The Liturgical Year: The Proper of Saints: The Sanctoral Cycle

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``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be;
even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D

The Proper of Saints:
The Sanctoral Cycle

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January
February

March
April

May
June

July
August

September
October

November
December

January: Dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus
1	Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord (Octave Day of Christmas)
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Puer Natus Est'
6	Epiphany of Our Lord (Theophany or Three Kings Day or Twelfth Day or Little Christmas)
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Ecce Advenit'
11	St. Hyginus, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
13	Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	White		Missa 'Ecce Advenit' with a few changes
14	St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
15	St. Paul the First Hermit, Confessor/St. Maurus, Abbott
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'/ Missa 'Os Justi Meditabitur'
16	St. Marcellus I, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
17	St. Anthony, Abbot
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi Meditabitur'
18	St. Peter's Chair at Rome/St. Prisca, Virgin and Martyr
	/Com.	/Red	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'/Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt Peccatores'
19	Sts. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Martyrs/St. Canute, King of Denmark and Martyr
	Com./Com.	Red	Missa 'Justi Epulentur'/ Missa 'In Virtute Tua'
20	St. Fabian, Pope, and St. Sebastian, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Intret In Conspectu'
21	St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt Peccatores'
22	Sts. Vincent and Anastasius, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Intret In Conspectu'
23	St. Raymund de Pennafort, Confessor
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Os Justi Meditabitur'
24	St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'
25	Conversion of St. Paul
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Scio Cui Credidi'
26	St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'
27	St. John Chrysostom, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
28	St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'
29	St. Francis of Sales, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
30	St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Loquebar De Testimoniis'
31	St. John Bosco, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dedit Illi Deus'
February: Dedicated to the Holy Family
1	St. Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
2	Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas or Presentation)
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Suscepimus Deus'
3	St. Blase, Bishop and Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'
4	St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'
5	St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Gaudeamus'
6	St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor/St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'/ Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt Peccatores'
7	St. Romuald, Abbott
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi Meditabitur'
8	St. John of Matha, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi Meditabitur'
9	St. Cyril of Alexander, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/St. Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'Loquebar De Testimoniis'
10	St. Scholastica, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
11	Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at Lourdes
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Vidi Civitatem Sanctam'
12	Seven Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justi Decantaverunt'
14	St. Valentine, Priest and Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'In Virtute'
15	Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
18	St. Simeon, Bishop and Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'
22	Chair of St. Peter at Antioch
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit Ei Dominus'
23	St. Peter Damian, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
24	St. Matthias, Apostle
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
27	St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Oculus Dei'
March: Dedicated to St. Joseph
4	St. Casimir of Lithuania, Confessor/St. Lucius, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Os Justi'
6	Sts. Perpetua and Felicity and Companions, Martyrs of Carthage
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
7	St. Thomas of Aquin, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
8	St. John of God, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
9	St. Frances of Rome, Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
10	Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Clamaverunt Justi'
12	Gregory the Great, Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
17	St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
18	Cyril, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
19	Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor
	1 Cl.	WhiteWhite	Missa 'Justus et Palma'
21	St. Benedict, Abbot
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
24	St. Gabriel the Archangel
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Benedicite Dominum'
25	Annunciation of Our Lady (Lady Day)
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Vultum Tuum'
27	St. John Damascene, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa "Tenuisti Manum'
28	St. John Capistran, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Ego Autem'
April: Dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament
2	St. Francis of Paula, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus et Palma'
4	St. Isidore, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
5	St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
11	St. Leo I, Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
13	St. Hermenegild, Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	In Eastertide: Missa 'In Virtute' Outside of Eastertide: Missa "Protexisti'
14	St. Justin, Martyr/Sts. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red/Red	Missa 'Narraverunt'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
17	St. Anicetus, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	White or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
21	Anselm, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
22	Sts. Soter and Caius, Popes and Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
23	St. George, Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Protexisti'
24	St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Protexisti'
25	St. Mark, Evangelist
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Protexisti Me'
26	Sts. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes and Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
27	St. Peter Canisius, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
28	St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor/St. Vitalis, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Christo Confixus'/ In Eastertide: Missa 'Protexisti' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'In Virtute'
29	St. Peter of Verona, Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Protexisti'
30	St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
May: Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
1	St. Joseph the Worker
	1 Cl.	White
2	St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
3	The Finding of the Holy Cross/St. Alexander, Pope and Martyr, St. Juvenal, Bishop and Confessor, and Companions, Martyrs
	/Com.	Red/Red	Missa 'Nos Autem'/ Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Sapientiam' In Eastertide: Missa 'Sancti Tui'
4	St. Monica, Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
5	St. Pius V, Pope and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis'
7	St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Protexisti'
9	St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
10	St. Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor/Sts. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
11	Sts. Philip and James, Apostles
	2 Cl.	Red
12	Sts. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Ecce Oculi Domini'
13	St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
14	St. Boniface, Martyr
	Com.	White or Red	Missa 'Protexisti'
15	St. John Baptist de la Salle, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
16	St. Ubaldus, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
17	St. Pascal Baylon, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
18	St. Venantius, Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	In Eastertide: Missa 'Protexisti' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'In Virtute'
19	St. Peter Celestine, Pope and Confessor/St. Pudentiana, Virgin
	3 Cl./Com.	White/White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'/'Missa Dilexisti'
20	St. Bernardine of Siena, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
25	St. Gregory VII, Pope, Confessor/St. Urban I, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
26	St. Philip Neri, Confessor/St. Eleutherius, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Caritas Dei'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
27	St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, Doctor of the Church/St. John I, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
28	St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Sacerdotes Tui'
29	St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
30	St. Felix, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl.	White, Green, or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
31	The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary/St. Peteronilla, Virgin
	2 Cl./Com.	White/White	/Missa 'Gaudeamus Omnes'
June: Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1	St. Angela of Merici, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
2	Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs, and St. Erasmus, Bishop and Martyr
	Com.	White, green, or red	Missa 'Clamaverunt Justi'
4	St. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Factum Est Cor Meum'
5	St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Exsultabo in Jerusalem'
6	St. Norbert, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
9	Sts. Primus and Felician, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	In Eastertide: Missa 'Sancti Tui' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Sapientiam Sanctorum'
10	St. Margaret, Widow and Queen of Scotland
	3 Cl.	White	Missa Cognovi'
11	St. Barnabas, Apostle
	2 Cl.	Red	In Eastertide: Missa 'Protexisti' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Mihi Autem'
12	St. John of San Facundo, Confessor/Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	White/red	Missa 'Os Justi'/ In Eastertide: Missa 'Sancti Tui' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Intret in Conspectu'
13	St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
14	St. Basil the Great, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	Com.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
15	Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Multae Tribulationes'
18	St. Ephrem, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/Sts. Mark and Marcellianus, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/ In Eastertide: Missa 'Salus Autem' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Sancti Tui'
19	St. Juliana Falconieri, Virgin/Sts. Gervase and Protase, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Dilexisti'/ In Eastertide: Missa "Loquetur Dominus' Outside Eastertide: Missa 'Sancti Tui'
20	St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
21	St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Minuisti'
22	St. Paulinus, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Sacerdotes Tui'
23	Vigil of St. John the Baptist
	2 Cl.	Purple	Missa 'Ne Timeas'
24	Birth of St. John the Baptist
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'De Ventre Matris'
25	St. William, Abbot
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
26	Sts. John and Paul, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Multae Tribulationes'
28	St. Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr/Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul
	3 Cl.	Red/Purple	Missa 'Lex Veritatis'/Missa 'Dicit Dominus'
29	Sts. Peter and Paul
	1 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Nunc Scio Vere'
30	Commemoration of St. Paul
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Scio Cui'
July: Dedicated to the Precious Blood
1	The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	1 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Redemisti Nos'
2	The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary/Sts. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Salve Sancta Parens'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
3	St. Leo II, Pope and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
5	St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Sermo Meus'
7	Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Confessors
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Sacerdotes Tui'
8	St. Elizabeth, Queen and Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
10	The Seven Holy Brothers, Martyrs, and Sts. Rufina and Secunda, Virgins and Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Laudate Puen'
11	St. Pius I, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
12	St. John Gualbert, Abbot: Missa/Sts. Nabor and Felix, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Salus Autem'
13	St. Anacletus, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
14	St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
15	St. Henry, Emperor and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
16	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
	Com.	White	Missa 'Gaudeamus Omnes'
17	St. Alexius, Confessor
	Com.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
18	St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor/St. Symphorosa and Her Sevens Sons, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Majorem Hac Dilectionem'/Missa 'Clamaverunt
19	St. Vincent de Paul, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Pauperis Sion'
20	St. Jerome Emilian, Confessor/St. Margaret, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa Effusum'/Missa 'Me Exsectaverunt'
21	St. Praxedes, Virgin
	Coml.	Green or White	Missa 'Loquebar'
22	St. Mary Magdalen, Penitent
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
23	St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr/St. Liborius, Bishop
	3 Cl./Com.	Red/White	Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'/Missa 'Statuit'
24	St. Christina, Virgin and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
25	St. James the Greater, Apostle/St. Christopher, Martyr
	2 Cl./Com.	Red/Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'/ Missa 'In Virtute'
26	St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	2 Cl.	Color: White	Missa 'Gaudeamus Omnes'
27	St. Pantaleon, Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Laetabitur'
28	Sts. Nazarius and Celsus, Martyrs, St. Victor I, Pope and Martyr, and St. Innocent I, Pope and Confessor
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Intret In Conspectu'
29	St. Martha, Virgin/Sts. Felix, Pope; Simplicius, Faustinus, Beatrice, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Dilexisti'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
30	St. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Intret In Conspectu'
31	St. Ignatius of Loyola, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Nomine Jesu'
August: Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1	St. Peter's Chains/Holy Machabees Martyrs
	Dbl. Major/Com.	Color: white/red	Missa 'Nunc Scio Vere'/
2	St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/St. Stephen I, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	Color: white	Missa 'Spiritus Domini'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
3	Finding of the Body of St. Stephen
	Simple	Red	Missa 'Sederunt'
4	St. Dominic, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
5	Dedication of the Church of St. Mary of the Snows
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Salve Sancta Parens'
6	Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ/St. Sixtus, Pope and Martyr, and Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Illuxerunt Coruscationes'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
7	St. Cajetan, Confessor/St. Donatus, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'
8	Sts. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Timete Dominum'
9	St. John Mary Vianney, Confessor/Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr/St. Romanus, Martyr
	3 Cl.	White/Purple/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Dispersit'/
10	St. Lawrence, Martyr
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Confessio Et Pulchritudo'
11	St. Tiburtius, Martyr, and St. Susanna, Virgin and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
12	St. Clare, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
13	Sts. Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
14	St. Eusebius, Confessor
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Et Palma'
15	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Signum Magnum'
16	St. Joachim, Confessor
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dispersit'
17	St. Hyacinth, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
18	St. Agapitus, Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Laetabitur'
19	St. John Eudes, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
20	St. Bernard, Abbot, Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
21	St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
22	Feast of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary/Sts. Timohty, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Adeamus Cum Fiducia'/
23	St. Philip Benizi, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Et Palma'
24	St. Bartholomew, Apostle
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
25	St. Louis, King and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
26	St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
27	St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Venite Filii'
28	St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/St. Hermes, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'Laetabitur'
29	Beheading of St. John the Baptist/St. Sabina, Widow and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	Red/Red	Missa 'Loquebar'/Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
30	St. Rose of Lima, Virgin/Sts. Felix and Adauctus, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Dilexisti'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
31	St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
September: Dedicated to the Seven Dolours of Mary
1	St. Giles, Abbot/Twelve Holy Brothers, Martyrs
	Com./Com.	Green or White/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Clamaverunt'
2	St. Stephen, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
3	St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White
5	St. Lawrence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
8	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary/St. Adrian, Martyr
	2 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Salve Sancte Parens'/Missa 'In Virtute'
9	St. Peter Claver, Confessor/St. Gorgonius
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Satiavit Dominus'/Missa 'Laetabitur'
10	St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'
11	Sts. Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
12	Most Holy Name of Mary
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Vultum Tuum'
14	The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
	2Cl.	Red	Missa 'Nos Autem Gloriari'
15	The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary/St. Nicomedes, Confessor and Martyr
	2 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Stabunt Juxta'/Missa 'In Virtute'
16	St. Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, and St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr/St. Euphemia, Virgin and Martyr, and Sts. Lucy and Geminianus, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	Red/Red	Missa 'Intret'/Missa 'Intret'
17	The Impression of the Holy Stigmata on the Body of St. Francis, Confessor
	Com.	White	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
18	St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilectio Dei'
19	St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
20	St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Sapientiam'
21	St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Os Justi
22	St. Thomas of Villanova, Bishop and Confessor/St. Maurice and Companions, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Statuit'/Missa 'Intret'
23	St. Linus, Pope and Martyr/St. Thecla, Virgin
	3 Cl./Com.	Red/Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'/Missa 'Loquebar'
24	Our Lady of Ransom
	Com.	White	Missa 'Salve Sancte Parens'
26	Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf and Companions, Martyrs/Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	Red/Red	/Missa 'Salus Autem'
27	Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Sapientiam'
28	St. Wenceslaus, Duke and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'In Virtute'
29	The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas)
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Benedicite'
30	St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
October: Dedicated to the Holy Rosary
1	St. Remigius, Bishop and Confessor
	Com.	Green or White	Missa 'Statuit'
2	The Holy Guardian Angels
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Benedicite Dominum'
3	St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Veni De Libano'
4	St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
5	St. Placid and Companions, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Salus Autem'
6	St. Bruno, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
7	The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary/St. Mark, Pope and Confessor/St. Sergius and Companions, Martyrs
	2 Cl./Com.	White/White/Red	Missa 'Gaudeamus'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'/ Missa 'Sapientiam'
8	St. Bridget, Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
9	St. John Leonardi, Confessor/Sts, Dionysius, Rusticus and Eleutherius, Martyrs
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'In Sermonibus Domini'/
10	St. Francis Borgia, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
11	The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Ecce Virgo Concipiet'
13	St. Edward, King and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
14	St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
15	St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
16	St. Hedwig, Widow
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Cognovi'
17	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Sub Umbra'
18	St. Luke, Evangelist
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
19	St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'
20	St. John Cantius, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Miseratio Hominis'
21	St. Hilarion, Abbot/St. Ursula and Companions, Virgins and Martyrs
	Com./Com.	Green or White/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Loquebar'
24	St. Raphael, Archangel
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Benedicite Dominum'
25	Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Intret'
26	St. Evaristus, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
28	Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
Last Sunday in October: Feast of Christ the King
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dignus Est Agnus'
November: Dedicated to the Poor Souls in Purgator
1	The Feast of All Saints
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Gaudeamus'
2	All Souls' Day
	1 Cl.	Black	First Mass: Missa 'Requiem Aeternum' Second Mass: Missa 'Requiem Aeternum' Third Mass: Missa 'Requiem Aeternum'
4	St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop and Confessor/Sts. Vitalis and Agricola, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Statuit'/Missa 'Sapientiam'
8	Four Holy Crowned Martyrs
	Com.	Green or Red	Missa 'Intret'
9	The Dedication of the Basilica of Our Savior/St. Theodore, Martyr
	2 Cl.	White/Red	Missa 'Terribilis'/Missa 'Laetabitur'
10	St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor/Sts. Tryphon and Respicius, Martyrs, and St. Nympha, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Clamaverunt'
11	St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor/St. Mennas, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Statuit'/Missa 'Laetabitur'
12	St. Martin, Pope and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
13	St. Didacus, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'
14	St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Gaudeamus'
15	St. Albert the Great, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
16	St. Gertrude, Virgin
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Dilexisti'
17	St. Gregory Thaumaturgis, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
18	The Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Terribilis'
19	St. Elizabeth, Widow/St. Pontianus
	3 Cl.	White/Red	Missa 'Cognovi'/Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
20	St. Felix of Valois, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Justus Ut Palma'
21	The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Salve Sancta Parens'
22	St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Loquebar'
23	St. Clement, Pope and Martyr/St. Felicitas, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com	Red/Red	Missa 'Dicit Dominus'/Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
24	St. John of the Cross, Confessor and Doctor of the Church/St. John Chrysogonus, Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'In Virtute'
25	St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Loquebar'
26	St. Sylvester, Abbot/St. Peter of Alexander, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White/Red	Missa 'Os Justi'/Missa 'Statuit'
30	St. Andrew, Apostle
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
December: Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception
2	St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Me Exspectaverunt'
3	St. Francis Xavier, Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Loquebar'
4	St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl./Com.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'Loquebar'
5	St. Sabbas, Abbot
	Com.	White	Missa 'Os Justi'
6	St. Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Statuit'
7	St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church/Vigil of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	3 Cl./	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'/Missa 'Venite Audite'
8	The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	1 Cl.	White	Missa 'Gaudens Gaudebo'
10	St. Melchiades, Pope and Martyr
	Com.	Red	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
11	St. Damasus, Pope and Confessor
	3 Cl.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'
12	Our Lady of Guadalupe
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'Salve Sancte Parens'
13	St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Dilexisti'
16	St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr
	3 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'
21	St. Thomas, Apostle
	1 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Mihi Autem'
24	Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
	1 Cl.	Purple	Missa 'Hodie Scietis'
25	The Nativity of Our Lord
	1 Cl.	White	First Mass at Midnight: Missa 'Dominus Dixit' Second Mass at Dawn: Missa 'Lux Fulgebit' Third Mass During the Daytime: Missa 'Puer Natus Est'
26	St. Stephen, First Martyr
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Sederunt Principes'
27	St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
	2 Cl.	White	Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
28	The Holy Innocents, Martyrs (Childermas)
	2 Cl.	Purple or Red	Missa 'Ex Ore Infantium'
29	St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr
	2 Cl.	Red	Missa 'Gaudeamus'
31	St. Silvester I, Pope and Confessor
	Com.	White	Missa 'Si Diligis Me'

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