Weather and Nature

Saints in January: the calendar day by day

Every day in January with its General Roman Calendar celebration, liturgical rank and colour.

1
  • Mary, Mother of God · Solemnity · white
2
  • Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church · Memorial · white
3
  • The Most Holy Name of Jesus · Optional memorial · white
4Weekday with no proper memorial
5Weekday with no proper memorial
6Weekday with no proper memorial
7
  • Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest · Optional memorial · white
8Weekday with no proper memorial
9Weekday with no proper memorial
10Weekday with no proper memorial
11Weekday with no proper memorial
12Weekday with no proper memorial
13
  • Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Optional memorial · white
14Weekday with no proper memorial
15Weekday with no proper memorial
16Weekday with no proper memorial
17
  • Saint Anthony, Abbot · Memorial · white
18Weekday with no proper memorial
19Weekday with no proper memorial
20
  • Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr · Optional memorial · white / red
  • Saint Sebastian, Martyr · Optional memorial · red
21
  • Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr · Memorial · white / red
22
  • Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr · Optional memorial · red
23Weekday with no proper memorial
24
  • Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
25
  • The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle · Feast · white
26
  • Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops · Memorial · white
27
  • Saint Angela Merici, Virgin · Optional memorial · white
28
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
29Weekday with no proper memorial
30Weekday with no proper memorial
31
  • Saint John Bosco, Priest · Memorial · white

This month on the sanctoral

What January's calendar holds

January has 15 of its 31 days carrying a fixed celebration on this calendar, and 2 of those dates reach feast or solemnity rank.

Day 20 is the busiest day of the month, with 2 celebrations on the same calendar — in that case, the higher rank is the one that applies that year.

The twelve months

Saints with their own page

This page follows the General Roman Calendar. It is not an official publication of the Holy See. The dates, the liturgical rank and the colour come from LitCal, an open community project (Apache-2.0 licence), and the text is ours, written from open sources. For your diocese or parish calendar, ask your diocese.

Your diocesan, national or religious-order calendar may list other saints on these days, in addition to those of the General Roman Calendar.