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This is a list of suggested additions to the calendar of the Orthodox Church from among the Saints of Western, especially English, origin who reposed before the West fell away from Orthodoxy.  It is based mainly on pre-schism calendars of the English Church, and reflects the bias of those calendars towards English, French and Roman Saints; but the main Saints of other western countries are also included. With some exceptions, the commemorations of Saints who are already widely venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church are not included.

Also included (in italics) are several men and women for whose righteousness before God there is strong evidence but for whom there is only little or no record of veneration in pre-Conquest times, together with those who died resisting the authority of the false pope and king during and after the Conquest. The letters ‘F’ and ‘S’ are attached to Saints of the first and second rank, respectively, in the calendar known as the ‘Bosworth Psalter’, which was compiled at Canterbury after 988 and before 1023. All dates are for the ecclesiastical (old, Orthodox or Julian) calendar, which is thirteen days behind the secular (new, Papal or Gregorian) calendar. Thus September 1 (old calendar) is September 14 (new calendar). Where pre-Conquest dates of commemoration differ from post-Conquest dates, the pre-Conquest dates are preferred; and where English dates of commemoration differ from those usual in Rome or the East, the English dates are preferred. Thus the Martyr-Prince Wistan is listed under January 1, not June 1, and the Venerable Bede under May 26, not May 27.

SEPTEMBER

 

1.   Martyr Priscus, at Capua.

1.   Righteous Drythelm, monk of Melrose (+c. 700).

4.   Translation of the relics of St. Birinus, bishop of Dorchester (+650).

4.   St. Ultan, bishop of Meath (+657).

4.   Translation of the relics of St. Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne (+687).

5.   St. Bertinus, abbot of Saint-Omer (+698).

6.   St. Bega (Bee), abbess of St. Bee’s, Cumbria (+7th c.).

7.   St. Cloud, priest-monk, of Saint-Cloud (+560).

9.   Martyr Gorgonius, at Rome (S).

9.   St. Ciaran, abbot of Clonmacnoise (+548).

9.   St. Omer, bishop of Therouanne (+c. 669).

10.   St. Finian, abbot of Moville (+579).

10.   Translation of the relics of St. Ethelwold, bishop of Winchester (+984).

11.   Martyrs Protus and Hyacinth, at Rome (S).

11.   St. Deiniol, bishop of Bangor (+c. 564).

12.   St. Ailbe, bishop of Imlech (+527)

14.   Hieromartyr Cornelius, pope of Rome (+253).

14.   Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (+258).

15.   Martyr Nicomedes, at Rome (S).

15.   Martyr Nicetas the Goth (+4th c.).

15.   St. Mirin, abbot, of Inch Murryn, Loch Lomond (+7th c.).

16.   St. Ninian, bishop of Whithorn, enlightener of the South Picts (+432).

16.   St. Edith, nun of Wilton, sister of St. Edward the Martyr (+984).

17.   Martyrs Socrates and Stephen, in Britain.

17.   Hieromartyr Lambert, bishop of Maastricht (+c. 705).

19.   St. Theodore ‘the Greek’, archbishop of Canterbury (+690) (S).

22.   Martyrs Maurice and his companions, at Saint-Maurice-en-Valais (+c. 287) (S).

23.   St. Adomnan, abbot of Iona, ‘Sage of the Western World’ (+704).

24.   St. Mawgan (Maucannus), abbot, of Cornwall .

25.   St. Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (+6th c.).

25.   St. Finbar, bishop of Cork (+c. 610).

25.   St. Ceolfrid, abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow (+716) (S).

27.   St. Barry, hermit, of Barry island, Wales (+6th c.).

28.   St. Machan, bishop, of Campsie in Scotland (+6th c.).

28.   St. Leoba, abbess of Bischofsheim (+782).

29.   Dedication of the basilica of St. Michael near Rome (F).

30.   St. Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury (+653).

30.   Martyr-Hermits Tancred, Torthred and Tova of Thorney (+870).

 

OCTOBER

 

1.   Martyr Mylor, of Amesbury.

1.   Translation of the relics of St. Remigius, bishop of Rheims (+533).

2.   Hieromartyr Leger, bishop of Autun (+c. 679).

3.   Hieromartyrs Hewald and Hewald, near Dortmund (+c. 695).

7.   Virgin-Martyr Osith, abbess of Chich (+c. 700).

8.   St. Keyne, nun, of Cornwall and Wales, sister of St. Nectan (+6th c.).

8.   St. Triduna, hermitess, of Scotland.

8.   Translation of the relics of St. Iwi, deacon-monk, of Lindisfarne (+c. 700).

8.   Translation of the relics of St. Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne (+651).

8.   Translation of the relics of St. Ceolfrid, abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow (716).

10.   St. Paulinus, bishop of York and Rochester (+644).

11.   St. Ethelburga, abbess of Barking, brother of St. Erkonwald (+675).

11.   St. Kenneth, abbot, of Aghaboe and the Outer Hebridees (+c. 600).

12.   St. Wilfrid, bishop of York and Hexham (+709).

13.   St. Comgan, abbot, of Lochalsh in Skye, father of St. Fillan (+8th c.).

14.   Hieromartyr Callistus, pope of Rome (+222) (S).

14.   St. Levan (Selevan), of St. Levan, Cornwall.

14.   St. Burchard, bishop of Wurzburg (+754).

14.   Killing of King Harold II of England and those with him, at Hastings (+1066).

15.   St. Tecla, abbess of Kitzingen (+790).

15.   Hieromartyr Ethelric, bishop of Durham, last English Orthodox bishop (+1072).

16.   St. Gall, hermit, enlightener of Switzerland (+c. 630).

17.   St. Rule (Regulus) of St. Andrew’s in Scotland.

17.   Translation of the relics of Martyr-Princes Ethelbert and Ethelred of Kent (+640).

17.   Translation of the relics of St. Etheldreda, abbess of Ely (+679).

17.   St. Nothelm, archbishop of Canterbury (+739).

18.   St. Gwen (Wenna) of Cornwall.

19.   St. Ethbin, hermit, of Brittany and Ireland (+6th c.).

19.   St. Frideswide, nun, of Oxford (+c. 735).

21.   St. Fintan Munnu, abbot of Taghmon (+635).

21.   Righteous Tuda, bishop of Lindisfarne (+664).

21.   St. Condedus, hermit, of Fontenelle (+late 7th c.).

22.   St. Donatus, bishop of Fiesole (+876).

23.   St. Ethelfleda, abbess of Romsey (+c. 1000).

24.   St. Maglorius, abbot of Sark (+c. 575).

25.   Martyrs Crispin and Crispinianus, at Soissons (+c. 285).

26.   St. Cedd, bishop of London (+664).

26.   Righteous Eata, bishop of Hexham and Lindisfarne (+686).

26.   Righteous Alfred, king of England (+899).

27.   St. Odran, monk of Iona (+c. 563).

29.   St. Colman, bishop, of Kilmacduagh (+c. 632).

31.   Martyr Quentin, at Saint-Quentin (S).

31 (or 2/11). St. Erc (Erth), bishop of Lilcach.

31 (or 30). St. Foillan, abbot of Fosses (+c. 653).

31.   Righteous Begu, nun, of Hackness (+660).

 

 

NOVEMBER

 

1.   St. Cadfan, abbot of Bardsey island (+5th c.).

1.   St. Gwythian (Gothian) of Cornwall (+6th c.).

1.   St. Vigor, bishop of Bayeux (+c. 537).

1.   Translation of the relics of St. Boniface, enlightener of Germany (+754).

2.   St. Rumwold, infant, of Buckingham (+c. 700).

2.   Translation of the relics of St. Ebba, abbess of Coldingham (+683)

3.   Martyr-Prince Clydog of Merthir Clitauc (+6th c.).

3.   St. Winefrid, nun, of Holywell (+7th c.).

3.   Translation of the relics of St. Hubert, bishop of Maastricht (+727).

3.   Translation of the relics of St. Edith of Wilton (+984).

4.   St. Clether, hermit of Cornwall (+6th c.).

4.   St. Birnstan, bishop of Winchester (+934).

5.   St. Kea, bishop, of Cornwall and Brittany.

6.   St. Illtud, abbot of Llanilltud-Fawr (+early 6th c.).

6.   St. Melaine, bishop of Rennes (+c. 535).

6.   St. Winnoc, abbot of Wormhout (+c. 717).

7.   St. Willibrord (Clement), archbishop of Utrecht, enlightener of Holland (+739).

8.   Martyrs Claudius, Nicostratus, Simpronian and Castorius, at Sirmium (4th c.) (S).

8.   St. Cybi of Anglesey (+6th c.).

8.   St. Tysilio, monk of Llandysilio, Wales (+7th c.).

10.   St. Justus, archbishop of Canterbury (+627) (S).

10.   Translation of the relics of St. Willibrord, enlightener of Holland (+739).

11.   St. Martin ‘the Merciful’, bishop of Tours (+397) (F).

12.   St. Machar (Mochumma), bishop, in Mull and Aberdeen (+6th c.).

12.   St. Cadwaladr, prince of Wales (+664).

12.   St. Lebuin, monk, of Holland (+c. 775).

13.   St. Brice, bishop of Tours (+444) (S).

14.   St. Dyfrig (Dubricius), archbishop of Llandaff (+c. 550).

15.   St. Malo, bishop of Saint-Malo (+c. 600).

15.   St. Fintan, hermit, of Rheinau (+879).

17.   St. Gregory of Tours, bishop of Tours (+c. 594).

17.   St. Hilda, abbess of Whitby (+680).

18.   St. Mawes, bishop, of Ile-Modez.

20.   Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia (+869).

21.   St. Gelasius, pope of Rome (+496).

21.   St. Columbanus, abbot of Luxeuil (+615).

22.   Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius, of Rome (+3rd c.)  (S).

24.   Martyr Christogonus, at Aquileia (+c. 304).

24.   St. Colman, bishop, of Cloyne (+c. 606).

24.   Righteous Enfleda, abbess of Whitby (+c. 704).

27.   St. Congar, bishop, of Congresbury (+6th c.).

27.   St. Fergus, bishop, of Glamis (+8th c.).

28.   Virgin-Martyr Juthwara of St. Julitta’s, Cornwall (+sixth c.).

29.   St. Brendan, abbot of Birr (+573).

29.   Righteous Ethelwin, hermit, of Athelney (+7th c.).

 

 

DECEMBER

 

1.   St. Tudwal, bishop, of Lan Pabu (+6th c.).

1.   St. Eligius, bishop of Noyon (+c. 660).

2.   Virgin-Martyr Viviana, at Rome.

3.   St. Birinus, bishop of Dorchester, enlightener of Wessex (+651).

5.   Hieromartyr Justinian of Ramsey island (+6th c.)

7.   St. Diuma, bishop, enlightener of the Middle Anglians (+658).

8.   St. Budoc, bishop, of Plourin (+6th c.).

12.   St. Finian, abbot of Clonard, ‘Teacher of the Saints of Ireland’ (+549).

13.   Virgin-Martyr Lucy of Syracuse (+304) (S).

13.   St. Judoc, hermit of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer (+c. 668).

13.   Righteous Edburga, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet (+751).

14.   Martyrs Fingar and Piala, siblings, at Hayle in Cornwall (+c. 455).

14.   St. Hybald, abbot, of Hibaldstow (+7th c.).

15.   Righteous Offa, king and monk, of Essex (+c. 709).

17.   St. Sturm, abbot of Fulda (+779).

18.   St. Flannan, bishop, of Killaloe (+7th c.).

18.   St. Samthann, abbess of Clonbronney (+739).

19.   St. Winnebald, abbot of Heidenheim (+761).

21.     St. Mochua, abbot of Timahoe (+c. 657).

25.   Righteous Aelmar, Bishop of Elmham (+1021)

26.   St. Tathan, abbot, of Caerwent (+c. 550).

29.   St. Evroul, abbot of Saint-Evroul (+706).

30.   St. Egwin, bishop of Worcester (+717).

31.   St. Sylvester, pope of Rome (+335) (S).

JANUARY

 

1.   Martyr-Prince Wistan of Mercia (+849).

2.   St. Munchin the Wise, bishop of Limerick (+7th c.).

2.   St. Isidore, bishop of Seville (+636).

3.   St. Genevieve, nun, of Paris (+512).

5.   Hieromartyr Telesphorus, pope of Rome (+c. 136).

5.   Translation of the relics of St. Rumon, bishop, to Tavistock (+6th c.).

5.   Righteous Edward the Confessor, King of England (+1066).

7.   St. Brannoc, monk, of Braunton (+6th c.).

7.   St. Kentigerna, hermitess, of Inch Cailleach, Loch Lomond (+c. 735).

8.   Martyrs Lucian and Julian, at Beauvais (+3rd century).

8.   St. Severinus, abbot of Noricum, enlightener of Austria (+482).

8.   St. Nathalan, layman, of Aberdeenshire (+678).

8.   St. Pega, hermitess of Peakirk, sister of St. Guthlac (+719).

8.   Righteous Edgar the Peaceable, King of England (+975).

8.   St. Wulsin, bishop of Sherborne (+1002).

9.   Translation of the relics of St. Judoc, hermit, to Winchester (+c. 668).

9.   St. Adrian, abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury (+710) (F).

9.   St. Fillan, abbot, of Perthshire (+early 8th c.).

12.   St. Benedict Biscop, abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow (+689).

13.   St. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers (+ 368).

13.   St. Remigius, bishop of Rheims (+533).

13.   St. Kentigern, bishop of Glasgow (+612).

14.   St. Felix, confessor, of Nola (+260).   

15    St. Ita, abbess of Killeedy, ‘Foster-mother of the Saints of Ireland’ (+ 570).

15.   St. Maurus, abbot, disciple of St. Benedict (+6th c.).

15.   St. Ceolwulf, king of Northumbria and monk of Lindisfarne (+764).

16.   Hieromartyr Marcellus, pope of Rome (+309) (S).

16.   St. Honoratus, archbishop of Arles (+429).

16.   St. Fursey, abbot, of Peronne and Burgh Castle (+650).

17.   St. Sulpicius, bishop of Bourges (+647).

18.   St. Prisca, virgin, of Rome.

18.   St. Deicola, abbot of Lure (+c. 625).

18.   Righteous Martyr Ulfrid, in Sweden (+1028).

19.   St. Branwalator, monk, of Jersey (+6th c.).

19 (or 24/7).   Hieromartyr Blaithmaic, abbot and his company, at Iona (+825).

20.   Martyr Sebastian and Hieromartyr Fabian, pope of Rome (+250) (S).

20.   St. Fechin, abbot of Cong (+665).

21.   Hieromartyr Fructuosus, bishop of Tarragona (+259).

21.   Virgin-Martyr Agnes, at Rome (S).

22.   Deacon-Martyr Vincent of Saragossa (+304) (S).

22.   Righteous Berhtwald, bishop of Ramsbury (+1045).

23.   Virgin-Martyr Emerentiana, at Rome (+c. 304).

23.   St. Paulinus, bishop of Nola (+431).

24.   Hieromartyr Felician, bishop of Foligno (+252).

25.   The Conversion of the Holy Apostle Paul (S).

25.   Hieromartyr Praejectus, bishop of Clermont (+676).

26.   St. Dochanna (Conon), bishop of the Isle of Man (+648).

27.   St. Julian, bishop of Le Mans.

27.   Translation of the relics of St. Ethelfleda, abbess of Romsey (+c. 1000).

29.   St. Gildas the Wise, priest-monk, of Glastonbury and Rhuys (+c. 570).

30.   St. Bathildes, queen of France and nun of Chelles (+680).

31.   St. Maedoc, bishop, of Ferns (+626).

 

 

FEBRUARY

 

1.   St. Brigid, abbess of Kildare, patroness of Ireland (+c. 525).

1.   St. Seiriol, abbot, of Anglesey (+6th c.).

2.   St. Laurence, archbishop of Canterbury (+619).

3.   Virgin-Martyr Ia, virgin, of St. Ives, Cornwall.

3.   St. Werburga, abbess of Hanbury and Chester (+c. 700).

3.   St. Anskar, bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark (+865).

4.   St. Modan, abbot, of Stirling and Falkirk (+8th c.).

4.   St. Liudhard, bishop, at Canterbury (+c. 603).

5.   Virgin-Martyr Agatha, at Catania (S).

5.   Righteous Martyr-Prince Alfred of England (+1036).

6.   St. Vedast, bishop of Arras (+539).

6.   St. Amand, bishop of Saint-Amand (+c. 675).

7.   Hieromartyr Augulus, bishop of Augusta in Britain, and those with him: Anatolius, Andreas, Ammon, Statian, Nepotian, Saturninus, Lucius and Saturna.

7.   St. Ronan, bishop of Kilmaronen in Lennox (+8th c.).

7.   St. Romuald, abbot, of Ravenna (+1027).

8.   St. Kew, virgin, of Cornwall.

8.   St. Cuthmann, hermit, of Steyning (+8th c.).

9.   St. Teilo, bishop of Llandaff (+6th c.).

10.   St. Scholastica, nun, of Plombariola, sister of St. Benedict (+543).

10.   Righteous Trumwin, bishop of Abercorn (+704).

12.   Virgin-Martyr Eulalia of Merida (+304).

12.   St. Ethilwald, bishop of Lindisfarne (+740).

13.   St. Modomnoc, abbot of Tibberaghny (+6th c.).

13.   St. Huna, priest-hermit, of Huneya (+7th c.).

13.   St. Ermenhilda, queen of Mercia and abbess of Ely (+c. 700).

13.   Translation of the relics of St. Edward the Martyr (+979).

14.   Hieromartyr Valentine, priest, at Rome (+3rd c.) (S).

15.   St. Sigfrid, bishop of Vaxjo, apostle of Sweden (+1045).

16.   Virgin-Martyr Juliana, at Naples (+early 4th c.).

17.   St. Fintan, abbot of Clonenagh (+603).

17.   St. Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne (+661).

21.   Righteous Erkengota, nun of Faremoutier (+c. 660).

22.   The Chair of the Holy Apostle Peter at Antioch (S).

23.   St. Mildburga, abbess of Much Wenlock (+715).

25.   Righteous Ethelbert of Kent, first English Christian king (+616).

25.   St. Walburga, abbess of Heidenheim, sister of St. Winnebald (+779).

28.   St. Romanus, abbot of Romainmoutier (+c. 460).

28.   St. Oswald, archbishop of York (+992).

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Gheorghe Vanau