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  • 2026.05.21: 

Thursday in the 7á”—Ê° Week of Easter

Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs

All Holy Bishops of the Diocese (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Brno)

Blessed Columba of Rieti, virgin (Perugia–Città della Pieve, Rieti)

Blessed Franz JÀgerstÀtter, martyr (Austria)

Blessed Hyacinth Cormier, priest (Orléans)

Feria: Sunday after the Ascension (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Austregisilus of Bourges, bishop (Bourges)

Saint Eleutherius of Velletri, bishop and martyr (Velletri–Segni)

Saint EugĂšne de Mazenod, bishop (Canada, Aix, Digne, FrĂ©jus–Toulon, Gap–Embrun, Marseille, PoznaƄ)

Saint Godric of Finchale, religious (Hexham and Newcastle)

Saint Guido della Gherardesca, religious (Pisa)

Saint Helena (Jerusalem)

Saint Hemming, bishop (Sweden)

Saint Hermann Joseph, priest (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone)

Saint Hospitius, hermit (Monaco, Nice)

Saint John of Nepomuk, priest and martyr (Ukraine, Bielsko–ƻywiec, Gliwice, Katowice, KrakĂłw, Opole, ƚwidnica)

Saint Louis Beaulieu, priest and martyr (Bordeaux)

Saint Manços, martyr (Évora)

Saint Pietro Parenzo, martyr (Orvieto–Todi)

Saint Restitude, virgin and martyr (Ajaccio)

Saint Romanus and Saint Lupicinus, abbots (Saint-Claude)

Saint Torquatus and companions, bishops and martyrs (Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza)

  • 2026.05.22: 

Friday in the 7á”—Ê° Week of Easter

Saint Rita of Cassia, religious

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Rouyn-Noranda, Évora)

Blessed Diego José de Cådiz, priest (Cådiz y Ceuta, Målaga)

Blessed John Baptist Machado, priest and martyr (Angra)

Feria: Sunday after the Ascension (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady of Good Hope (Nancy)

Our Lady, Queen of Apulia (San Severo)

Saint Attus of Pistoia, bishop (MĂ©rida–Badajoz)

Saint Ausonius of AngoulĂȘme, bishop and martyr (AngoulĂȘme, La Rochelle)

Saint Bevons of Voghera (Digne)

Saint Castus and Saint Cassius, bishops and martyrs (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo)

Saint Castus of Calvi, bishop and martyr (Teano–Calvi)

Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs (Katowice, ƚwidnica)

Saint Hemming, bishop (Helsinki)

Saint Humilitas, religious (Faenza–Modigliana)

Saint Joaquina Vedruna, religious (Spain)

Saint Joata, martyr (Belluno–Feltre)

Saint Julia, virgin and martyr (Ajaccio)

Saint Lupus of Limoges, bishop (Limoges, Tulle)

Saint Mary of Clopas and Saint Mary Salome (Chartres)

Saint Quiteria, virgin and martyr (Aire et Dax)

Ember Day (Slovakia)

  • 2026.05.23: 

Saturday in the 7á”—Ê° Week of Easter

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Tunisia, Amos, Jérémie)

Blessed Giacomo Filippo Bertoni, priest (Faenza–Modigliana)

Blessed Julián de San Agustín, religious (Osma–Soria)

Blessed Vilmos Apor, bishop and martyr (Hungary)

Commemoration of Deceased Shepherds and Benefactors (Bragança–Miranda)

Our Lady of the Bath (Isernia–Venafro)

Pentecost Vigil (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church (Ambrosian)

Saint Guibert of Gembloux, religious (Namur)

Saint Guibert, Saint Trudo, Blessed John of Gorze, abbots, and all holy monks of the diocese (Metz)

Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret, virgin (Belfort–MontbĂ©liard, Besançon, Napoli)

Saint Jeremiah, prophet and martyr (Venezia)

Saint John Baptist of Rossi, priest (Roma)

Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin (Ambrosian)

Saint Rita of Cassia, religious (Angra, Barcelona, Tarragona, Vic, Évora)

Saint Syagrius of Nice, bishop (Nice)

Ember Day (Slovakia)

  • 2026.05.24: 

Pentecost Sunday

  • 2026.05.25: 

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Groningen–Leeuwarden, Joliet)

Monday in the 8á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time (Acireale, Agrigento, Caguas, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Gatineau, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Our Lady Help of Christians (Australia, Slovenia, Menorca, Punta Arenas)

Pentecost Monday (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church (Acireale, Agrigento, Caguas, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Gatineau, Hexham and Newcastle, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Gregory VII, pope (Acireale, Agrigento, Caguas, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Gatineau, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin (Acireale, Agrigento, Caguas, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Gatineau, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Mary Salome (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino)

The Holy Spirit (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone)

  • 2026.05.26: 

Saint Philip Neri, priest

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ciudad Real, Sant Feliu de Llobregat)

Our Lady of Caravaggio (Cremona)

Pentecost Tuesday (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Denys Ssebuggwawo and Saint Andrew Kaggwa, martyrs (Rwanda)

Saint Lambert of Vence, bishop (Nice)

Saint Mariana de JesĂșs de Paredes, virgin (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

Saint Mary Hodegetria (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Tuesday in the 8á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time (Venezuela, Nice)

  • 2026.05.27: 

Wednesday in the 8á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (León, Plzeƈ, Zadar)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Fajardo–Humacao)

Blessed Aloysius Grozde, martyr (Slovenia)

Blessed Josep Tous Soler, priest (Barcelona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Vic)

Our Lady of Light (Denver)

Saint Berenger of Saint-Papoul, monk (Carcassonne et Narbonne)

Saint Eutropius of Orange, bishop (Avignon, Marseille)

Saint Francis Serrano, priest, and companions, martyrs (Guadix)

Saint Lambert of Vence, bishop (FrĂ©jus–Toulon)

Saint Liberius, religious (Ancona–Osimo)

Saint Lodovico Pavoni, priest (Ambrosian)

Saint Paul VI, pope (Poland)

Saint Pedro Sans y JordĂĄ, bishop and martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Saint Philip Neri, priest (Peru, Rwanda)

Saint Restitude, virgin and martyr (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo)

Wednesday in the Week after Pentecost (Ambrosian)

Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ember Wednesday of Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Martyrology

  • 2026.05.21: 

Saints Christopher Magallanes and 24 companions, martyrs of Mexico

Saint Timothy, deacon and martyr

Saint Polyeuctus, martyr in Cappadocia

Holy martyrs of Alexandria of Egypt, under Emperor Constantius

Saint Patern, bishop of Vannes

Saint Hospice, recluse

Saint Manços, martyr at Evora

Saint Teobaldo, bishop of Vienne

Saint Hemming, bishop of Åbo

Blessed LĂ©on Mopinot, Christian Schools brother, martyr of France

Saint EugĂšne de Mazenod, archbishop-bishop of Marseille, founder of the Oblates

  • 2026.05.22: 

Saint Rita of Cascia, widow and Augustinian nun

Saints Castus and Emilius, martyrs

Saint Basiliscus, bishop of Comana Pontica and martyr

Saint Julie, virgin and martyr in Corsica

Saint Quitterie, virgin and martyr at Aire-sur-le-Lys

Saint Ausone, first bishop of AngoulĂȘme

Saint Loup, bishop of Limoges

Saint Giovanni, abbot of Parma

Saint Atto, Vallombrosian abbot, bishop of Pistoia

Saint UmiltĂ , Vallombrosian abbess

Blessed John Forest, Franciscan priest and martyr of England

Blesseds Pedro de la AsunciĂłn, Franciscan priest, and JoĂŁo Baptista Machado de TĂĄvora, Jesuit priest, martyrs of Japan

Blessed Matthias, catechist and martyr of Japan

Saint Micae HÎ ÐÏnh Hy, catechist and martyr of Vietnam

Saint LaurensĂŽ PháșĄm Viáșżt NgĂŽn, martyr of Vietnam

Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini, religious, founder of the Sisters of the Least

  • 2026.05.23: 

Saints Lucius, Montanus, Julian, Victoricus, Victor and Donatian, martyrs

Holy martyrs of Cappadocia

Holy martyrs of Mesopotamia

Saint Efebo, bishop of Naples

Saint Didier, bishop of Langres and martyr

Saint Eutichio, abbot of Norcia

Saint Spes, abbot

Saint Onorato, abbot of Subiaco

Saint Syagre, bishop of Nice

Saint Michael, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia

Saint Guibert, monk

Saint Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi, priest

Blesseds JĂłzef Kurzawa and Wincenty Matuszewski, priests and martyrs of Poland

  • 2026.05.24: 

Pentecost Sunday

Saint Manaen, prophet and doctor of Antioch

Blessed Joanna, wife of Chuza

Saint Zoellus, martyr

Saint Servolo, martyr at Trieste

Saints Donatian and Rogatian, martyrs

38 holy martyrs of Philippopolis

Saint Vincent, priest and monk of LĂ©rins

Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger, priest and anchorite

Blessed Filippo da Piacenza, Augustinian priest

Blessed Juan de Prado, Franciscan priest and martyr of Marocco

Saints Augustinus Yi Kwang-hƏn, Agatha Kim A-gi, mother of family, and 7 companions, martyrs of Korea

Blessed Louis-ZĂ©phirin Moreau, bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe

  • 2026.05.25: 

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church

Saint Gregory VII, pope

Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Carmelite virgin

Saint Canio, bishop of Atella and martyr

Saint Dionigi, bishop of Milan

Saint Zanobi, bishop of Florence

Saint LeĂłn, abbot

Saint Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury and later bishop of Sherborne

Saint Genadio, abbot and later bishop of Astorga

Blessed Gerardo Mecatti, hermit

Saint GĂ©rard de Lunel, hermit

Blessed Giacomo Filippo Bertoni, Servite priest

Saint PherÎ Ðoàn Văn Vùn, catechist and martyr of Vietnam

Saint Maddalena Sofia Barat, virgin, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Saint Dionysius Ssebuggwawo Wasswa, martyr of Uganda

Saints Cristóbal Magallanes Jara and Agustín Caloca Cortés, priests and martyrs of Spain

Blessed Mykola Tsehel’s’kyi, priest and martyr of Russia

  • 2026.05.26: 

Saint Philip Neri, priest, founder of the Oratorians

Saint Eleuterus, pope

Saint Simitrius, martyr at Rome

Saint Felicissima, martyr at Todi

Saints Prix, and companions, martyrs in France

Deposition of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, archbishop of Canterbury

Passion of Saint Didier, bishop of Vienne and martyr

Saint BĂ©renger, monk

Saint Lambert, bishop of Vence

Blessed Francesco Patrizi, Servite priest

Blessed Andrea Franchi, Dominican, bishop of Pistoia

Saint Mariana de JesĂșs de Paredes y Flores, virgin of Third Order Franciscans

Saint Pedro Sans i JordĂ , Dominican, bishop and vicar apostolic of Fujian, martyr of China

Saint Iosephus Chang SƏng-jib, martyr of Korea

Saints Gioan ÐoĂ n Trinh Hoan, priest, and MatthĂȘĂŽ Nguyễn Văn ĐáșŻc (PhÆ°á»Łng), father of family and catechist, martyrs of Vietnam

Saint Andreas Kaggwa, martyr of Uganda

Saint Pontianus Ngondwe, martyr of Uganda

  • 2026.05.27: 

Saint Augustine, bishop of Canterbury

Saint Julius the Veteran, martyr

Saint Restituto, martyr at Rome

Saint Eutrope, bishop of Orange

Saint Bruno, bishop of WĂŒrzburg

Saint Gausbert de Montsalvy, priest and hermit

Blesseds Edmund Duke, Richard Hill, John Hogg and Richard Holiday, priests and martyrs of England

Saints Barbara Kim, widow, and Barbara Yi, virgin, martyrs of Korea

Saint Athanasius Bazzekuketta, martyr of Uganda

Saint Gonzaga Gonza, martyr of Uganda


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