Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)

Lesser Festivals are a type of observance in the

Lesser Festivals in the Church of England

Source: C of E website.^[1]

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:
  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:
  Bishop of Geneva
  , Teacher of the Faith, 1622
• 26 January:
  Paul
• 28 January: Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
• 30 January: Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

February

• 3 February:
  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:
  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:
  Bishop of Constantinople
  , Teacher of the Faith, 407
• 25 September:
  King James Version of the Bible
• 4 October:
  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

See also

• List of Anglican Church calendars
• Principal Feast
• Principal Holy Day
• Festival (Anglicanism)
• Commemoration (Anglicanism)

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