Weather and Nature

Saints in October: the calendar day by day

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

1
  • Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
2
  • The Holy Guardian Angels · Memorial · white
3Weekday with no proper memorial
4
5
  • Saint Faustina Kowalska · Optional memorial · white
6
  • Saint Bruno, Priest · Optional memorial · white
7
  • Our Lady of the Rosary · Memorial · white
8Weekday with no proper memorial
9
  • Saint Denis, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs · Optional memorial · red
  • Saint John Leonardi, Priest · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint John Henry Newman, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Optional memorial · white
10Weekday with no proper memorial
11
  • Saint John XXIII, Pope · Optional memorial · white
12Weekday with no proper memorial
13Weekday with no proper memorial
14
  • Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr · Optional memorial · white / red
15
  • Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
16
  • Saint Hedwig, Religious · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin · Optional memorial · white
17
  • Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr · Memorial · white / red
18
  • Saint Luke, Evangelist · Feast · red
19
  • Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest · Optional memorial · white
  • Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs · Optional memorial · red
20Weekday with no proper memorial
21Weekday with no proper memorial
22
  • Saint John Paul II, Pope · Optional memorial · white
23
  • Saint John of Capestrano, Priest · Optional memorial · white
24
  • Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop · Optional memorial · white
25Weekday with no proper memorial
26Weekday with no proper memorial
27Weekday with no proper memorial
28
29Weekday with no proper memorial
30Weekday with no proper memorial
31Weekday with no proper memorial

This month on the sanctoral

What October's calendar holds

October has 18 of its 31 days carrying a fixed celebration on this calendar, and 2 of those dates reach feast or solemnity rank.

Day 9 is the busiest day of the month, with 3 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.