Red Letter Days
day-by-day list
The mediaeval year was full of saints and other religious festivals. Those listed below are only a sample, dates given should not be taken as definitive.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Jan Circumcision
5 Jan Edward the Confessor
6 Jan Epiphany - Jour des Roys
7 Jan Distaff Day
7 Jan Rock Day
8 Jan Lucian
9 Jan Adrian of Canterbury
13 Jan Hilary, B of Poitiers
17 Jan Anthony the Great of Egypt
18 Jan Prisca
19 Jan Wulfstan
20 Jan Fabian, Fabian & Sebastian
21 Jan Agnes
22 Jan Vincent
25 Jan Conversion of Paul
25 Jan Burns' night
26 Jan Polycarp(us)
26 Jan Australia Day
27 Jan John Crysostom
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Feb Bride - Bridget
2 Feb Purification of V Mary
2 Feb Candlemas
2 Feb Scottish Quarter Day
3 Feb Blase - Blasius
3 Feb Anskar of Sweden
5 Feb Agatha
6 Feb Dorothea
10 Feb Scholastica
14 Feb Valentine
18 Feb Simeon
22 Feb Cathedra Petri
24 Feb Matthias
28 Feb Oswald bishop
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Mar David of Menevia
2 Mar Chad/Cedde
7 Mar Perpetua
12 Mar Gregory
17 Mar Patrick
18 Mar Edward - King of W Saxons
19 Mar Joseph
20 Mar Cuthbert
21 Mar Benedict
25 Mar Annunciation of V Mary
25 Mar Lady Day
25 Mar English Quarter Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Apr All Fools Day
3 Apr Richard
4 Apr Ambrose
11 Apr Leo the Great
11 Apr Guthlac
19 Apr Alphege
21 Apr Anslem
23 Apr George
25 Apr Mark, Evangelist
27 Apr Anastasius
29 Apr Translation of Edmund king
30 Apr Catherine of Sienna
30 Apr Walpurgis night
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 May Philip & James the Less, Apostles
1 May May Day
2 May Athanasius
3 May Invention of the Cross
4 May Ethelred
4 May Monica
6 May John Evangelist, ante Portam Lat.
7 May John of Beverley
12 May Pancras
15 May Scottish Quarter Day 'Whitsun'
19 May Dunstan
20 May Ethelbert king
25 May Aldhelm of Sherborne
25 May Trans of Francis
25 May Urban
26 May Augustine of Canterbury
27 May Venerable Bede
29 May Royal Oak Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Jun Nicomede
5 Jun Boniface
9 Jun Columba of Iona
9 Jun Translation of Edmund archbishop
11 Jun Barnabas the Apostle
13 Jun Anthony of Padua
14 Jun Basil
15 Jun Eadburga
17 Jun Alban ( also 22 Jun)
17 Jun Botolph
20 Jun Translation of K Edward
22 Jun Alban ( also 17 Jun)
23 Jun Ethelreda/Audrey
23 Jun Vigil
24 Jun Nativity of John the Baptist
24 Jun Midsummer Day
24 Jun English Quarter Day
28 Jun Irenaeus of Lyons
29 Jun Peter
29 Jun Peter & Paul
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
2 Jul Visitation of V Mary
2 Jul Swithin, Swithun
3 Jul Trans Thomas apostle
4 Jul Trans of Martin
7 Jul Trans Thomas Becket of Canterbury
8 Jul Grimbold
8 Jul Margaret queen of Scotland
11 Jul Trans of Benedict
13 Jul Mildred
15 Jul Swithin, Swithun translation of "St Swithin's Day"
15 Jul Trans of Richard of Chichester
17 Jul Kenelm
20 Jul Margaret
22 Jul Mary Magdalen
23 Jul Apollinaris
25 Jul James the Great
25 Jul Christopher
26 Jul Anne
27 Jul Martha
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Aug Lammas Day
1 Aug Scottish Quarter Day
1 Aug Peter ad Vincula
1 Aug Gule of August
3 Aug Invention of St Stephen
4 Aug Dominic
5 Aug Oswald
6 Aug Transfiguration
7 Aug Name of Jesus
10 Aug Laurence
12 Aug Clara
13 Aug Hypolitas
15 Aug Assumption of V Mary
18 Aug Helena
19 Aug Magnus
20 Aug Bernard of Clairvaux
22 Aug Timotheus & Symphorianus
24 Aug Bartholomew
24/25 Aug Audoenus/Ouen
28 Aug Augustine of Hippo
29 Aug Beheading of John the Baptist
31 Aug Aidan of Lindisfarne
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Sep Giles/Egidius of Provence
1 Sep Priscus
7 Sep Evurtius
4 Sep Translation of Cuthbert
8 Sep Nativity of V Mary
13 Sep Cyprian
14 Sep Cornelius & Cyprian
14 Sep Holy Cross Day
14 Sep Holy Rood Day
14 Sep Crouchmas
16 Sep Ninian
16 Sep Editha
16 Sep Euphemia
16 Sep Lucianus & Geminianus
17 Sep Lambert
19 Sep Theodore of Tarsus
21 Sep Matthew
21 Sep Laudus
22 Sep Maurice
24 Sep Conception of John Baptist
26 Sep Cyprian
26 Sep Cyprian & Justina
27 Sep Cosmas and Damian
29 Sep Michaelmas
29 Sep Michael & All Angels
29 Sep English Quarter Day
30 Sep Jerome/Hierome/Hieronymus
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Oct Remigius
1 Oct Meliorus
4 Oct Francis of Assisi, Franciscus
6 Oct Faith
9 Oct Denys
12 Oct Wilfrid
13 Oct Translation of Edward the Confessor
13 Oct Quindene of Michaelmas
14 Oct Calisto - Ceelict - Calixtus
16 Oct Michael in Monte tumba
17 Oct Ethelreda/Audrey
17 Oct Ignatius
18 Oct Luke
25 Oct Crispin and Crispinian
26 Oct Alfred
28 Oct Simon & Jude
31 Oct Quintin
31 Oct Vigil
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
1 Nov All Saints'' Day
1 Nov All Hallows
1 Nov Hallowmas
2 Nov All Souls'' Day
2 Nov Soulemas
2 Nov Eustachius
3 Nov Hubert
6 Nov Leonard
8 Nov Saints, Martyrs & Doctors of CoE
11 Nov Martin of Tours
11 Nov Martinmas
11 Nov Scottish Quarter Day
13 Nov Brice - Britius
14 Nov Erkenwald, B of London
15 Nov Machutus
16 Nov Edmund, archbishop
16 Nov Margaret of Scotland
17 Nov Hugh of Lincoln
17 Nov Hilda
20 Nov Edmund the King
22 Nov Cecilia
23 Nov Clement
23 Nov Felicitas
25 Nov Catherine of Alexandria
29 Nov Vigil
30 Nov Andrew
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alphabetical
3 Dec Birinus
4 Dec Osmund
4 Dec Clement
6 Dec Nicholas
7 Dec Ambrose
8 Dec Conception of V Mary
13 Dec Lucy
13 Dec Judoc
16 Dec O Sapientia
17 Dec Ignatius
21 Dec Thomas
24 Dec Vigil
25 Dec Christmas Day
25 Dec English Quarter Day
26 Dec Stephen
27 Dec John the Evangelist
28 Dec Holy Innocents Day, Childermas
29 Dec Thomas Becket of Canterbury
31 Dec Silvester
31 Dec Hogmanay
