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Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)

Type of observance in the Anglican Communion

Summary

Type of observance in the Anglican Communion

Lesser Festivals in the Church of England

Source: C of E website.

January

2 January: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
12 January: Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
13 January: Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
17 January: Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356
19 January: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
21 January: Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
24 January: Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622
26 January: Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul
28 January: Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
30 January: Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

February

3 February: Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865
14 February: Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885
17 February: Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
23 February: Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c 155
27 February: George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

Other examples

17 March: Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c 460
10 April: William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
20 May: Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
30 May: Josephine Butler, social reformer, 1906
16 June: Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
11 July: Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c 550
14 July: John Keble, a leader of the Oxford Movement, 1866
20 August: Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
13 September: John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
25 September: Lancelot Andrewes, overseer of the King James Version of the Bible
4 October: Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
26 October: Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
20 November: Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
13 December: Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304

References

Citations

Sources

References

"Lesser Festivals". Church of England.

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