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14 February: Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop – memorial; 17 February: The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order – optional memorial; 21 February: Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial; 22 February: The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle – feast; 23 February: Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr ...
27 February: 28 February: In leap years , a day is added and it is of 29 days but the Feast of St. Matthias is celebrated on the 25th day and then is said twice Sexto Kalendas, that is on the 24th and 25th day, and thus the Dominical letter is changed to the one above, that if it be B, into A, if it be C, into B, similarly also in the others.
The saint's feast day is 1 February, and traditionally it involves weaving Brigid's crosses and many other folk customs. It was originally a pre-Christian festival called Imbolc, marking the beginning of spring. Since 2023, it has been a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland.
The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint Valentine's Day, was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr. [ 40 ] A shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin , Ireland
Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Joseph and Mary. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22–40.
6 February: Waitangi Day; 7 February: Saint Paul Miki and companions – Memorial; 17 March: Saint Patrick, bishop – Feast; 26 April: Saint Mark, apostle – Feast; 27 April: Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, priest – Optional Memorial; 28 April: Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr – Feast; 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Memorial
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1] [2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.