Liturgical Calendar

Solemnity of Mary Mother of God

Marian shrines worldwide

📍 4 destinations

Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen

The Cappadocian fathers, bishops and doctors of the Eastern Church

📍 1 destination

St. Hilary of Poitiers

Bishop and doctor, defender of Nicaea in the West

📍 1 destination

St. Anthony Abbot

Father of monasticism; patron of animals and the sick

📍 1 destination

Sts. Fabian and Sebastian

Two Roman martyrs of the early persecutions

📍 1 destination

St. Agnes

Roman virgin-martyr of the fourth persecution

📍 1 destination

St. Vincent

Deacon and martyr of Zaragoza, patron of winegrowers

📍 1 destination

St. Francis de Sales

Bishop of Geneva, doctor of the spiritual life

📍 1 destination

Conversion of St. Paul

Paul's basilica in Rome

📍 1 destination

Sts. Timothy and Titus

Companions of Paul, bishops of the early Church

📍 2 destinations

St. Angela Merici

Foundress of the Ursulines, pioneer of women's education

📍 1 destination

St. Thomas Aquinas

Doctor of the Church, Dominican theologian

📍 4 destinations

St. John Bosco

Apostle of youth, founder of the Salesians

📍 1 destination

Presentation of the Lord

Candlelight processions

📍 2 destinations

St. Blaise

Bishop and martyr, patron of throat ailments

📍 1 destination

St. Agatha

Virgin-martyr of Catania, patron of bell-founders

📍 2 destinations

Sts. Paul Miki and Companions

The martyrs of Nagasaki, 1597

📍 1 destination

St. Josephine Bakhita

Former slave, patron of Sudan and the trafficked

📍 1 destination

Ash Wednesday

Beginning of Lent, pilgrimage preparation

📍 1 destination

St. Scholastica

Sister of St. Benedict, foundress of the women's branch

📍 2 destinations

Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Apostles to the Slavs, fathers of Slavic Christianity

📍 2 destinations

Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

The seven Florentine founders of the Servites

📍 1 destination

St. Peter Damian

Cardinal-bishop of Ostia, doctor of the reform

📍 2 destinations

Chair of St. Peter

The Roman see of Peter, the papal office

📍 1 destination

St. Polycarp

Bishop of Smyrna, martyr of the second century

📍 2 destinations

St. Casimir

Prince of Poland, patron of youth

📍 3 destinations

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

Martyrs of Carthage, 203

📍 1 destination

St. John of God

Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers, patron of the sick

📍 1 destination

St. Frances of Rome

Mystic, foundress of the Oblates of Tor de' Specchi

📍 1 destination

St. Patrick

Irish pilgrimage sites

📍 3 destinations

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Bishop and doctor of the Holy City

📍 1 destination

Palm Sunday

Jerusalem, Mount of Olives

📍 1 destination

Holy Thursday

Last Supper site

📍 1 destination

St. Francis of Paola

Founder of the Minims, hermit of Calabria

📍 1 destination

St. Isidore of Seville

Bishop and doctor, last of the Latin fathers

📍 1 destination

St. Vincent Ferrer

Dominican preacher, the "Angel of the Judgment"

📍 1 destination

St. John Baptist de la Salle

Patron of teachers, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

📍 3 destinations

St. Gemma Galgani

Mystic and stigmatic, the "Flower of Lucca"

📍 2 destinations

St. Martin I

Pope and martyr, the last martyr-pope

📍 1 destination

St. Anselm of Canterbury

Archbishop and doctor, founder of scholasticism

📍 1 destination

St. George

Patron of England

📍 5 destinations

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Capuchin martyr, apostle of the Grisons

📍 2 destinations

St. Mark

St. Mark's Basilica

📍 3 destinations

St. Peter Chanel

Marist martyr of Futuna, first martyr of Oceania

📍 1 destination

St. Catherine of Siena

Doctor of the Church, mystic, and peacemaker

📍 3 destinations

St. Pius V

Dominican Pope, the reformer of the Council of Trent

📍 2 destinations

St. Joseph the Worker

Spouse of Mary, patron of workers

📍 2 destinations

St. Athanasius

Bishop of Alexandria, defender of Nicaea

📍 3 destinations

Sts. Philip and James

Apostles of the early Roman Church

📍 2 destinations

Ascension

Mount of Olives

📍 1 destination

St. Damien de Veuster

Apostle to the lepers of Molokai

📍 1 destination

Sts. Nereus and Achilleus

Roman martyrs of the early Church

📍 1 destination

St. Matthias

The apostle chosen to fill Judas's place

📍 3 destinations

St. John I

Pope and martyr of the Gothic wars

📍 2 destinations

St. Bernardine of Siena

Franciscan preacher, apostle of the Holy Name

📍 4 destinations

Sts. Christopher Magallanes and Companions

Martyrs of the Mexican Cristero War

📍 3 destinations

St. Rita of Cascia

Augustinian mystic, patron of impossible cases

📍 2 destinations

St. Bede the Venerable

English Benedictine, doctor of the Church

📍 2 destinations

St. Philip Neri

Apostle of Rome, founder of the Oratory

📍 4 destinations

Corpus Christi

Miracle of Bolsena

📍 2 destinations

St. Augustine of Canterbury

Apostle of England, sent by Gregory the Great

📍 2 destinations

St. Joan of Arc

French national heroine

📍 3 destinations

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mary's journey to Elizabeth; the Magnificat

📍 2 destinations

St. Justin

Philosopher and martyr of the second century

📍 2 destinations

Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

Roman martyrs of the Diocletian persecution

📍 1 destination

Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions

The martyrs of Uganda, 1886

📍 1 destination

St. Boniface

Apostle of Germany, martyr of 754

📍 2 destinations

St. Norbert

Founder of the Premonstratensians, archbishop of Magdeburg

📍 2 destinations

St. Barnabas

Apostle and companion of Paul, founder of the Church of Cyprus

📍 2 destinations

St. Anthony of Padua

One of most popular saints

📍 2 destinations

St. Romuald

Founder of the Camaldolese, hermit of the Tuscan forests

📍 2 destinations

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Jesuit scholastic, patron of youth

📍 2 destinations

St. Paulinus of Nola

Bishop and poet of the late Latin West

📍 1 destination

Sts. John Fisher, Thomas More, and Companions

Martyrs of the English Reformation

📍 2 destinations

Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Birthplace of John the Baptist

📍 2 destinations

Blessed Dorothy of Montau

The walled-in anchoress of the Kwidzyn cathedral

📍 1 destination

St. Cyril of Alexandria

Bishop and doctor, defender of Theotokos

📍 2 destinations

St. Irenaeus

Bishop of Lyon, father of Catholic theology

📍 2 destinations

First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

The martyrs of the persecution of Nero

📍 1 destination

St. Thomas

Apostle of India; the doubting witness

📍 4 destinations

St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Queen, peacemaker, Franciscan tertiary

📍 4 destinations

St. Anthony Zaccaria

Founder of the Barnabites, reformer of Milan

📍 1 destination

St. Maria Goretti

Virgin-martyr of Corinaldo, patron of youth

📍 1 destination

St. Peter To Rot

First saint of Papua New Guinea, martyred for defending marriage

📍 1 destination

St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions

The 120 martyrs of China

St. Benedict

Father of Western monasticism, patron of Europe

📍 3 destinations

St. Henry

Emperor and patron of Benedictine oblates

📍 2 destinations

St. Camillus de Lellis

Founder of the Camillians, patron of the sick

📍 1 destination

St. Bonaventure

Franciscan doctor, the "Seraphic Doctor"

📍 3 destinations

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Carmelite devotion

📍 2 destinations

St. Apollinaris

Bishop and martyr of Ravenna

📍 1 destination

St. Lawrence of Brindisi

Capuchin doctor, apostle of the Word

📍 1 destination

St. Mary Magdalene

Apostle to the Apostles

📍 3 destinations

St. Bridget of Sweden

Mystic, foundress of the Bridgettines, patron of Europe

📍 4 destinations

St. Sharbel Makhluf

Lebanese Maronite hermit, patron of Lebanon

📍 1 destination

Sts. Joachim and Anne

Grandparents of Jesus

📍 3 destinations

St. Martha

The host of Bethany, the confession of faith

📍 3 destinations

St. Peter Chrysologus

Bishop of Ravenna, doctor of the Church

📍 1 destination

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Founder of the Society of Jesus, master of the Spiritual Exercises

📍 3 destinations

St. Alphonsus Liguori

The Neapolitan advocate who founded the Redemptorists

📍 1 destination

Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula

The Pardon of Assisi — a plenary indulgence on August 2

📍 9 destinations

St. John Vianney

The Curé of Ars, patron of parish priests

📍 1 destination

Dedication of St. Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snows)

The Roman basilica raised after Ephesus, and its August snowfall

📍 1 destination

Transfiguration

Where Jesus was transfigured

📍 2 destinations

St. Dominic

Founder of the Order of Preachers, buried at Bologna

📍 2 destinations

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Edith Stein — philosopher, Carmelite, martyr of Auschwitz

📍 2 destinations

St. Lawrence

Deacon and martyr of Rome, one of the seven pilgrim churches

📍 1 destination

St. Clare of Assisi

Founder of the Poor Clares

📍 1 destination

St. Maximilian Kolbe

Martyr of charity

📍 2 destinations

St. Pius X

The patriarch of Venice who lowered the age of first communion

📍 2 destinations

St. Rose of Lima

First saint of the Americas, patroness of Peru and the Philippines

📍 1 destination

St. Bartholomew

The apostle's relics at Benevento and on the Tiber island

📍 2 destinations

St. Louis IX

The king who built the Sainte-Chapelle for the Crown of Thorns

📍 2 destinations

St. Monica

The conversation at Ostia, and her tomb in Sant'Agostino

📍 1 destination

St. Augustine

Doctor of the Church

📍 5 destinations

Passion of St. John the Baptist

The beheading of the Forerunner, and his head at San Silvestro

📍 2 destinations

St. Gregory the Great

Pope, Doctor of the Church, father of Christian worship

📍 3 destinations

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity

📍 1 destination

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Birthday of Our Lady

📍 9 destinations

St. Peter Claver

Apostle to the enslaved Africans of Cartagena

📍 1 destination

St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Patron of the holy souls, and the Cappellone frescoes

📍 1 destination

Holy Name of Mary

Thanksgiving for the relief of Vienna, 1683

📍 6 destinations

St. John Chrysostom

Golden-mouthed preacher, Archbishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church

📍 1 destination

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

True Cross discovered

📍 2 destinations

Our Lady of Sorrows

The Seven Sorrows of Mary, Mother standing at the Cross

📍 3 destinations

Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian

Pope and bishop, martyrs of the Decian persecution

📍 2 destinations

St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Hildegard of Bingen

Jesuit cardinal and Benedictine abbess, Doctors of the Church

📍 2 destinations

Stigmata of St. Francis

The seraphic vision at La Verna, 1224

📍 2 destinations

St. John Macias

Dominican porter of Lima, friend of Martin de Porres and Rose of Lima

📍 1 destination

St. Januarius

San Gennaro, patron of Naples, miracle of the blood

📍 1 destination

Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon and Korean Martyrs

First Korean priest and the founding martyrs of the Korean Church

📍 2 destinations

St. Matthew

Evangelist and Apostle

📍 2 destinations

St. Padre Pio

Stigmatist priest

📍 2 destinations

Our Lady of Walsingham

England's Nazareth, and the Holy House rebuilt

📍 1 destination

Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Unmercenary physicians, twin martyr-healers

📍 1 destination

St. Vincent de Paul

Apostle of charity, founder of the Vincentians and Daughters of Charity

📍 1 destination

St. Wenceslaus and St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions

Duke-martyr of Bohemia and protomartyr of the Philippines

📍 4 destinations

Sts. Michael Gabriel and Raphael

Archangels feast

📍 5 destinations

St. Jerome

Doctor of the Church, translator of the Vulgate

📍 2 destinations

St. Remigius

Apostle of the Franks, baptism of Clovis

📍 1 destination

St. Bruno

Founder of the Carthusians

📍 3 destinations

Our Lady of the Rosary

Victory of Lepanto

📍 3 destinations

St. John XXIII

The pope who opened the Second Vatican Council on this day in 1962

📍 1 destination

Our Lady of the Pillar

The Virgin on the jasper pillar at Zaragoza, patroness of Hispanidad

📍 1 destination

St. Teresa of Avila

Doctor of the Church, mystic

📍 4 destinations

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

The Sacred Heart apparitions at Paray-le-Monial

📍 1 destination

St. Ignatius of Antioch

The bishop who wrote seven letters on the road to his death in Rome

📍 1 destination

St. Luke

Evangelist and physician

📍 6 destinations

Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions

The eight Jesuit martyrs of New France — Auriesville and Midland

📍 2 destinations

Sts. Simon and Jude

The two apostles who share an altar in St. Peter's

📍 1 destination

All Souls

Prayers for the faithful departed

📍 1 destination

St. Martin de Porres

Dominican healer of Lima, apostle of the poor

📍 1 destination

St. Charles Borromeo

Archbishop of Milan, reformer of the Counter-Reformation

📍 2 destinations

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Cathedral of Rome, mother and head of all churches

📍 1 destination

St. Leo the Great

Pope, Doctor of the Church, who turned back Attila

📍 1 destination

St. Martin of Tours

Soldier-bishop, patron of France, the cloak at the gate of Amiens

📍 1 destination

St. Josaphat

Archbishop of Polotsk, martyr for Church unity

📍 1 destination

St. Albert the Great

Doctor of the Church, teacher of Aquinas, polymath of the medieval Church

📍 1 destination

St. Margaret of Scotland and St. Gertrude the Great

Queen of Scotland and Benedictine mystic of Helfta

📍 1 destination

St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Princess, Franciscan tertiary, builder of hospitals

📍 1 destination

Presentation of Mary

Mary presented in Temple

📍 1 destination

St. Cecilia

Virgin martyr of Rome, patron of music

📍 1 destination

St. Clement I

Fourth pope, author of the earliest post-apostolic letter

📍 1 destination

Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions

Vietnamese martyrs, 117 witnesses to the faith

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Virgin martyr, patron of philosophers and the wheel

St. Andrew

First-called apostle, brother of Peter, martyred at Patras

📍 1 destination

St. Francis Xavier

Apostle to the Indies, Jesuit missionary

📍 4 destinations

St. John Damascene

Last of the Greek Fathers, defender of sacred icons

📍 2 destinations

St. Nicholas

Bishop of Myra, patron of children and sailors

📍 2 destinations

St. Ambrose

Bishop of Milan, Doctor of the Church, who baptized Augustine

📍 2 destinations

St. Lucy

Virgin martyr of Syracuse, patron of the blind

📍 1 destination

St. John of the Cross

Carmelite reformer, Mystical Doctor, Dark Night of the Soul

📍 1 destination

St. Peter Canisius

Jesuit, Second Apostle of Germany, Doctor of the Church

📍 2 destinations

St. John of Kanty

Priest and professor of Krakow, pilgrim to Rome

📍 1 destination

St. Stephen

First Christian martyr

📍 3 destinations

St. John the Evangelist

Beloved disciple, author of the Gospel and Revelation

📍 2 destinations

Holy Innocents

Children martyred by Herod

📍 2 destinations

St. Thomas Becket

Archbishop of Canterbury, martyred in his cathedral

📍 1 destination

Holy Family

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph — model of Christian family life

📍 3 destinations

St. Sylvester I

Pope under Constantine, who built the Lateran and St. Peter's

📍 1 destination