in Anatolia, 45
Salvatore de Horta Grionesos, 37
Saturninus
martyr at Carthage, 26
martyr during the Vandal persecution, 48
Satyrus, martyr at Carthage, 26
Secundinus, martyr at Carthage, 26
Secundulus, martyr in Mauretania, 43
Secundus, martyr at Asti, 49
Septimus, 26, 51
Serapion, an anchorite in Egypt, 40
Simeon, martyr bishop of Seleucia in Persia, 55
Simon Berneux, 26
Simplicius, pope, 29
Sinrus, martyr at Sirmium, 13
Sirnus, martyr at Sirmium, 13
Siviard, abbot of Anille, 20
Smaragdus, 31
Solomon, martyr in Cordoba, Spain, 32
Sophronius, bishop of Jerusalem, 30
Stephen Harding, abbot of Cteaux, 47
Suibert, bishop and monk in Northumbria, 20
Sybilline Biscossi, 38
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T
Tatian, martyr in Aquileia, 35
Telius, 51
Teresa Eustochio (Ignatia) Verzeri, 22
Thalus, martyr at Laodicea, 30
Theodosia, virgin and martyr at Csarea, 52
Theodosius, martyr in Anatolia, 45
Theodulus, lector and martyr, 54
Theophanes, abbot of the Great Acre, 31
Theophilus, bishop of Csarea, 24
Theophylact, bishop of Nicomedia, 27
Therese Margaret Redi, 26
Theristes, 13
Thomas
Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, 26
son Cha-son, 49
Timolaus, 43
Titian, bishop of Venice, 22
Troadius, martyr in Pontus, 21
Trophimus, martyr at Laodicea, 30
Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop of Lima, 42
Twenty holy monks in the laura of St Sabbas, 39
U
Ulpian, martyr at Tyre, 53
V
Venantius, also known as Wigand, bishop, 51
Victor
bishop of Capua, 52
martyr in Africa, 29
the hermit at Arcies, 16
Victorinus, martyr at Nicomedia, 25
Vincent
de Paul, 34
Ferrer, priest, 55
Madelgarius, 56
W
Walburga, abbess of Heidenheim, 15
Waldetrude, 56
Walric, priest and hermit, 51
Wigand, also known as Venantius, bishop, 51
Wilfrid, 20
William Hart, 34
Willibald, brother of St Boniface, 15
Winebald, brother of St Boniface, 15
Winwaloe, abbot of Landvennec, 22
Wulfram, monk, bishop of Sens, 39
X
Xystus I, pope and martyr, 53
Z
Zachary, pope, 34
Zosimus, bishop, 49

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ORDER OF READING THE MARTYROLOGY

ORDER OF READING THE MARTYROLOGY

Seek the Lord while he may be found,

Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height;

The Lord God has opened my ear,

The Lord God helps me;

The Word of the Lord.

The reading of the Martyrology is omitted.

Easter Sunday of the Lords Resurrection and throughout the Octave

The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Wisdom rescued from troubles those who served her.

The Word of the Lord.

Scripture texts from the New Revised Standard Version,

Cf. Missale Romanum (2002), Collect for St Blase (3 February).

7. Almighty, ever-living God, who, among so many benefits,

14. Giving thanks for the victory of your Saints,

22. Be present to your servants, we pray, O Lord,

30. Grant help, Lord, we pray

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

In a leap year, the following are put off until tomorrow:

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

1. At Neocsarea [Niksar] in Pontus, Saint Troadius, a martyr in the persecution of the

1. At Tortona in Liguria, Saint Marcian, who is venerated as a bishop and martyr.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

2. At Sebaste in Armenia, the passion of forty soldiers of Cappadocia, who, as

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

1. At Pidna in Macedonia, Saint Alexander, a martyr.

1. At Aquileia in Venezia, Saints Hilary, a bishop, and Tatian, martyrs.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

1. In Egypt, Saint Serapion, an anchorite.

At the monastery of Montier-en-Der in the region of Champagne in France, Saint

7. At Monte Cavo in Tuscany, the holy hermits Barontius and Desiderius.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

1. At Tarsus in Cilicia, Saint Castor the martyr.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

1. At Asti in Transpadana, Saint Secundus, martyr.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

2. At Thessaloniki in Macedonia, the holy martyrs Agathopodes, a deacon, and Theodulus, a

V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord.

Easter Sunday of the Lords Resurrection

HIS IS THE DAY, WHICH THE LORD HAS MADE,

INDEX OF NAMES OF FEASTS, SAINTS AND BLESSEDS

Baldomer, subdeacon at Lyons, 17

Gerald, abbot of Grande-Sauve, 55

Maximian, bishop of Ravenna, 12

Photius, martyr at Nicomedia, 23

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