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Monthly Saints Calendar by St Peter Canisius - January

 

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SAINTS CALENDAR ACCORDING TO ST PETER CANISIUS - THE MONTH OF JANUARY 

Saint Peter Canisius 

➡️ Introduction to this Saints Calendar

The month of January has 31 days. 

1 January: The Circumcision of Christ. 

2 January: Macarius, Abbot in Egypt (d. 394). 

3 January: Anterus, 20th Pope and Martyr (d. 236); Genevieve, Virgin and Patroness of Paris (d. 512). 

4 January: Titus, Bishop of Crete, disciple of St. Paul (c. 98). 

5 January: Telesphorus, 9th Pope and Martyr (d. 154). 

6 January: The Epiphany of the Lord, or the Three Kings. 

7 January: Lucian, Priest and Martyr (d. 312). 

8 January: Severinus, Apostle of Austria (d. 482); Erhard, Bishop of Regensburg (d. 750). 

9 January: Peter, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (c. 387). 

10 January: Agatho, 28th Pope (d. 682); William, Archbishop of Bourges (d. 1209). 

11 January: Hyginus, 10th Pope and Martyr (d. 142). 

12 January: Satyrus and Arcadius, Martyrs (c. 260). 

13 January: Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (d. 368). 14. Felix, Priest and Confessor at Nola (d. 256).

15 January: Paul, first hermit in Egypt, d. 342. Maurus, Abbot, disciple of Saint Benedict, d. 584. 

16 January: Marcellus, 30th Pope and Martyr, d. 310. 

17 January: Anthony the Great, Abbot, d. 356. 

18 January: Chair of Saint Peter in Rome. Prisca, Virgin and Martyr, d. in Rome, c. 275. 

19 January: Maris and Martha, Martyrs in Rome, d. 270. 

20 January: Fabian, 21st Pope and Martyr, d. 250, and Sebastian, Martyr, d. 288. 

21 January: Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, d. 304. 

22 January: Vincent, Deacon and Martyr, d. 304. Anastasius, Martyr, d. 628. 

23 January: Raymond of Penyafort, Confessor, d. 1275. Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr in Rome, c. 304. 

24 January: Timothy, Bishop and Martyr and disciple of Saint Paul, d. 97. 

25 January: Conversion of Saint Paul, d. 34. 

26 January: Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr, d. 166. 

27 January: John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, d. 407. 

28 January: Charlemagne, the Great Emperor, d. 814. 

29 January: Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, d. 1622. 

30 January: John the Almsgiver, Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 619. 

31 January: Marcella, Widow, d. in the year 410, and Saint Peter Nolasco, Confessor, in the year 1256. 

*No obligatory fast falls in January; for the Epiphany of the Lord - which, so to speak, dominates this month - is a most joyful season. In times past, the Conversion of Saint Paul - the great Apostle - was celebrated festively in many churches; nowadays, however, it is observed quietly, solely within Holy Mass and the priestly Divine Office. In any case, it is a law of the Church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year, thereby commemorating the days of the Lord's Crucifixion and Burial, mortifying one's own flesh through this bodily discipline, and growing ever more perfect in godliness. 

⬅️ December     ➡️ February




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