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  • 2026.02.23: 

Monday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Kansas City–Saint Joseph)

Blessed Giovannina Franchi, virgin (Como)

Blessed Rafaela de Ybarra (Bilbao)

Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, priest and martyr (ToruƄ)

Saint Beatus of Liébana, priest (Astorga)

Saint Peter Damian, bishop, confessor and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.02.24: 

Tuesday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Blessed Ascensión Nicol Goñi, virgin (Pamplona y Tudela)

Blessed Isabelle de France, virgin (Nanterre, Paris, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes)

Blessed Marco de’ Marconi, priest (Mantova)

Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco, priest (Nocera Inferiore–Sarno)

Saint Guillaume Firmat, and Blesseds Robert d’Arbrissel, Bernard de Tiron, Raoul de la Futaie and Vital de Mortain, hermits (Laval)

Saint Matthias, apostle (Extraordinary Form, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone)

Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr (Astorga, ToruƄ)

Saint Sinerot, martyr (Đakovo–Osijek)

  • 2026.02.25: 

Wednesday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Southern Arabia)

Blessed Ciriaco Sancha, bishop (Osma–Soria, Toledo)

Blessed Domenico Lentini, priest (Teggiano–Policastro)

Blessed Ludovica de Angelis, virgin (Argentina)

Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, religious (Malta)

Blessed Sebastian de Aparicio, religious (Mexico, Ourense)

Saint Aldetrude of Maubeuge, abbess (Cambrai)

Saint Avertanus of Lucca, religious (Limoges)

Saint Ethelbert, king (Southwark)

Saint Gerland of Agrigento, bishop (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)

Saint Luigi Versiglia, bishop, and Saint Callisto Caravario, priest, martyrs (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan)

Saint Walburga, abbess (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Antwerpen, Bolzano–Bressanone)

Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lake Charles)

Ember Wednesday of Lent (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.02.26: 

Thursday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Blessed Jean de VandiĂšres, abbot (Nancy)

Blessed Piedad de la Cruz Ortiz Real, religious (Cartagena)

Saint Alexander of Alexandria, bishop (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda)

Saint Paula Montal, virgin (Girona, Sant Feliu de Llobregat)

Saint Porphyry, bishop (Jerusalem)

  • 2026.02.27: 

Friday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Saint Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor of the Church

Blessed Caridad Brader, religious (Ecuador)

Blessed Francisca-Ana de los Dolores de MarĂ­a, religious (Mallorca)

Blessed Marie de JĂ©sus Deluil-Martiny, virgin (Marseille)

Blessed Marie of Jesus, religious (Antwerpen)

Saint Donatus of Zadar, bishop (Zadar)

Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, religious (Extraordinary Form, Avezzano, Chieti–Vasto, Lanciano–Ortona, L’Aquila, Pescara–Penne, Sulmona–Valva, Teramo–Atri)

Saint Luke of Messina, abbot (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)

Saint Margaret Clitherow, Saint Anne Line and Saint Margaret Ward, martyrs (Nottingham)

Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lake Charles)

Ember Friday of Lent (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.02.28: 

Saturday in the 1Ëąá”— Week of Lent

Blessed Antonia of Florence, religious (L’Aquila)

Blessed Daniel Brottier, priest (Blois, DiocÚse aux Armées Françaises, Nanterre, Paris)

Saint Primianus of Ancona, bishop and martyr (Ancona–Osimo)

Saint William Firmatus, hermit (Tours)

Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lake Charles)

Ember Saturday of Lent (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.03.01: 

2ⁿᔈ Sunday of Lent

Martyrology

  • 2026.02.23: 

Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and martyr

Saint Sirenus, monk and martyr

Saint Mildburh, virgin and abbess

Saint Willigis, bishop of Mainz

Saint Giovanni, monk at Stilo

Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga, founder of the Sisters of Guardian Angels

Blessed Nicolas Tabouillot, priest and martyr of France

Saint Giuseppina Vannini, virgin, founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus

Blessed Ludwik Mzyk, Verbite priest and martyr of Poland

Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, priest and martyr at Dachau

  • 2026.02.24: 

Saint Evetius, martyr

Saint Modestus, bishop of Trier

Saint Æthelberht, king of Kent

Blessed Costanzo da Fabriano Servoli, Dominican priest

Blessed Marco de’ Marconi, religious of the Poor Hermits of Saint Jerome

Blessed Josefa Naval Girbés, virgin

Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco, priest, founder of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Previous Blood

  • 2026.02.25: 

Saint Nestor, bishop of Magyddus and martyr

Saint Caesarius, doctor

Saint Aldetrude, virgin and abbess of Maubeuge

Saint Walpurga, virgin and abbess of Heidenheim

Saint Gerlando, bishop of Agrigento

Blessed Robert d’Arbrissel, priest

Blessed Avertano, pilgrim and Carmelite religious

Blessed SebastiĂĄn de Aparicio Prado, Franciscan religious

Blessed Domenico Lentini, priest

Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, Benedicine virgin, abbess of Saint Peter at Medina

Saint Laurentius Bai Xiaoman, martyr of China

Saint Toribio Romo GonzĂĄlez, priest and martyr of Mexico

Saints Luigi Versiglia, Salesian bishop and vicar apostolic of Shaozhou, and Callisto Caravario, Salesian priest, martyrs of China

  • 2026.02.26: 

Saint Alexander, bishop of Alexandria

Saint Faustiniano, bishop of Bologna

Saint Porfirius, bishop of Gaza in Palestine

Saint Agricole, bishop of Nevers

Saint Victor, hermit at Arcis-sur-Aube

Saint Andrea, bishop of Florence

Blessed Robert Drury, priest and martyr of England

Saint Paula de San José de Calasanz Montal Fornés, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Pious Schools

Blessed Piedad de la Cruz Ortiz Real, founder of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart

  • 2026.02.27: 

Saint Gregory of Narek, monk and doctor of the Church

Saints Julian and Eunus, martyrs

Saint Besa, soldier and martyr

Saint Honorine, virgin and martyr at Rouen

Saint Baldomer, subdeacon

Saints Basil and Procopius, monks

Saint Luca, abbot of the monastery of Santissimo Salvatore

Saint Anne Line, widow, Blesseds Mark Barkworth (Lambert), Benedictine priest, and Roger Filcock (Nayler), Jesuit priest, martyrs of England

Blessed William Richardson (Anderson), priest and martyr of England

Blessed Franciscana de la Virgen de los Dolores Cirer Carbonell, founder of the Sisters of Charity

Saint Gabriele dell’Addolorata Possenti, Passionist acolyte

Blessed Marie de JĂ©sus Deluil-Martiny, founder of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus

Blessed MarĂ­a Caridad del EspĂ­ritu Santo Brader Zahner, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate

  • 2026.02.28: 

Holy priests, deacons and many others of Alexandria of Egypt, martyrs killed by disease

Saint Romain, abbot of Condat

Saints Marana and Cyra, virgins

Blessed Daniel Brottier, Spiritan priest

Blessed Tymoteusz Trojanowski, Conventual Franciscan brother and martyr at Auschwitz

  • 2026.03.01: 

Saint Felix III, pope

Saint Aubin, bishop of Angers

Saint David, bishop of Saint David

Saint Siviard, abbot

Saint Suitbert, bishop on the island of Kaiserswerth

Saint LĂ©on, bishop of Bayonne and martyr

Saint Leoluca, abbot

Saint Rosendo, bishop abbot of Celanova

Blessed Cristoforo da Milano, Dominican priest

Blessed Giovanna Maria Bonomo, Benedictine abbess

Saint Agnes Cao Guiying, catechist and martyr of China


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