Calendar of Saints (Church of England) - July

July

  • 1 Henry, John, and Henry Venn the younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873
  • 3 Thomas the Apostle
  • 6 Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
  • 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
  • 14 John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
  • 15 Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
  • 15 Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
  • 16 Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099
  • 18 Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
  • 19 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and c.379
  • 20 Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century
  • 20 Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
  • 22 Mary Magdalene
  • 23 Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373
  • 25 James the Apostle
  • 26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 27 Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901
  • 29 Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord
  • 30 William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846
  • 31 Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

Alternative dates:

  • The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May.
  • Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July.
  • Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December.

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