St Francis Church Feast Days

St. Francis of Assisi  (4th October)

This page contains all the Feast Days listing 2023 which are used to populate the Feast Days listing on the 'News' page and the parish newsletter.

The 'Feast Days' listing has been extended to include an additional feature. Wherever the name is underlined just click on the name to open up all the information from Wikipedia on the feast day.

Try this now by clicking on 'St Francis of Assisi' underneath his picture.

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January 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st January	Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
2nd January	St. Basil The Great  Bishop, c330 – 379
	St. Gregory Nazianzen  Bishop, c329 – 389
4th January	St Elizabeth  1271 - 1336
6th January	St John Neumann  Bishop, 1811 - 1860
6th January	Epiphany of the Lord
7th January	St Raymond of Peñafort  Priest c1175 - 1275
9th January	The Baptism of the Lord
12th January	St. Aelred of Rievaulx  Abbot, c1110 – 1167
13th January	St. Hilary  Bishop, c315 - 368
17th January	St. Anthony  Abbot, c251 - 356
19th January	St. Wulstan  Bishop, c1008 - 1095
20th January	St. Fabian  Pope, 236 - 250
	St. Sebastian  Martyr, cAD 256 – 288
21st January	St. Agnes  Virgin Martyr, c291 – c304
22nd January	St. Vincent  Deacon, Martyr, 3rd century - c304
24th January	St. Francis de Sales  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, 1567 – 1622
25th January	The Conversion Of St. Paul  Apostle, AD 34–37
26th January	St. Timothy  Bishop, Martyr, cAD 17 - cAD 97
	St. Titus  Bishop, 1st century AD - 96 or 107
27th January	St. Angela Merici  Religious Educator, 1474 – 1540
28th January	St. Thomas Aquinas  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c1224 – 1274
31st January	St. John Bosco  Priest, c1815 - 1888

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February 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
2nd February	The Presentation Of The Lord
3rd February	St. Werburgh  Patron Saint of the City of Chester, 650 - 700
	St Blaise  Bishop, Martyr, Died 316 AD
	St Ansgar  Bishop, 801 – 865
5th February	St. Agatha  Virgin, Martyr, c231 – 251
6th February	St. Paul Miki and Companions  Martyrs, c1597
8th February	St. Jerome Emilani  Humanitarian, c1486 – 1537
	St. Josephine Bakhita  Religious sister, c1868 – 1947
9th February	St Teilo  Bishop, c500 – c560
10th February	St. Scholastica  Foundress of the Benedictine Nuns, c480-540
11th February	Our Lady Of Lourdes
	World Day of Prayer for the Sick
14th February	St. Cyril  Monk, 826–869
	Methodius  Bishop, 815–885
17th February	Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites  c1233
	This Group of Clergy suffered death during a period of 150 years following the religious changes brought about by King Henry VIII. Those particularly celebrated in the Shrewsbury diocese include: St. John Plessington, St.Ambrose Barlow and St. Margaret Ward.
21st February	St. Peter Damian  Bishop, Doctor of the Church c1007 – 1072
22nd February	Ash Wednesday  (Day of Fasting and Abstinence)
	The Chair Of St. Peter  Apostle, 1647 - 1653
23rd February	St. Polycarb, B.M.  Bishop, Martyr c69 - 155
28th February	St. Oswald  Archbishop of York from 972 - 992

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March 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
2nd March	St. David  Bishop, Patron Saint of Wales, c sixth century
4th March	St. Casimir  1458 - 1484
7th March	Ss. Perpetua and Felicity  Martyrs c200
8th March	St. John of God  c1495 - 1550
9th March	St. Francis of Rome  c1384 - 1440
11th March	St. Aengus  c1384 - 1440
15th March	St. Francis  1567 - 1622
17th March	St. Patrick, B.  Patron Of Ireland
18th March	St. Cyril Of Jerusalem  Bishop, Doctor of the Church
19th March	St. Joseph  Husband Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
23rd March	St. Toribio de Mogrovejo  Bishop
25th March	The Annunciation Of The Lord

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April 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
2nd April	Palm Sunday  The Passion of the Lord
	St Francis of Paola  Hermit
4th April	St. Isidore  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c560 - 636
5th April	St. Vincent Ferrer  Priest, c1350 - 1419
7th April	Good Friday
	St. John The Baptist de la Salle  1651 - 1719
	St. Stanislaus  (Stanislaus of Szczepanów) Bishop, Martyr, 1030 – 1079
9th April	Easter Sunday
10th April	Easter Monday
13th April	St. Martin  Pope, Martyr, Died 655
16th April	Saint Bernadette of Lourdes   Her relics visited the Diocese of Shrewsbury in Autumn 2022 as part of a national tour of Britain
20th April	St Beuno  Abbot
21th April	St Anselm  Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, 1033 – 1109
23rd April	St. George  Martyr, Patron Of England
	St. Adalbert  Bishop, Martyr, c956 – 997
24th April	St. Fidelius of Sigmaringen  Priest and Martyr, 1577 – 1622
25th April	St. Mark  Evangelist, 5 - 68
28th April	St. Peter Chanel  1803 – 1841
	St. Louis Marie de Montfort  1673 - 1716
29th April	St. Catherine Of Siena  Doctor of the Church, Patron of Europe, 1347 - 1380
30th April	St. Pius V  Pope, 1504 – 1572

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May 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st May	St. Joseph the Worker
2nd May	St. Athanasius  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c297 - 373
3rd May	Saint Philip  Apostle
	Saint James  Apostle
4th May	The English Martyrs
5th May	Saint Asaph   Bishop
12th May	Saints Nereus, Achilleus and Pancras  c304
	Our Lady of Fatima
14th May	St Matthias  Apostle
17th May	St. Paschal  Franciscan
18th May	St. John I  Pope and Martyr, c5th Century
19th May	St. Dunstan  Bishop, c909 - 988
	St. Milburga  c745
20th May	St. Bernardine of Siena  Priest, Missionary, c1380-1444
21st May	St. Cristóbal Magallanes Jara  Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
22nd May	St. Rita of Cascia
24th May	Mary, Mother of the Church
25th May	St. Bede the Venerable  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c673 – 735
	Gregory VII  Pope
	St. Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi  Virgin
26th May	St. Philip Neri  c1515 – 1595
27th May	Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest
	St Augustine of Canterbury  Bishop, c6th Century
29th May	St Paul VI  Pope, 1897 - 1978
31st May	The Visitation of The Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

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June 2023

  

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st June	St. Justin  100–165
2nd June	Saints Marcellinus and Peter  Martyrs, c304
3rd June	Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions  Martyrs
5th June	St. Boniface  Bishop, Martyr, c657–754
6th June	St. Norbert  Bishop, c1080–1134
9th June	St. Ephreme of Syria  Deacon, Doctor of the Church, c306–373
	St. Columba  Abbot, c521-597
	St. Barnabas  Apostle
13th June	St. Anthony of Padua  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c1195–1231
16th June	St. Richard of Chichester  c1197-1253
19th June	St. Romuald  c951-1027
20th June	St. Alban  c251-304
21st June	St. Aloysius Gonzaga  c1568–1591
22nd June	St. John Fisher  c1469-1535
	St. Thomas More  c1478–1535
	St Paulinus of Nola,  Bishop
23rd June	St. Etheldreda (Audrey)  Abbess, c636-679
24th June	The Nativity of St. John The Baptist
27th June	St. Cyril of Alexandria  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c370-444
28th June	St. Irenaeus  c130-200
29th June	Saints Peter and Paul  Apostles - Holyday of Obligation
30th June	The First Martyrs of The Church of Rome

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July 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st July	St. Oliver Plunkett  c1625 - 1681
3rd July	St. Thomas  Apostle
4th July	St. Elizabeth of Portugal  c1271 – 1336
5th July	St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria  c1502 – 1539
6th July	St. Maria Goretti  c1890 - 1902
9th July	St. Augustine Zhao Rong  (Tortured and died 1815) and Companions All Martyred between 1648 – 1930
11th July	St. Benedict  480 - 547
13th July	St. Henry  c973 – 1024
14th July	St. Camillus de Lellis  c1150 - 1614
15th July	St Bonaventure  Bishop, Doctor of the Church
16th July	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
19th July	St. John Plessington  Catholic Priest, martyred in Chester on 19th July 1679. Canonised Saint 25th October 1970
20th July	St. Apollinaris
21st July	St. Lawrence of Brindisi  c1559 – 1619
22nd July	St. Mary Magdalene
23rd July	St. Bridget of Sweden  c1303 - 1373
24th July	St. Sharbel Makhluf  c1828-1898
25th July	St. James  Apostle
26th July	St. Joachim and St Anne  (Parents of the Virgin Mary)
29th July	St. Martha  Disciple of the Lord (Sister of Mary and Lazarus)
30th July	St. Peter Chrysologus  c380 – 450
31st July	St. Ignatius of Loyola  c1491 – 1556

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August 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st August	St Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, 1696 – 1787
2nd August	St. Eusebius of Vercelli  c4th Century
	St. Peter Julian Eymard  c1811 - 1868
3rd August	St Germanus of Auxerre  Bishop
	St. Oswald  c642
4th August	St. John Mary Vianney  Priest, 1786 – 1859
5th August	The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
6th August	The Transfiguration Of The Lord
7th August	Ss. Sixtus and Companions  c258
	St. Cajetan  Priest, 1480 – 1547
8th August	St. Dominic  Patroness of Australia, 1170 – 1221
	Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop  Priest, 1842 – 1909
9th August	St. Teresa Benedicta of The Cross  1891 - 1942
10th August	St. Lawrence  Deacon, Martyr, 225 - 258
11th August	St. Clare  Virgin, 1194 - 1253
12th August	St. Jane Frances de Chantal  Foundress, 1572 - 1641
13th August	St. Pontian  Pope, c235
	St. Hippolytus  Priest, Martyr c170 – 235
14th August	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary   (Holy Day of Obligation)
	St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe  c1894 – 1941
16th August	St. Stephen of Hungary  c975 - 1038
19th August	St. John Eudes  Priest, c1601 - 1680
20th August	St. Bernard  Abbot, Doctor of the Church c1090 – 1153
21st August	St. Pius X  Pope, c1835 – 1914
22nd August	The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
23rd August	St. Rose of Lima  c1586 – 1617
24th August	St. Bartholomew  Apostle
25th August	St. Louis  c1214 – 1270
	St. Joseph Calasanz  Priest, c1557 – 1648
26th August	Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God Barberi  Priest, c1792 - 1849
	St David Lewis  Priest, Martyr, 1616 - 1679
27th August	St. Monica  c332 – 387
28th August	St. Augustine  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c354 – 430
29th August	The Passion of St. John The Baptist
30th August	St. Margaret Clitherow  c1556 (executed 1586)
	St. Margaret Ward  (executed 1588)
	St. Anne Line  c1565 (executed 1601)
31st August	St. Aiden and the Saints of Lindisfarne

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September 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
3rd September	St Gregory The Great  Pope, Doctor of the Church, c540 – 604
4th September	St. Cuthbert  Bishop, c634 – 687
8th September	The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9th September	St. Peter Claver  Priest, 1580 - 1654
10th September	St. Ambrose Barlow  c1585 – 1641
11th September	St Deiniol  Bishop
12th September	Most Holy Name of Mary
13th September	St. John Chrysostom   c347 – 407
14th September	Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15th September	Our Lady of Sorrows
16th September	St. Cornelius  Martyr, 3rd Century
	St. Cyprian  Bishop, Martyr, 3rd Century
17th September	St. Robert Bellarmine  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c1542 – 1621
19th September	St. Theodore of Canterbury  Bishop, c601
	St. Januarius  Bishop, c4th Century
20th September	Ss Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions   Martyred between 1839 – 1867
21st September	St. Matthew  Apostle, Evangelist
23rd September	St. Pio of Pietrelcina  c1887 - 1968
24th September	Our Lady of Walsingham
26th September	Ss Cosmos and Damien  Martyrs, c5th/6th Century
27th September	St. Vincent de Paul  c1581 – 1660
28th September	St. Wenceslaus  c907 – 929
	St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions  Martyred between 1633 – 1637
29th September	Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael  Archangels
30th September	St. Jerome  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c340 - 420

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October 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st October	Please pray for Mark, Bishop of Shrewsbury on the Anniversary of his succession 2010
	St Therese of the Child Jesus  Virgin, Doctor of the Church
2nd October	The Holy Guardian Angels
4th October	St. Francis of Assisi  c1181 – 1226
5th October	St. Thomas of Hereford  c1218 – 1282
6th October	St. Bruno  Priest, c1032 – 1101
7th October	Our Lady of the Rosary  Established 1673
9th October	St. Denis and Companions  Martyrs, c3rd century
	St. John Leonardi  Priest, c1541 - 1609
	Blessed John Henry Newman  1801 – 1890
10th October	St Paulinus of York  Bishop, c600
11th October	St. John XXIII – Pope  c1881 – 1963
12th October	St. Wilfred  Bishop, c634 – 709
13th October	St. Edward the Confessor  c1003 – 1066
14th October	St. Callistus I  Pope, Martyr, c200
16th October	St. Hedwig  Religious, c1174 – 1243
	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque  Virgin, c1647 – 1690
	St Richard Gwyn  Schoolmaster, Martyr, 1537 – 1584
17th October	St. Ignatius of Antioch  Bishop, Martyr, c100
18th October	St. Luke  Apostle, Evangelist
19th October	Ss John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and their Companions  Martyrs
	St Paul of the Cross  Priest, 1694 – 1775
	St. Peter of Alcantara  Died c1562 – Canonised 1699
22nd October	St. John Paul II  Pope, 1920 – 2005
23rd October	St. John of Capestrano  Priest, c1386 – 1456
24th October	St. Anthony Mary Claret  Bishop, c1807 – 1870
26th October	St. Chad  Bishop, c672
	St. Cedd  Bishop, c664
28th October	St. Simon  Apostle
	St. Jude  Apostle

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November 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
1st November	All Saints  (Holy Day of Obligation)
2nd November	The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
3rd November	St Martin de Porres  Religious
	St. Winefride  Secondary Patron of the Diocese c6th/7th century
4th November	St. Charles Borromeo  Bishop, c1538 - 1584
6th November	St Illtud  Abbot
7th November	St. Willibrord  Bishop, c658 – 739
9th November	Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
10th November	St. Leo The Great  Elected Pope in 440 – died 461
11th November	St. Martin of Tours  Bishop, c316 - 397
12th November	Remembrance Sunday  Day of Special Prayer for all victims of War
14th November	St. Dyfrig  c465 – c550
15th November	St. Albert The Great  Bishop, c1200 – 1280
	St. Josaphat  c1580 – 1623
16th November	St. Edmund of Abingdon  Bishop, c1175 - 1240
	St. Margaret of Scotland  c1046 - 1093
	St. Gertrude The Great  1256 – 1302
17th November	St. Hilda  Abbess, c614 - 680
	St. Hugh of Lincoln  Bishop, 1140 - 1200
	St. Elizabeth of Hungary  Married Woman, Religious, 1207 - 1231
18th November	Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and Paul
21st November	The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	St. Cecilia  c4th Century
23rd November	St. Clement I  Pope, c100
	St. Columbian  Abbot, c543 – 615
24th November	St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions  c1795 – 1839
25th November	St. Catherine of Alexandria  c287 - 305
26th November	Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
30th November	St. Andrew  Apostle

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December 2023

Date	Feast Day (click on the name to find out further information)
3rd December	St. Francis Xavier  Priest, c1506- 1552
4th December	St. John of Damascus   Priest, Doctor of the Church, c675 – 749
6th December	St. Nicholas  Bishop, c270 – 343
7th December	St. Ambrose  Bishop, Doctor of the Church, c340 – 397
8th December	The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
9th December	St. John Diego Cuahlatoatzin
10th December	Our Lady of Loreto
	St John Roberts  Priest, Martyr
11th December	St. Damasus I  Pope, c305 – 384
12th December	Our Lady of Guadalupe
13th December	St Lucy  c283 – 304
14th December	St John of the Cross  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c1542 - 1591
21st December	St. Peter Canisius  Priest, Doctor of the Church, c1521 – 1597
23rd December	St. John of Kanty  Priest, c1390 - 1473
25th December	The Nativity Of The Lord
26th December	St. Stephen  The First Martyr
27th December	St. John  Apostle
28th December	The Holy Innocents
29th December	St. Thomas Becket  Bishop, Martyr, c1118 – 1170
30th December	St Eugene  Bishop of Milan, Italy
31st December	The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
	St. Sylvester I  Pope

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