ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
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SAINTS CALENDAR ACCORDING TO ST PETER CANISIUS - THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
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➡️ Introduction to this Saints Calendar
The month of February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year.
1 February: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch and Martyr, disciple of Saint John (d. 107).
2 February: Purification of Mary (Candlemas).
3 February: Blaise, Bishop and Martyr at Sebaste in Armenia (c. 316).
4 February: Rimbert, Archbishop of Bremen (d. 888).
5 February: Agatha, Virgin and Martyr in Sicily (d. 251).
6 February: Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr in Cappadocia (3rd century).
7 February: Richard, King in England (d. 722); Romuald, founder of a religious order (d. 1027).
8 February: John of Matha, founder of a religious order (d. 1213).
9 February: Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr (d. 249).
10 Scholastica, Virgin (d. 543).
11 February: Severin, Abbot of Saint Maurice in Valais (d. 507).
12 February: Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch in 381.
13 February: Martinian, hermit of Athens, in the 4th century.
14 February: Valentinus, priest and member of the Roman Church around 270.
15 February: Faustin and Jovita, martyrs in 121. Ephrem, deacon in 378.
16 February: Juliana, virgin and member of Nicomedia, in the 3rd century.
17 February: Theodul and Julian, members of Caesarea in Palestine in 449.
Flavian, Archbishop of Constantinople in 449.
18 February: Simeon, bishop and member of Jerusalem in 106.
19 February: Gabinus, priest and martyr, in 1st century 296.
20 February: Eucherius, Bishop of Orléans, in 1st century 743.
21 February: Germanus, Abbot of Granfel and Bishop of the Archdiocese, around 1st century 666.
22 February: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in Antioch, around 1st century 33.
23 February: Peter Damian, Cardinal and Bishop of Ostia, in 1072.
24 February: Matthias, the Apostle, around 1st century 80.
25 February: Walburga, Virgin and Abbess of Eichstätt, in 1st century 779.
26 February: Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, in 420.
27 February: Julian, Bishop of Alexandria, around 250.
28 February: Romanus, Abbot of Lugdun in 460.
29 February: Oswald, Archbishop of York in 992.
* When a leap year occurs, the festive commemoration of Saint Matthias is postponed from the 24th to the 25th. On Candlemas, the ancient and laudable procession with consecrated candles is held before Holy Mass in honour of God the Almighty and His beloved Mother, and especially in memory of that first Evangelical procession celebrated on this day in the Temple at Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph - who carried up Jesus, the "Glory of Israel" - by the aged Simeon -who proclaimed Christ the Lord as the "Light of the Nations" - and by the holy prophetess Anna, who spent all her time in the Temple in fasting and prayer. There is no fast day in this month. However, should the forty-day fast fall within this month or in March, every person is bound by Christian obedience to fast daily from Ash Wednesday until Easter and to partake of only one moderate meal per day - with the exception of the six Sundays of Lent, on which one may eat one's fill twice. Age, infirmity, and labour, however, grant dispensation from this prescribed fast. Depending on time and place, chief pastors may permit the consumption of meat; yet they never grant dispensation from the fast itself - specifically, from the restriction on the quantity of food - since the essential fast has been observed by all Christians of all times and places as a preparation for the Easter festival. It should also be noted that the first Ember Days of the year occur after the first Sunday of Lent, bringing with them three fast days: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. There are four such periods in the year; they conclude with the blessings of the clergy; in this manner the Church - in accordance with Christ's command and the example of the Apostles - prays and fasts, that the Lord of the harvest may send labourers into His harvest. - Also, all solemn weddings are prohibited from Ash Wednesday until the week following Easter.
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