| Date | Eulogies |
| 2023.02.02 Thursday | The Second Day of February. Eleventh Day of the lunar month. 🌔The Presentation of the Lord Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called Ipapante (Υπαπαντή) by the Greeks: forty days after the birth of the Lord, Jesus was brought by Mary and Joseph to the Temple, both to fulfil the Mosaic law, and above all to meet his believing and exultant people, light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory of his people Israel. Saint Flosculus, bishop of Orléans Saint Laurence, bishop of Canterbury Saint Burkard, bishop of Würzburg Blessed Simone Fidati, Augustinian priest Blessed Pietro Cambiani, Dominican priest and martyr Saint Catherine of Ricci, virgin of Third Order Dominicans Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder of the Company of Mary, Our Lady Saint Nicola da Longobardi, religious of the Order of Minims Blessed Stefano Bellesini, Augustinian priest Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard, Paris Foriegn Missions priest and martyr of Vietnam Saint Maria Kasper, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari, archbishop of Milan, cardinal Saint Maria Domenica Mantovani, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ |
| 2023.02.03 Friday | The Third Day of February. Twelfth Day of the lunar month. 🌔Saint Blaise, bishop of Sebastea and martyr Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, who as a Christian suffered martyrdom at Sivas in ancient Armenia under the emperor Licinius. Saint Ansgar, archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen Saint Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg and then also of Bremen in Saxony: first monk of Corbie, he was appointed by Pope Gregory IV as his legate throughout the North; in Denmark and Sweden he proclaimed the Gospel to a multitude of peoples and founded the Church of Christ there, overcoming many difficulties with fortitude, until, exhausted by fatigue, he found rest at Bremen. Saints Simeon and Anna, prophets At Jerusalem, commemoration of Saints Simeon and Anna, the first being a righteous and pious elder, the other a widow and prophetess: when the child Jesus was taken to the temple to be presented according to the custom of the law, they hailed him as the Messiah and Saviour, blessed hope and redemption of Israel. Saints Celerinus, lector, Celerina, Laurence and Ignatius, martyrs Saint Lienne, priest Saints Tigride and Remède, bishop of Gap Saint Lupicinus, bishop of Lyons Saint Hadelin, priest and abbot of Chelles Saint Werburgh, abbess Saint Berlindis, virgin Blessed Hélinand, monk Blessed John Nelson, Jesuit priest and martyr of England Saint Marie de Saint-Ignace Thévenet, virgin, founder of the Religious of Jesus and Mary Saint Marie-Anne Rivier, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Presentation Blessed Maria Virgo Stollenwerk, virgin, founder of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit |
| 2023.02.04 Saturday | The Fourth Day of February. Thirteenth Day of the lunar month. 🌔Saint Eutichio, martyr at Rome Saints Papias, Diodorus and Claudianus, martyrs of Perge Saints Phileas, bishop, and Philoromus, tribune, martyrs Saint Isidore, priest in Egypt, hermit Saint Aventin, bishop of Chartres Saint Aventin de Troyes, hermit Saint Rabano Mauro, bishop of Mainz Saint Nicholas the Studite, hegumen of the monastery of Studion Saint Gilbert, priest, founder the abbey of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order Saint Jeanne de France, queen of France, founder of the Nuns of Annunciation Blessed John Speed, martyr of England Saint Giuseppe da Leonessa, Capuchin priest Saint John de Britto, Jesuit priest and martyr of India |
| 2023.02.05 Sunday | The Fifth Day of February. Fourteenth Day of the lunar month. 🌕Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr Memorial of Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr, who, still a young girl, preserved her body in unblemished martyrdom in the raging persecution in Catania and integrates her faith, offering her witness for Christ the Lord. Holy martyrs of Ponto Saint Avit, bishop of Vienne Saint Ingenuino, first bishop of Bressanone Saint Luca, abbot Saint Saba il Giovane, monk Saint Albuino, bishop of Bressanone Saint Adelaide of Vilich, first abbess of the monastery of Vilich Passion of Saints Paul Miki and 25 companions, martyrs Blessed Françoise Mézière, virgin and martyr Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora, mother of family, of the Third Order Trinitarians Saint Jesús Méndez Montoya, priest and martyr |
| 2023.02.06 Monday | The Sixth Day of February. Fifteenth Day of the lunar month. 🌕Saints Paul Miki and 25 companions, martyrs of Japan Memorial of Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs, at Nagasaki in Japan. As the persecution against Christians worsened, eight priests and religious of the Society of Jesus and the Order of Friars Minor, missionaries from Europe or born in Japan, and seventeen lay people, arrested, suffered serious injuries and were sentenced to death. All together, even the boys, were crucified as Christians, delighted that they were allowed to die in the same way as Christ. Saint Antolien, martyr Saints Silvanus, bishop of Hemesa, Luke, deacon, and Mocius, lector, martyrs Saints Dorothea, virgin, and Theophilus, martyrs Saint Mél, bishop of Ardagh Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras Saint Amandus, bishop of Maastricht Saint Relindis, abbess Saint Guarino, cardinal bishop of Palestrina Saint Brinolfo, bishop of Skara Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco, priest, founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist Blessed Angelo da Furci, Augustinian priest Saint Francesco Spinelli, priest, founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes, priest and martyr |
according to Roman Martyrology 2004
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