Tridentine Calendar - The Tridentine Calendar Itself - Further Particulars

Further Particulars

The Octaves (plural) mentioned for the last days of December are those of the Nativity, of St. Stephen, of St. John, and of the Holy Innocents.

Although not listed on the general Calendar, a commemoration of St Anastasia martyr is made at the second Mass on 25 December (pages 22-23 of the Ordinarium Missarum de tempore section of the Tridentine Roman Missal), and commemorations are made of St John and the Holy Innocents on 2 January; the Octave of St Stephen, and of the Holy Innocents on 3 January; the Octave of St John (page 40 of the same section of the Missal). In addition, on every feast of St Peter there is a commemoration of St Paul and on every feast of St Paul a commemoration of St Peter (page 10 of the Proprium Missarum de Sanctis section of the Missal).