Exciting Holiness. Brother Tristram
c.550 (ESW)
12 Drostan (Tristan) of Deer, Abbot, c.600 (S)
14 John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 (EW)
15 Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 (E)
15 Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 (E)
16 Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 (E)
18 Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 (E)
18 Elizabeth of Russia, Religious, Marytr, 1918 (W)
19 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and 379 (EW)
20 Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th Century (E)
20 Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566 (E)
21 Howell Harris, Preacher, 1773 (W)
21 William Wilberforce (S) see 30 July
22 Mary Magdalene
23 Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 (E)
24 Declan, Bishop, 5th century (I)
25 James the Apostle
26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ES)
26 Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (W)
27 Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901 (E)
27 John Comper, Priest, 1903 (S)
28 Samson, Bishop, 5th century (W)
29 Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord (E)
29 Mary and Martha (SW)
29 William Wilberforce, Josephine Butler, and all Social Reformers (W) see 30 May and 30 July
30 Silas, Companion of Paul (SW)
30 Thomas Clarkson, Olaudah Equiano and William Wilberforce, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1846, 1797 and 1833 (E) 31 Joseph of Arimathea (W)
31 Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 (ES)
Alternative Dates
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May (E).
Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July (ES).
Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December (E).
August
3 Germanus, Bishop, 5th century (W)
4 JeanBaptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 (E)
5 Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 (ESW)
6 The Transfiguration of our Lord
7 Boisil of Melrose, c.642 (S)
7 John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 (E)
8 Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 (ESW)
9 Felim, Father of Columba, c.560 (I)
9 Crumnathy (Nathi), c.610 (I)
9 Augustine Baker, Priest, Monk, 1641 (W)
9 John Mason Neale (S) see 7 August
9 Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921 (EW)
9 Edith Stein, Teacher of the Faith, Religious, Martyr, 1942 (W)
10 Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 (ESW)
11 Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 (ESW)
11 John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890 (E)
12 Muredach (Murtagh), Bishop, c.480 (I)
12 Blane, Missionary, c.590 (S)
12 Ann Griffiths, Poet, 1805 (W)
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
13 Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910 (E)
13 Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912 (E)
14 Fachtna (Fachanan), Bishop of Ross, 6th century (I)
14 Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 (ESW)
15 The Blessed Virgin Mary (ESW)
16 Charles Inglis, Bishop of Nova Scotia, 1816 (I)
20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153 (ESW)
20 William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890 (E)
23 Tydfil, Martyr, 430 (W)
24 Bartholomew the Apostle
25 Ebba of Coldingham, Abbess, 683 (S)
27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 (ESW)
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430 (ESW)
29 The Beheading of John the Baptist (ESW)
30 John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 (E)
31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 (ESW)
Alternative Date
The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September instead of 15 August (EI).
September
1 Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710 (E)
2 The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942 (ESW)
3 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604 (ESW)
4 Oengus Mac Nisse of Dalriada, Bishop of Connor, 514 (I)
4 Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650 (E)
4 Cuthbert (W) see 20 March
6 Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851 (E)
8 The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9 Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, c.545 (I)
9 Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 (E)
10 Finnian of Movilla in the Ards, 579 (I)
10 William Salesbury, Translator and William Morgan, Bishop and Translator, 1584 and 1604 (W)
11 Deiniol, Bishop, 6th century (W)
12 Ailbhe, Bishop, c.526 (I)
13 Cyprian (SW) see 15 September
13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407 (E)
14 Holy Cross Day (ESW)
15 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 (E)
16 Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432 (ESW)
16 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 (E)
17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 (ES)
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 (E)
20 Saints, Martyrs and Missionaries of Australasia and the Pacific (W)
20 John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 (ES)
21 Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
23 Adamnán (Eunan), Abbot of Iona, 704 (IS)
25 Fin Barre of Cork, Hermit and Abbot, 623 (I)
25 Finnbar of Caithness, Bishop, 5th–6th century (S)
25 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 (E)
25 Sergei of Radonezh, Russian