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  • 2026.10.21: 

Wednesday in the 29ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Piazza Armerina)

Blessed Charles the Good, martyr (Hungary)

Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi, priest and martyr (Agrigento, Palermo)

Blessed Jakub Strzemię, bishop (Przemyśl)

Blessed Karl of Austria (Czechia, Nancy, Sankt Pölten, Wien)

Blessed Nicolas Barré, priest (Paris)

Feria: 21ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Benildus Romançon, religious (Clermont)

Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest (Liechtenstein, Albano, Roma, Teramo–Atri)

Saint Hilarion, abbot (Extraordinary Form, Dubrovnik, Jerusalem)

Saint John Paul II, pope (Ajaccio, Angers)

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (Urgell)

Saint Laura Montoya, virgin (Colombia)

Saint Mauront of Marseille, bishop (Marseille)

Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, religious (Bolivia)

Saint Nunilo and Saint Alodia, virgins and martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela)

Saint Pedro Calungsod, martyr (Philippines)

Saint Severinus of Bordeaux, bishop (Bordeaux)

Saint Tammarus of Campania, bishop (Benevento)

Saint Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone, Gozo)

Saint Ursula, virgin and martyr (Burgos)

Saints Stephen Cuenot, bishop, Isidore Gagelin and Joseph Marchand, priests, martyrs (Belfort–Montbéliard, Besançon)

Wednesday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2026.10.22: 

Thursday in the 29ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John Paul II, pope

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ajaccio, Angers, Dubrovnik, Guarda, Sandomierz, Valladolid)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Orvieto–Todi)

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Berlin)

Blessed Peter of Castello, priest (Città di Castello)

Feria: 21ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady of Boulogne (Nanterre)

Saint Bertarius, abbot and martyr (Montecassino)

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (Ukraine, Lanciano–Ortona)

Saint Lawrence of Frazzanò, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Louvent of Saint-Privat, martyr (Mende)

Saint Martin of Dume, bishop (Braga)

Saint Mary Salome (Santiago de Compostela)

Saint Mary of Clopas and Saint Mary Salome (Nîmes)

Saint Montaine, Saint Sévère and Saint Bertoare, virgins (Bourges)

Saint Nunilo and Saint Alodia, virgins and martyrs (Huesca)

Saint Silvanus, martyr (Limoges)

Thursday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2026.10.23: 

Friday in the 29ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John of Capistrano, priest

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Bologna, Lanciano–Ortona, Urgell)

Blessed Arnold Rèche, religieux (Metz)

Blessed Gregorio Celli, religious (Rimini)

Blessed Marie-Madeleine Fontaine and companions, martyrs (Cambrai)

Friday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop and confessor (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Eucharius, martyr (Nancy)

Saint John Paul II, pope (Nottingham)

Saint John of Syracuse, bishop (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Józef Bilczewski, bishop (Poland, Ukraine)

Saint Lomer of Corbion, abbot (Blois)

Saint Servandus and Saint Germanus, martyrs (Cádiz y Ceuta, Mérida–Badajoz)

Saint Severin of Cologne, bishop (Köln)

  • 2026.10.24: 

Saturday in the 29ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop

The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Pittsburgh, Szeged–Csanád, Trapani)

Blessed Jan Wojciech Balicki, priest (Przemyśl)

Saint Arethas and companions, martyrs (Northern Arabia)

Saint Eberigisil, bishop (Köln)

Saint Luigi Guanella, priest (Chur, Como, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Lansing, Lugano, Milano, Vittorio Veneto)

Saint Rafael Guízar y Valencia, bishop (Mexico)

Saint Raphael, archangel (Extraordinary Form, Córdoba)

Saturday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cabo Verde)

  • 2026.10.25: 

30ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time

1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Dedication of the Churches of the Vicariate (Southern Arabia)

Our Lady Queen of Palestine (Jerusalem)

Saint Maurus of Pécs, bishop (Pécs)

The Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.10.26: 

Monday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Nîmes)

Blessed Bonaventure of Potenza, priest (Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Ischia)

Blessed Celina Borzęcka, religious (Bielsko–Żywiec, Kraków)

Blessed Gonzalo of Lagos, priest (Évora)

Blessed José Gregorio Hernández (Venezuela)

Feria: 22ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Monday in the Week of the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Our Lady of Verdun, Mother of God (Verdun)

Saint Amandus of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg)

Saint Aptonus of Angoulême, bishop (Angoulême)

Saint Cedd, bishop (Brentwood)

Saint Chad and Saint Cedd, bishops (England)

Saint Demetrius and companions, martyrs (Srijem)

Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, martyr (Požega)

Saint Evaristus, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saint John Đạt, priest and martyr (Hà Nôi)

Saint Rusticu of Narbonnes, bishop (Carcassonne et Narbonne)

Saint Sigibaud of Metz, bishop (Metz)

Saint Valentine and Saint Engratia, martyr (Segovia)

  • 2026.10.27: 

Tuesday in the 30ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Denver, L’Aquila, Rožňava, Tivoli)

Blessed Bartolomeo Breganze, bishop (Vicenza)

Blessed Gonzalo of Lagos, priest (Portugal, Timor-Leste)

Feria: 22ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Florus of Pula, bishop (Poreč i Pula)

Saint Francisco Díaz del Rincón, priest, and companions, martyrs (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Saint Genitorus and companions, martyrs (Bourges)

Saint Namatius of Clermont, bishop (Clermont)

Saint Otteran, monk (Ireland)

Saint Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, religious (Chieti–Vasto)

Saint Vincent, Saint Sabina and Saint Christeta, martyrs (Burgos, Toledo, Ávila, Évora)

The Transitus of Saint Mary Salome (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino)

Tuesday in the Week of the 1ˢᵗ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian)

Martyrology

  • 2026.10.21: 

Saints Dasius, Zoticus and Caius, martyrs at Nicomedia

Saints Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs at Cologne

Saint Hilarion the Great, abbot at Cyprus

Saint Malchus, monk

Saint Seurin, bishop of Bordeaux

Saint Céline de Laon

Saint Viator of Lyons, lector

Saint Wendelin, hermit

Saint Mauront, abbot of Saint-Victor and later bishop of Marseille

Blessed Pietro Capucci, Dominican priest

Saint Petrus Yu Tae-ch’ŏl, martyr of Korea

Saint Laura de Santa Catalina de Siena Montoya y Upegui, virgin of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena

  • 2026.10.22: 

Saint John Paul II, pope

Saint Marcus, bishop of Jerusalem

Saint Abercius, bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia

Saints Philip, bishop of Heraclea in Europa, and Hermes, deacon, martyrs

Saint Mellon, bishop of Rouen

Saint Valère, deacon and martyr at Besançon

Saint Louvent, abbot of Saint-Privat, martyr

Saint Leotadus, bishop of Auch

Saint Modéran, bishop of Rennes, later abbot of Berceto

Saint Benoît, hermit

Saints Nunilo and Alodia, virgins and martyrs of Spain

Saint Donato di Scozia, bishop of Fiesole

  • 2026.10.23: 

Saint John of Capistrano, Franciscan priest

Saints Servando and Germán, martyrs of Spain

Saints John, bishop, and James, priest, martyrs in Persia

Saint Theodoret of Antioch, priest and martyr at Antioch

Saint Severin, bishop of Cologne

Saint Severinus Boëthius, martyr at Pavia

Saint Giovanni, bishop of Siracuse

Saint Romain, bishop of Rouen

Saint Benoît, priest

Saint Ignatius, bishop of Constantinople

Saint Ælflæda, abbess

Saint Allucio, peacemaker of the poor

Blessed Giovanni Bono, hermit

Blessed Giovannangelo Porro, Servite priest

Blessed Thomas Thwing, priest and martyr of England

Blesseds Marie-Clotilde-Angèle de Saint-François-Borgia Paillot and 5 companions, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France

Saint Phaolô Tống Viết Bường, martyr of Vietnam

Blessed Arnould Rèche, Lasalian religious

Blesseds Ildefonso de la Cruz, Justiniano de San Gabriel de la Dolorosa, Passionist priests, Eufrasio del Amor Misericordioso, Tomás del Santísimo Sacramento, Honorino de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores and José María de Jesús y María, Passionist religious, martyrs of Spain

Blessed Leonardo Olivera Buera, priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds Ambrosio León Lorente Vicente, Florencio Martín Ibáñez Lázaro and Honorato Andrés Zorraquino Herrero, Lasalian religious, martyrs of Spain

  • 2026.10.24: 

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, archbishop of Santiago of Cuba, founder of the Claretians

Saints Ciriacus and Claudian, martyrs at Hierapolis

Saint Proclus, bishop of Constantinople

Saints Arethas and 340 companions, martyrs in Arabia

Saint Sénoch, priest

Saint Martin, deacon and abbot

Saint Everigisil, bishop of Cologne and martyr

Saint Magloire, bishop of Dol

Saint Fromond, bishop of Coutances

Saint Giuse Lê Dăng Thi, martyr of Vietnam

Saint Luigi Guanella, priest, founder of the Servants of Charity

Blessed Giuseppe Baldo, priest, founder of the Little Daughters of Saint Joseph

  • 2026.10.25: 

Saints Crisante and Daria, martyrs at Rome

Saints Crépin and Crispian, martyrs at Soissons

Saint Miniato, martyr at Florence

Saint Front, first bishop of Périgueux

Saints Martyrius and Marcian, martyrs at Constantinople

Saint Gaudenzio, bishop of Brescia

Saint Hilaire, bishop of Mende

Saint Frutos, martyr in Segovia

Saint Mór, bishop of Pécs

Saint Bernat Calbó, bishop of Vic

Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy, bishop of Cork and Cloyne

Blessed Recaredo Centelles Abad, priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds María Teresa Ferragud Roig, María Jesús Masiá Ferragud, María Verónica Masiá Ferragud and María Felicidad Masiá Ferragud, Capuchin Clarisse virgins, and Josefa de la Purificación Masiá Ferragud, Discalced Augustinian virgin, martyrs of Spain

  • 2026.10.26: 

Saints Lucian and Marcian, martyrs at Nicomedia

Saint Rogatian, priest of Carthage, and Saint Felicissimus, martyrs

Saint Amandus, first bishop of Strasbourg

Saint Rustique, bishop of Narbonne

Saint Aptone, bishop of Angoulême

Saint Cedd, bishop of London

Saint Eata, bishop of Hexham

Saint Sigebaud, bishop of Metz

Saint Witta, first bishop of Büraburg

Saint Beóán, bishop of Mortlach

Saint Folco Scotti, bishop of Pavia

Blessed Damiano da Finale Furcheri, Dominican priest

Blessed Bonaventura da Potenza Lavanga, Conventual Franciscan priest

  • 2026.10.27: 

Saint Evaristus, pope and martyr

Saint Trasea, bishop of Eumenia and martyr

Saint Namace, bishop of Clermont

Saint Gaudioso, bishop of Naples

Saint Oran, monk

Blessed Bartolomeo di Breganze, Dominican, bishop of Vicenza

Blessed Salvador Mollar Ventura, Franciscan religious and martyr of Spain


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