Weather and Nature

Saints in May: the calendar day by day

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

1
  • Saint Joseph the Worker · Optional memorial · white
2
  • Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
3
  • Saints Philip and James, Apostles · Feast · red
4Weekday with no proper memorial
5Weekday with no proper memorial
6Weekday with no proper memorial
7Weekday with no proper memorial
8Weekday with no proper memorial
9Weekday with no proper memorial
10
  • Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Optional memorial · white
11Weekday with no proper memorial
12
  • Saint Pancras, Martyr · Optional memorial · red
  • Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs · Optional memorial · red
13
  • Our Lady of Fatima · Optional memorial · white
14
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle · Feast · red
15Weekday with no proper memorial
16Weekday with no proper memorial
17Weekday with no proper memorial
18
  • Saint John I, Pope and Martyr · Optional memorial · white / red
19Weekday with no proper memorial
20
  • Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest · Optional memorial · white
21
  • Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs · Optional memorial · red
22
  • Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious · Optional memorial · white
23Weekday with no proper memorial
24Weekday with no proper memorial
25
  • Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Gregory VII, Pope · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin · Optional memorial · white
26
  • Saint Philip Neri, Priest · Memorial · white
27
  • Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop · Optional memorial · white
28Weekday with no proper memorial
29
  • Saint Paul VI, Pope · Optional memorial · white
30Weekday with no proper memorial
31
  • Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Feast · white

This month on the sanctoral

What May's calendar holds

May has 16 of its 31 days carrying a fixed celebration on this calendar, and 3 of those dates reach feast or solemnity rank.

Day 25 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.