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This article is about the liturgical calendar promulgated by decree of the Council of Trent. For the calendar currently used in the 1962 Tridentine Latin Mass, see General Roman Calendar of 1960.

The Tridentine calendar is the calendar of saints to be honoured in the course of the liturgical year in the official liturgy of the Roman Rite as reformed by Pope Pius V, implementing a decision of the Council of Trent, which entrusted the task to the Pope.

The text of the Tridentine calendar can be found in the original editions of the Tridentine Roman Breviary[1] and of the Tridentine Roman Missal.[2]

Use of both these texts, which included Pius V's revised calendar, was made obligatory throughout the

Apostolic Constitution Quod a nobis, which imposed use of the Tridentine Roman Breviary, and the corresponding Apostolic Constitution Quo primum concerning the Tridentine Roman Missal both decreed: "No one whosoever is permitted to alter this letter or heedlessly to venture to go contrary to this notice of Our permission, statute, ordinance, command, precept, grant, indult, declaration, will, decree and prohibition. Should anyone, however, presume to commit such an act, he should know that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul."[3]

Later editions of the Roman calendar

Soon after the publication of this 1907 table, Pope Pius X made a general revision of the rubrics of the calendar, the result of which (with a few additions by Pope Pius XI) can be seen in General Roman Calendar of 1954. This was followed by Pope Pius XII's simplifying revision of 1955 (see General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII).

Pope Date Doubles, I Class Doubles, II Class Greater Doubles Doubles Semidoubles Total
Pius V 1568 19 17 0 53 60 149
Clement VIII 1602 19 18 16 43 68 164
Urban VIII 1631 19 18 16 45 78 176
Leo XIII 1882 21 18 24 128 74 265
Pius X 1907 23 27 25 133 72 280

John XXIII's General Roman Calendar of 1960 reduced the number of celebrations and completely abandoned the ranking as Doubles, Simples, etc.

The General Roman Calendar of 1969 has subsequent adjustments and is currently in general use in the Latin Church (the present General Roman Calendar, observed for instance by the Pope himself).

The Tridentine calendar

January

  • 1 January:
    Circumcision of the Lord
    , Double.
  • 2 January: Octave of St. Stephen, Double, with commemoration of octaves.
  • 3 January: Octave of St. John, Double, with commemoration of the octave of the Holy Innocents.
  • 4 January: Octave of the Holy Innocents, Double
  • 5 January: Vigil.
  • 6 January:
    Epiphany of the Lord
    , Double.
  • 7 January: Of the Octave of the Epiphany.
  • 8 January: Of the Octave.
  • 9 January: Of the Octave.
  • 10 January: Of the Octave.
  • 11 January: Of the Octave of the Epiphany, and commemoration of St Hyginus pope and martyr.
  • 12 January: Of the octave.
  • 13 January: Octave of the Epiphany, Double.
  • 14 January: Hilary bishop and confessor, Semidouble, transferred from yesterday, with commemoration of St Felix Priest and martyr.
  • 15 January: Paul the First Hermit, confessor, Semidouble, transferred from 10 January, with commemoration of St Maurus, abbot.
  • 16 January: Marcellus pope and martyr, Semidouble.
  • 17 January:
    Anthony Abbot
    , Double.
  • 18 January:
    Chair of St Peter at Rome, Double, and commemoration of St Prisca
    virgin and martyr.
  • 19 January:
    Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
    martyrs.
  • 20 January:
    Sebastian
    martyrs, Double.
  • 21 January:
    Agnes
    virgin and martyr, Double.
  • 22 January: Vincent and Anastasius martyrs, Semidouble.
  • 23 January: Emerentiana virgin and martyr.
  • 24 January: Timothy bishop and martyr.
  • 25 January: Conversion of St
    Paul
    Apostle, Double.
  • 26 January: Polycarp bishop and martyr.
  • 27 January: John Chrysostom bishop and confessor, Double.
  • 28 January:
    Agnes
    second.
  • 29 January:
  • 30 January:
  • 31 January:

February

  • 1 February: Ignatius bishop and martyr, Semidouble.
  • 2 February:
    Purification of Blessed Mary
    , Double.
  • 3 February: Blase bishop and martyr.
  • 4 February:
  • 5 February:
    Agatha
    virgin and martyr, Semidouble.
  • 6 February: Dorothy virgin and martyr.
  • 7 February:
  • 8 February:
  • 9 February: Apollonia virgin and martyr.
  • 10 February:
  • 11 February:
  • 12 February:
  • 13 February:
  • 14 February: Valentine Priest and martyr.
  • 15 February: Faustinus and Jovita martyrs.
  • 16 February:
  • 17 February:
  • 18 February: Simeon bishop and martyr.
  • 19 February:
  • 20 February:
  • 21 February:
  • 22 February:
    Chair of St Peter at Antioch
    , Double.
  • 23 February: Vigil.
  • 24 February:
    Matthias
    Apostle, Double.
  • 25 February:
  • 26 February:
  • 27 February:
  • 28 February:

In leap years, a day is added and it is of 29 days but the Feast of St. Matthias is celebrated on the 25th day and then is said twice Sexto Kalendas, that is on the 24th and 25th day, and thus the Dominical letter is changed to the one above, that if it be B, into A, if it be C, into B, similarly also in the others.

March

  • 1 March:
  • 2 March:
  • 3 March:
  • 4 March:
  • 5 March:
  • 6 March:
  • 7 March: Thomas Aquinas confessor, Double, and commemoration of Perpetua and Felicity martyrs.
  • 8 March:
  • 9 March: The Forty Holy Martyrs, Semidouble.
  • 10 March:
  • 11 March:
  • 12 March: Gregory pope and confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
  • 13 March:
  • 14 March:
  • 15 March:
  • 16 March:
  • 17 March:
  • 18 March:
  • 19 March: Joseph confessor, Double.
  • 20 March:
  • 21 March: Benedict Abbot, Double.
  • 22 March:
  • 23 March:
  • 24 March:
  • 25 March: Annunciation of Blessed Mary, Double.
  • 26 March:
  • 27 March:
  • 28 March:
  • 29 March:
  • 30 March:
  • 31 March:

April

  • 1 April:
  • 2 April:
  • 3 April:
  • 4 April:
  • 5 April:
  • 6 April:
  • 7 April:
  • 8 April:
  • 9 April:
  • 10 April:
  • 11 April: Leo pope and confessor, Double.
  • 12 April:
  • 13 April:
  • 14 April:
    Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
    , martyrs.
  • 15 April:
  • 16 April:
  • 17 April: Anicetus pope and martyr
  • 18 April:
  • 19 April:
  • 20 April:
  • 21 April:
  • 22 April: Soter and Caius popes and martyrs, Semidouble.
  • 23 April: George martyr, Semidouble.
  • 24 April:
  • 25 April: Mark Evangelist, Double.
  • 26 April: Cletus and Marcellinus popes and martyrs, Semidouble.
  • 27 April:
  • 28 April: Vitalis martyr.
  • 29 April:
  • 30 April:

May

June

  • 1 June:
  • 2 June:
    Erasmus
    martyrs.
  • 3 June:
  • 4 June:
  • 5 June:
  • 6 June:
  • 7 June:
  • 8 June:
  • 9 June: Primus and Felician martyrs.
  • 10 June:
  • 11 June: Barnabas Apostle, Double.
  • 12 June: Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius martyrs.
  • 13 June:
  • 14 June: Basil bishop and confessor, Double.
  • 15 June:
    Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia
    martyrs.
  • 16 June:
  • 17 June:
  • 18 June:
    Mark and Marcellianus
    Brothers, martyrs.
  • 19 June: Gervase and Protase martyrs.
  • 20 June: Silverius pope and martyr.
  • 21 June:
  • 22 June: Paulinus bishop and confessor
  • 23 June: Vigil.
  • 24 June:
    Nativity of St. John the Baptist
    , Double.
  • 25 June: Of the octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
  • 26 June: John and Paul martyrs, Semidouble, with commemoration of the octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
  • 27 June: Of the octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
  • 28 June: Leo II pope and confessor, Semidouble, with commemoration of the Octave and of the Vigil.
  • 29 June: Peter and Paul Apostles, Double.
  • 30 June: Commemoration of St Paul Apostle, Double, with commemoration of the Octave of St John.

July

August

  • 1 August: Peter in Chains, Double, and commemoration of the Holy Machabees martyrs.
  • 2 August: Stephen pope and martyr.
  • 3 August: Invention of Saint Stephen protomartyr, Semidouble.
  • 4 August: Dominic confessor, Double.
  • 5 August:
    Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows
    , Double.
  • 6 August: Transfiguration of the Lord, Double and commemoration of Ss. Xystus the Second pope, Felicissimus, and Agapitus martyrs.
  • 7 August:
    Donatus
    bishop and martyr.
  • 8 August: Cyriacus, Largus and Smaragdus martyrs, Semidouble.
  • 9 August: Vigil, and commemoration of St. Romanus martyr.
  • 10 August:
    Laurence
    martyr, Double.
  • 11 August: Of the octave of St Laurence with commemoration of Saint Tiburtius and Saint Susanna martyrs.
  • 12 August: Of the octave and commemoration of St Clare virgin.
  • 13 August: Of the octave and commemoration of St Hippolytus and his companions and of Cassian martyrs.
  • 14 August: Of the octave with commemoration of the Vigil and of St Eusebius confessor.
  • 15 August: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Double.
  • 16 August: Of the octave of the Assumption of Blessed Mary with commemoration of the Octave of St. Laurence.
  • 17 August: Octave of St.
    Laurence
    , Double, and commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption.
  • 18 August: Of the octave, and commemoration of St Agapitus martyr.
  • 19 August: Of the octave.
  • 20 August: Bernard Abbot, Double, with commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption.
  • 21 August: Of the Octave.
  • 22 August: Octave of the Assumption of Blessed Mary, Double, and commemoration of Ss Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian martyrs.
  • 23 August: Vigil.
  • 24 August:
    Bartholomew
    Apostle, Double. At Rome celebrated on the 25th.
  • 25 August: Louis king of France, confessor.
  • 26 August: Zephyrinus pope and martyr.
  • 27 August:
  • 28 August: Augustine bishop, confessor and Doctor of the Church, Double, and commemoration of Saint Hermes martyr.
  • 29 August:
    Sabina
    martyr.
  • 30 August: Felix and Adauctus martyrs.
  • 31 August:

September

October

November

  • 1 November:
    Caesarius
    martyr.
  • 2 November:
    Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
    , Double, and of the octave of all Saints.
  • 3 November: Of the octave.
  • 4 November: Of the octave and commemoration of Ss. Vitalis and Agricola martyrs.
  • 5 November: Of the octave.
  • 6 November: Of the octave.
  • 7 November: Of the octave.
  • 8 November: Octave of all Saints, Double, and commemoration of the Holy Four Crowned Martyrs.
  • 9 November: Dedication of the
    St. Theodore
    martyr.
  • 10 November: Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha martyrs.
  • 11 November:
    Menas
    martyr.
  • 12 November: Martin pope and martyr, Semidouble.
  • 13 November:
  • 14 November:
  • 15 November:
  • 16 November:
  • 17 November: Gregory Thaumaturgus bishop and confessor.
  • 18 November: Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter, and Paul, Double
  • 19 November:
    Pontianus
    pope and martyr.
  • 20 November:
  • 21 November:
  • 22 November:
    Cecilia
    virgin and martyr, Semidouble.
  • 23 November:
    Clement pope and martyr, Semidouble, and commemoration of St Felicitas
    martyr.
  • 24 November: Chrysogonus martyr.
  • 25 November: Catherine virgin and martyr, Double.
  • 26 November:
    Peter of Alexandria
    bishop and martyr.
  • 27 November:
  • 28 November:
  • 29 November: Vigil, and commemoration of Saturninus martyr.
  • 30 November:
    Andrew
    Apostle, Double.

December

  • 1 December:
  • 2 December: Bibiana virgin and martyr.
  • 3 December:
  • 4 December: Barbara virgin and martyr, Commemoration.
  • 5 December: Sabbas Abbot, Commemoration.
  • 6 December: Nicholas bishop and confessor, Semidouble.
  • 7 December: Ambrose bishop, confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
  • 8 December: Conception of Blessed Mary, Double.
  • 9 December:
  • 10 December: Melchiades pope and martyr, Commemoration.
  • 11 December: Damasus pope and confessor, Semidouble.
  • 12 December:
  • 13 December: Saint Lucy virgin and martyr, Double.
  • 14 December:
  • 15 December:
  • 16 December:
  • 17 December:
  • 18 December:
  • 19 December:
  • 20 December: Vigil.
  • 21 December: Thomas the Apostle, Double.
  • 22 December:
  • 23 December:
  • 24 December: Vigil.
  • 25 December: Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, Double.
  • 26 December: Stephen Protomartyr, Double and commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity.
  • 27 December: John Apostle and Evangelist, Double and commemoration of the Octaves.
  • 28 December: The Holy Innocents, Double and commemoration of the Octaves.
  • 29 December: Thomas of Canterbury bishop and martyr, Semidouble, and commemoration of the Octaves.
  • 30 December: Of the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity, or of the Octave, with commemoration of the other Octaves.
  • 31 December: Sylvester pope and confessor, Double, with commemoration of the Octaves.

See also

References

  1. ^ Breviarium Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum Apud Paulum Manutium, Roma 1568. Facsimile: Achille Maria Triacca, Breviarium Romanum. Editio princeps (1568), Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1999
  2. ISBN 88-209-2547-8
    .
  3. ^ Quo Primum
  4. ISBN 88-209-2547-8), pp. 49 and 560, making Caesarius of Africa one of the saints referred to in the section of this article on "Some of Pope Pius V's alterations of the existing Roman Calendar" whom Pope Pius V removed from the Roman calendar, where he had been included at least since the time of Charlemagne (Pierre Battifol, History of the Roman Breviary, p. 144).
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